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Open Channel Flow
steel, water, hand-pump, light beacons
60’ x 33’ x 45'
2009
Sabine Water Pump Station and Buffalo Bayou Park, Houston, Texas
City of Houston Art Collection
Partly located inside the Houston Sabine Water Pump Station fence and partly outside the fence in Buffalo Bayou Park (and a few hundred feet from the public skateboard park) Open Channel Flow mimics in style and color much, much smaller structures that dot the Pump Station landscape. By using the stainless steel hand-pump one can experience a refreshing “shower” as water rains down from the showerhead 25 feet above. Simultaneously, and as a result of pumping water through the pipes, yellow and blue beacons on top of the 60-foot structure flash, signaling people as far away as downtown that another person has doused themselves with a refreshing, albeit very brief, shower.
Open Channel Flow
steel, water, hand-pump, light beacons
60’ x 33’ x 45'
2009
Sabine Water Pump Station and Buffalo Bayou Park, Houston, Texas
City of Houston Art Collection
Partly located inside the Houston Sabine Water Pump Station fence and partly outside the fence in Buffalo Bayou Park (and a few hundred feet from the public skateboard park) Open Channel Flow mimics in style and color much, much smaller structures that dot the Pump Station landscape. By using the stainless steel hand-pump one can experience a refreshing “shower” as water rains down from the showerhead 25 feet above. Simultaneously, and as a result of pumping water through the pipes, yellow and blue beacons on top of the 60-foot structure flash, signaling people as far away as downtown that another person has doused themselves with a refreshing, albeit very brief, shower.