The University of Texas' Visual Arts Center is kicking off its 2016-17 season Friday with an opening reception that starts at 6 p.m. From Friday-Dec. 10, guests will be able to see the following exhibits for free: Victor Pérez–Rul's artwork is meant to explore the human consciousness of energy systems.[/caption]

• 'Placeholder' Mexico City-based artist Victor Perez-Rul will collaborate with UT students in art, physics, engineering, architecture and design to create an installation that recycles solar and kinetic energy and is meant to explore the human consciousness of energy systems. Perez-Rul will also be displaying some of his related work—solar-powered pods that emit sound and light at night—on the outdoor plaza of Austin's Mexican American Cultural Center. The exhibition is curated by Leslie Moody Castro.

Edi Hirose will present Untitled from the series Real Estate (Inmobiliaria) at the fall reception.[/caption]

• 'Moving Mountains: Extractive Landscapes of Peru' by Edi Hirose & Nancy La Rosa The exhibit features the work of Lima, Peru, artists who are documenting the causes and effects of quarrying and mining on the Peruvian landscapes through photographs, drawings, prints and video works. The artists aim to show how natural resource extraction impacts everyday life of the settlements that have grown around these industries. The exhibit is curated by Dorota Biczel.

Tania Mouraud will present her videos during the fall show.[/caption]

• 'Everyday Ogres' Tania Mouraud presents three environmental video and sound installations on oil refineries along the Houston Ship Channel and on larger global dialogues in Germany, Canada and France. Her coverage of oil refineries is filmed at night and aims to represent the dangerous monumentality and surreal everydayness surrounding energy and production in the United States. Mouraud has also installed a site-specific, floor-to-ceiling typographic wall painting featuring an abstracted text quotation from Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Khovanshcina."

For a list and description of all 2016-17 UT Visual Arts Center exhibits, visit the website.