THE URBAN ARTSCAPE : A (Re)generation strategy from HAA on Vimeo.

October 5th marked the last in the 2010 LecturesHAA series: “Challenging Detroit: (Re)generating Urbanism.” The ninth and final event for this year brought together a panel of distinguished artists from around the city to discuss art as a catalyst, strategy, intervention, and regenerative enterprise in Detroit. Hosted by Willy’s Overland Lofts, The event aimed to thicken the discourse surrounding urban art as well as establish greater understanding for the breadth of artistic possibilities specific to Detroit.

The presenters included Jim Boyle, Co-founder of Public Pool Artspace and Vice President of Integrated Marketing at Lovio George, Chazz Miller, Director of Public Art Workz, Dan Pitera, Executive Director of Detroit Collaborative Design Center, University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture, and Noah Resnick, Principal of uRbanDetail and Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture. From a panel diverse in both artistic background and expertise came a lively discussion which focused on the fact that Detroit offers a unique landscape for imaginative, daring, and wildly creative acts which would prove difficult, or even illegal, if attempted elsewhere. (more…)