Culture Lab Detroit’s 2016 theme was WALLS—whether architectural or theoretical, historical or speculative. The participants were joined by their interest in reconsidering the structures which define our lives. These artists, architects, and theorists provide groundbreaking alternatives to some of the most entrenched issues of recent times, suggesting new ways to move through a city, to visit a museum, to catalyze social change through art, or to consider the shifting divide between public and private space. Their varied practices conversed against the backdrop of Detroit, addressing issues of empty space, population shifts, urban blight and renewal, and the struggle to define a new environment of collaboration and respect.
