Undercurrents by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Undercurrents
This immersive installation by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer explores communication across time, space, and relationships through voices, light, and memory.
Echoes in Light: Experience Undercurrents
Step into a resonant landscape of voices and light with Undercurrents, a new interactive art installation by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. This immersive experience transforms the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern into an echoing chamber of sound, illumination, and memory, revealing how communication travels across time, space, and human relationships.
Undercurrents invites visitors to speak, listen, and reflect as voices are carried through a glowing network of light, creating a living, ever-changing environment shaped by those who enter.
On view April 24, 2026 – January 24, 2027
Tickets and more information will be available in February.
About the Artist
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is a world-recognized multimedia artist whose work transforms architecture into living systems of light, sound, and human presence.
Working at the intersection of art and technology, Lozano-Hemmer creates immersive environments that respond to visitors in real time, inviting participation, reflection, and connection. His installations make the invisible visible, revealing how voices, memories, and movement shape the spaces we share.
Undercurrents is organized by Buffalo Bayou Partnership with lead underwriting generously provided by The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation.
Major support provided by John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation and VIA Art Fund with additional support provided by an Anonymous Donor; Mara and Erick Calderon; and Jereann Chaney. Buffalo Bayou Partnership is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance. (Donors as of January 2026)
Project management and curatorial collaboration provided by Weingarten Art Group.
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