tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post6751862443589072321..comments2024-03-29T03:14:14.401-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Say Something Good About Detroit: ART Xpattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-85857473947353313592013-04-10T07:38:46.183-04:002013-04-10T07:38:46.183-04:00I am not a fan of installation art either but this...I am not a fan of installation art either but this incorporates a lot of different types of art. And the biggest proponent of this sort of thing Tyree Guyton has become famous. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-23464332454660955992013-04-10T00:33:34.874-04:002013-04-10T00:33:34.874-04:00I'm all for art, but shoes scattered across a ...I'm all for art, but shoes scattered across a parking lot doesn't qualify as art in my book.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-43033873437714732162013-04-08T23:12:59.567-04:002013-04-08T23:12:59.567-04:00Perhaps along the model of Pittsburgh, post Big St...Perhaps along the model of Pittsburgh, post Big Steel?<br /><br />Certainly, the arts org you've described here seems like they're ready to play with the New Detroit...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-65953382474580695292013-04-08T20:32:01.541-04:002013-04-08T20:32:01.541-04:00PBS in May:
INDEPENDENT LENS
“Detropia” (INLE #14...PBS in May:<br /><br />INDEPENDENT LENS<br />“Detropia” (INLE #1415, 5/27/13, 2200-2330)<br />Short listing:<br />Discover how Detroit residents are ready to create a radically new post-industrial city.<br /><br />Long listing:<br />Detroit: the grand American city, built on industry, fair play, hard work and the American Dream. In the past three decades, the city has seen its might crumble as oil prices spiked, the auto industry declined and the middle class began to disappear. But the people of Detroit are not ready to give up on this place, where the spirit of loyalty, community and grit is not so easy to break. They are ready to create a radically new Detroit in a post-industrial America. Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com