The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit put out a call to artists
to exhibit temporary work in its newly reconfigured carriage house
gallery. Our idea was to investigate connections between city and suburb
through a very literal displacement of territory. By Taking the
dimensions of the footprint of CAID’s Carriage House, situated in
Detroit we would graft them onto a landscape on the grounds of Cranbrook
Academy in the nearby suburb of Bloomfield Hills. We would extract a
one foot section of earth and grass, transport it into the city, and
exhibit the section of earth in the Carriage House; creating two
simultaneous exhibits, two territories to be explored, and two distinct
conditions.
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