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served," Croll says.
After an architectural overhaul that
included a new concrete entrance and
walkway around the pool's perimeter,
the cistern opened to the public in 2016.
Along with multiple weekly history tours,
Buffalo Bayou Partnership stages art
installations and programming such as
the Underground Sounds concert series.
A past installation by Berlin, Germany-
based multimedia artist Anr Sala
included a projected image of a floating
turntable over the cistern's water and a
musical soundtrack.
During a September performance by
the local octet Two Star Symphony, I was
absorbed in the plaintive vibrations of a
cello, stand-up bass, and drums. "With
that echo, it takes some adjusting," noted
one of the musicians following the per-
formance. "We are looking for that per-
fect note of resonance with the cistern."
Karen Farber, the partnership's vice
president of external affairs, says the
nonprofit seeks to "amplify the experi-
ence of awe" the cistern inspires.
"Every artist who enters the space
is interested in activating it with art,"
she says. "At the moment, we are most
focused on enhancing the inherent
qualities of the space-for example, its
architecture, acoustics, and reflection-
rather than competing with or distracting
from them."
The day after my tour, I return to the
cistern for a "sound healing meditation."
Saumil Manek, a cheerful man in flowing
white clothes and aviator-style glasses,
greets the group before taking a seat to
play crystal singing bowls. The music
goes deep inside my body, resonating
with my cells and organs.
I'd been skeptical about the "healing"
capacity of this experience, but now, sit-
ting on a yoga mat in this refuge, I feel
the reverberations unspool tension. It's
yet another flash of collective efferves-
cence, a taste of how peak happiness
comes through shared moments such as
these. And it's a legacy of aesthetic loveli-
ness, whether intentional or not, left to us
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