Friday, November 5, 2010

Trip to Detroit

What can I say about Detroit other than, well, it's Detroit! Anyway here is where we went


1.      Heidelberg-Neat, innovative, creepy, and not all that much to my taste. But they did recycle lots of old items and some of the items were pretty interesting. I feel bad for the stuffed animals if and when it rains though, and in the cold and snow…poor teddy… Pictures below.

Like the Rochester trip we couldn't walk to the other venues.


1.      C-Pop-researched on line not much there, barely found location/hours why? It no longer exists, so don't try to go there. Found their ex-mailbox and the ex building though. No pictures obviously
2.      MOCAD-Creepy building, creepy art show. I understand that the main show was from kids from broken homes, but it was really creepy. One was a child's drawing of “Daddy killing mommy” and another was a depressed teenage girl. It was really sad and creepy and I have had enough of that in my life. Yeah, so I hated it. But there was artist we saw being featured at the U of M art museum when we went in there too. No pictures were allowed here.
DIA-It’s the DIA, that about sums it up. A lot of interesting stuff, but it may have been the sugar low/vertigo I had going on (not eating for a long period of time is a bad idea, especially when you go on an elevator and the rest of the time you start or stop moving the ground "moves" beneath you) but I was hoping for a lot more stuff that I would just adore, but the glass work they had was amazing and they had four swords which I really liked, as well as a few other pieces here and there. Also some of the buildings architecture around the actual exhibits were in a style which I adore. And again I have to completely knock some contemporary art. Look I get you need to respect an artist’s vision, but paint a canvas red and put a vertical white line down it—and the like— is not worthy of being preserved in a museum, I’m sorry but I have to draw the line there…no pun intended. Pictures below.
Heidelberg-This is the end portion of the Heidelberg block

Heidelberg-Nothing was left untouched, not even the sidewalks.

Heidelberg-Yard art anyone?

Heidelberg-No need to decorate for a party anymore.

Heidelberg-Poor stuff-es

Heidelberg-Me, by a large post of all of those poor animals.

Heidelberg-A new way of decorating you homes exterior

Heidelberg-Another portion.

Heidelberg-Another pole.

Heidelberg-A close up of a front deck.
Heidelberg-There was some mosaic art going on.

Heidelberg-The front of the project.

MOCAD-No cameras were allowed to function inside, but outside worked for me.

DIA-a wood collage

DIA-This looks interesting and I see more and more the more I look at it.

DIA-Some Native American masks.
DIA-Another native American mask my mom liked

DIA-Mummy!!!

DIA-Another Egyptian casket, one of many for this particular person I have been told.

DIA-Hieroglyphics

DIA-Me by I think this was a piece from the African section.

DIA-More African art

DIA-A close up of one. It's a monkey!!!
DIA-This looks prettier from far away

DIA-The only swords in there, this was my favorite!

DIA-A picture of all of them.

DIA-Now that's a book cover!

DIA-Coins, woohoo I'm rich, wait they aren't mine : (

DIA-Proof my mother hijacked my camera (I took out most of her hijackings, missed one)

DIA-GLASS WORK <3, this was my second favorite piece in the museum.

DIA-The second best glass piece.

DIA-Me by a Disney castle. I love Disney!

DIA-Not as pretty as the U of M one, but still great!

DIA-My favorite piece in the museum, the French Pointer. Personally I think it looks sort of like a lab, which is why I love it ; )

DIA-I lied there was another sword, in this sculpture

DIA-The winding staircase.

DIA-I really like this staircase.

DIA-Pretty architecture!

DIA-It's my indoor courtyard!!!! Ironically if I remember correctly it is the Kresge courtyard.


This is the page from my sketch book for the Heidelberg project. One of those poor stuff-es


Another page, of the indoor courtyard I love

This concludes the Detroit trip, thus the actual trip.

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