Artist Lita Albuquerque staged a 25-minute performance titled "The Sea Is Within Me" in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, a 1926 underground reservoir in Houston, during the inaugural edition of Untitled Art, Houston. The piece featured Albuquerque's daughter and dancer Jasmine Albuquerque, vocalist Carmina Escobar, and double bassist Laura Dykes, guiding small groups through a meditation and a dramatic call-and-response between the vocalist and dancer, exploring themes of joy, despair, and symbiosis.
The performance stood out as the most talked-about artwork of the fair, demonstrating how site-specific, immersive experiences can captivate audiences and critics beyond traditional booth presentations. It also highlights the growing trend of art fairs integrating ambitious off-site commissions to create memorable, buzz-generating moments that elevate the fair's profile.