New art installation examines the city's relationship to Black Austin

The big picture: Artist Ariel René Jackson's exhibit titled "A Welcoming Place" is chiefly a video collage made of interviews with a half-dozen people about the changing city.

• The film features Jackson holding a giant, black weather balloon while visiting parts of Austin.

Between the lines: In an artist statement, Jackson says the installation aims at "re-coding meteorological language as a means to shift perspectives of what is understood as knowable."

What they're saying: "Though we are sparsely spread out here, we're here," says one of the interviewees.

• Citywide, the percentage of Austinites who are Black has been falling.
• The interviewees include artist Deborah Roberts, photographer Cindy Elizabeth, muralist and University of Texas professor John Yancey and choreographer Michael J. Love.

The bottom line: The arresting, lyrical show runs at Women & Their Work through March 3.