New Exhibition in Houston, TX
Gaslight Mushroom at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
Gaslight Mushroom, the thought-provoking animated digital sculpture that delves into the pervasive influence of social media and the emergence of the Metaverse, has been selected to be featured for a second time as part of the Traveling Gallery of Fluid Motion.
After being presented at the Leonardo Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah, it will now be featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Texas as part of Fluid Motion: The Coexistence of Order and Chaos, opening October 11, 2025.
Special thanks to Paradoxluxe Collective Curators Nicole Economides, Natalia Almonte, and Azar Panah, the National Science Foundation, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Nicole Longnecker Gallery, and my wonderful VFX collaborators Dan Bornstein and Greg Ecker for their continued support and inspiration.
The return of Gaslight Mushroom underscores its continued resonance in bridging scientific inquiry with artistic imagination, and I am deeply honored to see it included once again in this celebrated program.
More info about the artwork here: https://www.stellaampatzi.com/gaslightmushroom
Fluid Motion: The Coexistence of Order and Chaos
Exhibition at the Houston Museum of Natural Science and Nicole Longnecker Gallery
Water is the most democratic of materials: it resists containment, it finds its own path.
This principle guides Fluid Motion: The Coexistence of Order and Chaos, the third exhibition in the Traveling Gallery of Fluid Motion’s series exploring the dialogue between science and art.
Following Chaosmosis: Assigning Rhythm to the Turbulent at The National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. (2023) and Spiraling Upwards at The Leonardo Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah (2024), this edition expands both conceptually and contextually.
Presented across two venues – the Houston Museum of Natural Science and Nicole Longnecker Gallery – the exhibition asks: How do we flow between spaces, and what migrates with us?
Rooted in the spirit of the 1960s Fluxus movement, which embraced the mundane, ephemeral, and unpredictable as fertile ground for art, the exhibition explores fluidity both as a physical phenomenon and as a metaphor for social, cultural, and political transformation. From swirling water to shifting air currents, the show embraces change as both natural and metaphorical, inviting visitors to discover new patterns beyond their everyday routine.
Through works inspired by air, water, and motion, the exhibition highlights coexistence as its central theme: order and chaos are not opposites but interdependent forces. Like water bending without breaking, or air flowing around obstacles, the exhibition proposes that art and science, stability and disruption, can move together in harmony.
Curated by: Nicole Economides and Natalia Almonte
Coordinated by: Azar Panah
Location 1: Nicole Longnecker Gallery
1440 Greengrass Dr., Houston, TX 77008
Exhibition Dates: October 9, 2025 – January 25, 2026
Opening: Thursday, October 9, 2025, 6–8pm
Location 2: Houston Museum of Natural Science
5555 Hermann Park Dr., Houston, TX 77030
Exhibition Dates: October 11, 2025 – January 25, 2026
Opening: Saturday, October 11, 2025