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Tuesday - 2004-05-20 23:11:09 (sigh)...I've heard Detroit...I say sigh because I'm not sure if the artists had much opportunity, given their busyness, to investigate other Ypsi options...I'm sad to see them go.* * * * * * * * * * * * Leighton - 2004-05-21 08:27:44 From my rant about this whole "exodus": "Will Detroit become home for some twice-evicted artists? " Answer: They were evicted from Ann Arbor but not from Ypsi. They knew they were in a temporary site off Michigan Ave. They knew any work they put into the building was temporary. What? Were the artists hoping that the gods of Muse would magically render the city "enlightened" and stop a multi-million dollar revitalization plan slated for the area? Maybe they were hoping they'd be handed a free building in Depot Town? * * * * * * * * * * * * Eric - 2004-05-21 08:32:59 This is the comment I enjoyed the most: Samuels, an industrial and graphic designer whose work was recently displayed at the the Smithsonian Museum of Arts and Industry, says 555 could play a huge role in motivating young people to visit Ypsilanti, a town whose only draws, he says, are the bars and the D�j� Vu strip club. Oh, please don't go 555. Insult our town some more. You can have my house.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-05-21 08:36:57 Leighton, I read that rant and it was a darn good one. You're right on target. They knew going in that the building's days were numbered. I'm still not sure that other Ypsi options have been fully explored.* * * * * * * * * * * * Leighton - 2004-05-21 08:47:59 They (I have on good autority) were offered lots of options, but few were looked into or were dismissed outright by the busy artists. Some ponder that they may have been waiting for people to fight over them. Less work that way I guess.* * * * * * * * * * * * Leighton - 2004-05-21 08:49:47 p.s. that "Authority" is a secret, no number of nude pyramid positions will wretch that info from me. * * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-05-21 09:00:04 They were offered options here & didn't take them? Aren't most of the artists from AA or Ypsi? (wouldn't it be easier to have one's studio in Ypsi than to drive 30-40 mins to Detroit every time you want to do sth?) I'm getting a bit exasperated with this the more I learn from "well-connected" "sources" who "know people" who are "involved" with the "city".* * * * * * * * * * * * Leighton - 2004-05-21 10:42:44 Many of those options were not viable I imagine, but the tone of their relationship with Ypsi (and the snobby remarks in that MT article ) tell us that they weren't interested in making it work here unless someone held their hands. In Detroit they'll be outsiders in a sea of galleries. My family has art hanging in the Met, and bands that started at the Elbow Room are now signed to Sire and Atlantic records. But you won't see me asking the city to find me a subsidized, 60,000 sf music / art venue to keep me here...* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-05-21 10:49:04 (art in the Met!--wow!) I'm starting to come round to your point of view Leighton. When I talked to Samuels some months ago, it seemed to me that the collective hadn't really made an aggressive effort to get key city players in there, give them tours, network, schmooze...which is what I personally thought would help. * * * * * * * * * * * * Steven - 2004-05-21 14:59:15 I find it interesting that I live in Ypsilanti, am somewhat abreast of what's going on, and I heard about this event just yesterday from our Art Director (in A2) who lives in Plymouth. So I got a seriptitious VIP invite via some guy in Livonia through my Art Director. I've never met any of the 555 people, and honestly think they're not at all about what Ypsilanti is about. I wish I had time to invite the Huron Valley Night Hawks M/C. I think the 555's idea of commmunity art is us going down there and buying their stuff.* * * * * * * * * * * * raymond - 2004-05-22 11:52:27 i'm supposed to have some stuff at 555 saturday the 22th. unless i am barred. i hope to include: 55 pictures of the ypsi area in a video display, several 20x30 photo prints, and maybe an additional video display to alternate with the ypsi pics. my parter brian expects to show some of his chatroom assemblages.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-05-23 00:34:57 Sounds interesting raymond. I was out of town today (22nd) and so am sorry I missed it. 20x30--wow. Sometimes large-print photography has an almost overwhelming presence. Is a chatroom assemblage a verbal collage of snippets of text culled from chatrooms? Was it a one-day only show?* * * * * * * * * * * * raymond - 2004-05-25 11:34:39 it was a one day show. the chatroom pieces consist of snips from screen dumps and other ephemera taken from chatroom antics. we have a box of stuff from NYC dated 9-11-01 which we haven't yet used. it's bizarre. people at 555 paid little attention to my ypsi pics. they had a sort of rave or something from 10pm-4am and asked to keep the other video sequence i had, a kind of survey of restrooms. 555 seemed weird to me, but energetic and earnest. claptrap nowhereville shops and condos will never have the charm of 555, the MESC, Secty of State, the flea mkt, wrigley, arlen's, the pre-60s neighborhoods, the whores and druggies of the 80s and 90s, the industry, the parade ground, and the nitty-gritty of the grove itself.* * * * * * * * * * * * brett - 2004-05-28 01:10:44 why do they feel that painting characters from nickelodeon's "rugrats" on the side of their building will make people thing they're serious artists?* * * * * * * * * * * * raymond - 2004-05-28 14:06:32 at least they put out their trash and recylables.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-05-28 14:11:11 Brett, I hadn't noticed that; I'll have to check it out next time I'm down there.* * * * * * * * * * * * raymond - 2004-05-30 21:06:56 did anyone take andy warhol seriously when he produced mickey mouse, etc? certainly some people didn't/don't. some (even the Met) paid thousand$ for warhol's work. * * * * * * * * * * * * raymond - 2004-05-30 21:06:57 did anyone take andy warhol seriously when he produced mickey mouse, etc? certainly some people didn't/don't. some (even the Met) paid thousand$ for warhol's work. * * * * * * * * * * * * add your comment: |
