Art WIth Abandon in Detroit [[Design 99)

[kellyroad]

"Ruins porn," as it's been called, undermines even hopeful tales of creative renewal. The idea that artists can treat the city like a canvas ends up suggesting that it is a lost cause, an entire metropolitan area written off as raw material for upcyclling. The net effect is part of America depicted as if it exists in some distant reality - sombody else's ploblem, nothing to do with us. [[From the Sunday NY Times SundayMagazine)

The exception, as the author pointed out, is Mitch Cope's and Gina Riechert's Design 99. According to the author Design 99 echoes the exuberance of the Heidelberg Project.

Is anyone familiar with Design 99?
Any comments on the article?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/ma...ed-t.html?_r=1