Beyond the Motor City
"Beyond the Motor City: Detroit and the American transportation system now and in the future" premiers Monday, February 8 at 10 pm on PBS television stations and on their website. The documentary is part of Blueprint America, a multiplatform production of PBS addressing the critical issue of the nation's failing infrastructure. The website provides interviews, blogs, web videos, expert analyses, and documentaries.
University of Michigan Professor Robert Fishman is a featured interview in the documentary and his paper 1808 - 1908 - 2008 National Planning for America also appears on the "Beyond the Motor City" report site.
Posted by sgarrett at February 08, 2010 | Comments (0)
Reboot Detroit
Image © Robert Mavrinac
On January 25th Dutch (VPRO) television broadcasted "Doorstart Detroit" (Reboot Detroit). It is "about the shared faith of GM and Detroit, and if the crisis will lead to new insights or not." Watch it in full at Detroit Unreal Estate Agency website.
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Posted by verdiyan at February 05, 2010 | Comments (0)
History of Art Symposium
Contemporary Strategies in Documentary Photography
Part II: Allan Sekula and Sally Stein
Saturday, February 6, 1–5:30 pm
Helmut Stern Auditorium
Shipwreck and Workers by Allan Sekula
This two-part symposium (Part I Jan. 30) explores new practices in documentary photography through the work of some of its most important contemporary practitioners. Each talk will be followed by a panel discussion.
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Posted by verdiyan at February 01, 2010 | Comments (0)
History of Art Symposium
Contemporary Strategies in Documentary Photography
Part I: Alec Soth
Saturday, January 30, 1:30–4 pm
Helmut Stern Auditorium
Sleeping by the Mississippi Project by Alec Soth
This two-part symposium (Part II Feb. 6) explores new practices in documentary photography through the work of some of its most important contemporary practitioners. Each talk will be followed by a panel discussion.
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Posted by verdiyan at January 29, 2010 | Comments (0)
Detroit in old pictures
Woodward Avenue in the 1890s, looking north from downtown
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Posted by verdiyan at January 27, 2010 | Comments (2)
Forgotten Detroit
The William Livingstone House on Eliot Street in Brush Park was demolished on September 15, 2007. This house was not only famous for its long tortured decline, it was also renowned as the first commission by the young architect Albert Kahn while working for the George Mason-Zachariah Rice firm.
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Posted by verdiyan at January 19, 2010 | Comments (0)
The Neighborhood Project
"Artists Mitch Cope and Gina Reichert, aka Design 99, started "The Neighborhood Project" in the Walter Gibbs Gallery on Friday, Dec. 18. The artists illustrate how art can transform neighborhoods, both visually and socially, by looking at how public space and aesthetics can be integrated.
The Project stems from the work Cope and Reichert have undertaken in their Detroit community. Beginning with their Power House Project, they have put into practice ideas about the aesthetics of everyday life and the integration of art and design into the rethinking and rebuilding of neighborhoods."
The exhibition is on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts through March 28th.
Posted by verdiyan at January 12, 2010 | Comments (0)
