DESEDO FILMS

I am in Detroit.
I think I have a crush on Detroit.
Last night, I realized that I always fall for cities in a state of remix and change. I’ve experienced this in the economic rise of Mumbai, the empty spaces of Berlin, the shifting socio- cultural politics of CapeTown/Joburg. These are the cities that excite me the most, that I return to. My previous life of urban planning is in reverb.

Detroit has become quite the media darling. Some get it wrong, some get it right. Rather than me add my two cents, I suggest you read these two essays from New Geography and Viceland. They get it right.

In the meantime, here are some pics from Tyree Guyton’s mind boggling Heidelberg Project.

The color and the scale reminds me of Niki de Saint Phalle’s Tarot Garden, built in empty Tuscany. Both pieces are simultaneously audacious and humble; both artists are defined by these singular works.

Both pieces are so emotionally open that walking within them is overwhelming. You see, but moreso, you feel.

I know I’ll be going back to Heidelberg tomorrow.

I know I’ll be coming back to Detroit soon.