"My Love For You Burns All The Time" Exhibition
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An exhibition of silver fragments of ruination from Detroit's iconic Packard Plant. The work by Anya Sirota + AKOAKI assembles together a series of replicas depicting sublime architectural obsolescence. The resultant survey abstracts and reveals the notorious post-industrial behemoth's chimerical appeal.
The constellation of derelict miniatures produced for MY LOVE FOR YOU BURNS ALL THE TIME suggests that the Packard Plant's stature and industrial uselessness secures its self-referential monumentality. At a precarious moment in the building's history, as buzz about imminent demolition continues to grow, the work is a commentary on contemporary fascination with representations of decay and the value of neglected sites in the collective optic.
Included in the exhibition, alongside handsome reproductions of cropped remains, AKOAKI has constructed a three dimensional sectional model from Albert Kahn's original drawings. Also shown is a video and a fully-illustrated catalogue.
AKOAKI is a collaborative exploratory platform at the intersection of architecture, urbanism, digital media and landscape. Their work explores public space, interim uses, architectural salvage, and scenographic practice.
August 10-12 and by appointment through August 19
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Schedule
from August 10, 2012 to August 12, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-08-10 from 18:00 to 20:00