About this project
Through cartography, documentary video, architectural proposals, photography, painting and other media, the exhibit produces one thread of an evolving dialog between Detroit and other cities. As a new initiative for the Detroit opening, SUPERFRONT will also present SUPERtube Your City: Detroit, a project of Detroiters using YouTube as means to create a viral think tank.
Approximately half of the exhibitors have lived and worked in Detroit, including a number of Detroit natives. Includes works by: Chloë Bass, Dana Bell, Brent Birnbaum, Berenika Boberska, Brennan Buck, Lynn Cazabon, Sara Conde, Philip Dembinski, Jill Desimini, Sebastian Fischbeck, David Freeland, David Karle, Erin Kasimow, Amanda Matles, Blake Morris, Juan Alberto Negroni, Paper Tiger TV, Kaleena Quinn, Jon Stevens, Brett Van Aalsburg, Anusha Venkataraman, Margi Weir, Audra Wolowiec and others. DETROIT: A BROOKLYN CASE STUDY will open in Detroit at Marygrove College on July 14, 2011, and remain on view through August 26.
Join SUPERFRONT as we partner with Detroit's LOVELAND project to bring the exhibit from Los Angeles to Detroit itself, opening a dialog of on-the-ground response to works created both by Detroit locals, and by those observing at a distance. SUPERFRONT has also inch-vested a 5" x 5" square from LOVELAND, where we will be constructing LIGHT UP!, the winning project selected by the exhibition's judging panel. The project will be unveiled in conjunction with the Detroit opening for the exhibit.
The Detroit exhibit will also feature two new, exciting projects. First we will be showing videos from SUPERtube Your City: Detroit, an open RFP for Detroiters to use YouTube as means to create a viral think tank. The project aims to enable citizens of Detroit to directly commission the efforts of creative designers without a centralized planning process. SUPERFRONT is launching this effort to use free web video resources as a means of fostering dialog between cities and producing collaboration around shared urban concerns.
Second, DETROIT: A BROOKLYN CASE STUDY artist Brent Birnbaum and curator Chloë Bass will present a live performance flashmob highlighting the impact of Dennis Rodman on Detroit. This performance will feature the Detroit Street Poet Society, a division of the Peace Project.
Your donation will go towards exhibition shipping and printing costs, the construction budget for the 5" x 5" built project, installation and mounting of the exhibition, gallery maintenance costs, curatorial expenses, and a public opening reception. Your support will keep this exhibition free and open to the public, fostering dialogue at all community levels.
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on July 15, 2011.
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Acknowledgment on the SUPERFRONT Detroit website (http://detroit.superfront.org)
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A Detroit postcard signed by DETROIT: A BROOKLYN CASE STUDY curators Chloë Bass & Mitch McEwen, plus acknowledgment on the SUPERFRONT Detroit website.
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Special photograph from the opening at Marygrove College or the unveiling of the 5” x 5” LIGHT UP! project, plus acknowledgment on the SUPERFRONT Detroit website.
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Credit as a sponsor on all exhibit marketing materials, plus a photograph from the opening or unveiling and acknowledgment on the SUPERFRONT Detroit website.
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All of the above, plus a free copy of the DETROIT: A BROOKLYN CASE STUDY limited edition catalog signed by curators Chloë Bass + Mitch McEwen.
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SUPERFRONT is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization for architectural experimentation and creative interdisciplinary exchange. Founded by Mitch McEwen in January 2008, SUPERFRONT has exhibited the work of over 150 emerging architects, designers, and artists within a public forum that raises awareness of contemporary architectural practice and theory. A Brooklyn-based organization, SUPERFRONT fosters creative interdisciplinary exchange through exhibits, publications, panels, and temporary built projects. Architectural Record has profiled SUPERFRONT as a gallery that “catalyzes avant-garde architecture.”
