LOCAL Houston | The City Guide JUNE 2016 | Page 30

MUSEUM DISTRICT

HIGHLIGHTS

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF HOUSTON

HEALTH MUSEUM

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

Go, Go Gadget!

FINE LINE: Mental Health/Illness

KUSAMA

1500 Binz St. | 713.522.1138 | www.cmhouston.org

1515 Hermann Dr. | 713.521.1515
www.thehealthmuseum.org

1001 Bissonnet | 713.639.7300 | www.mfah.org

Get equipped by making your own spy
gadgets and devices, use technology to create art in paint spinning machines, make
mirrored glasses to make sure no one is following behind you, reveal secret spy messages when you devise red filter lenses,
blend into your environment when you make
a spy disguise or experiment with creating
your own bird beak all day between June
9–22.

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This documentary of voices, stories and portraits confronts stereotypes and reveals the
courage and fragility of those living with
mental illnesses. Photographer Michael Nye
spent four years photographing and recording stories. Schizophrenia, depression,
obsessive-compulsive, anxiety and bipolar
disorders are among the experiences considered. In simple and eloquent detail, the
46 black-and-white portraits and voices
draw you closer into each life by addressing
and exploring many topics: family, confusion, pain, abuse, treatment and healing.

Kusama: At the End of the Universe unites
two of contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama’s
signature infinity rooms. Kusama’s Aftermath
of Obliteration of Eternity dissolves the viewer’s perception of physical space through the
play of light, creating a wondrous but intangible realm while Love Is Calling represents
the more physical side of Kusama’s production. Visitors stroll through this mirrored room,
where soft sculptures shoot up from the floor
and hang from the ceiling, while colored
lights within these forms produce a strobe
effect.