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Funding Successful

This project successfully raised its funding goal on December 16, 2009.

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12 Backers

Receive access to our blog, www.icehousedetroit.blogspot.com, which will include quicktime movies, outtake photos, production stills, and production information from this project.

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10 Backers

You will receive a 4 X 6 postcard of the finished artwork, in addition to the above.

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4 Backers

You will receive an 8 X 10 Digital C Print of the finished artwork, in addition to the above.

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You will receive two unique 8 X 10 Digital C Prints of the finished artwork in addition to the post card.

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You will receive a 13 X 17 Digital C Print of the finished artwork signed by the artists, in addition to the above.

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5 Backers

You will receive two unique 13 X 17 Digital C Prints of the finished artwork in addition to the post card.

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11 Backers • Limited Reward (39 of 50 remaining)

Receive a signed and numbered copy of the Ice House Detroit photo book, in a limited edition of 50. Photographed by Gregory Holm and Matthew Radune.

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0 Backers • Limited Reward (3 of 3 remaining)

A 3-4 hr. urban tour of abandoned, historical, and unusual Detroit sites by acclaimed and extensive published urban explorer and installation artist Scott Hocking. This man is renowned worldwide as the preeminent expert on a city with extensive architectural and industrial treasures. This is a rare opportunity - not to be missed! Tours limited to (3) groups of (3), so feel free to economize and split the total price. Visit http://icehousedetroit.blogspot.com/ for more info on Scott Hocking and The Detroit Urban Tour options.

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2 Backers • Limited Reward (4 of 6 remaining)

You and a guest receive a group Urban tour of the most iconic abandoned building in Detroit, the Michigan Central Depot Train Station, by someone legally allowed to access the site. This reward will also include accommodations at a hotel in Detroit for 2 nights, and one dinner at the amazing Slows BBQ, within a few hundred feet of the tour location. The train station was designed in 1913 by the same architects responsible for Grand Central Station in New York. At the time of construction it was the tallest train station in the world. However, In recent months the city has threatened to tear down this architectural wonder. At present the site is still threatened with demolition, and is completely off limits to the general public. Take advantage of this rare opportunity before this architectural wonder is gone forever. Visit our blog for more info on the Central Depot train station, Slows BBQ, and Detroit history.

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Gregory Holm has for many years been involved in photographic, musical, and public installation work in the city of Detroit.
His Studies and correspondence with Hans Jenning, Scott Makela, and Lamonte Young have led to an array of experimental films, musical installations, and large scale instrument building.
Currently working as an architectural photographer in NY, he is again returning to his native Detroit for this current installation project.

Matthew Radune is an architect, designer, and DJ living and working in Brooklyn, NY. He has been involved in green design on multiple scales: working on disparate projects such as felt based home lighting, green prefab architecture prototypes, and urban planning in Dubai. In the last few years of DJing, he has played records at MOMA, the Guggenheim, the Museum of Art and Design, as well as setting up his own DIY rooftop parties in Brooklyn.