2016 Programs

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.

Overview & Highlights from Culture Lab Detroit 2015

11.12.16
Art and the Immigrant Experience

What does it mean to be an artist and an immigrant?

1 - 3 PM
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2016
GARY SIMMONS INSTALLATION
1301 Broadway #101, Detroit

9.15.16
SLIDING WALLS

Reimagining the Architecture of Cultural Space

6:30 PM
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Benson & Edith Ford Conference Center
A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education
College for Creative Studies
460 W Baltimore St, Detroit

9.16.16
STONES THROWN

Art & Social Progress