Meffre & Marchand - The Ruins of Detroit

At the end of the XIXth Century, mankind was about to fulfill an old dream. The idea of a fast and autonomous means of displacement was slowly becoming a reality for engineers all over the world. Thanks to its ideal location on the Great Lakes Basin, the city of Detroit was about to generate its own industrial revolution. Visionary engineers and entrepreneurs flocked to its borders. In 1913, up-and-coming car manufacturer Henry Ford perfected the first large-scale assembly line. Within few years, Detroit was about to become the world capital of automobile and the cradle of modern mass-production. Michigan Central Station Woodward Avenue Atrium, Farwell Building 18th floor dentist cabinet, David Broderick Tower Donovan Building David Whitney Building Bagley-Clifford Office of the National Bank of Detroit Metropolitan & Wurlitzer Buildings United Artists Theater Fort Shelby Hotel Ballroom, American Hotel William Livingstone House Melted clock, Cass Technical High School Former Unitarian Church

Lucie & Simon - Silent World "Silent World" was awarded by the Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Foundation prize, and received a Grant from the CICRP center Marseille, European Year of Culture 2013. The silence of the world, like a quotation, is suddenly endowed with an oppressive eloquence. Small intrusions are the true sparks here, because their disconcerting presence disrupts the majestic calm of the streets and squares. Although they consciously and intelligently stage the principle of the “déjà-vu”, they nevertheless brilliantly include observers in their game and transform them into co-creators of their images. Klaus Honnef Art Critic and Curator co-organizer of Kassel DOCUMENTA V and VI extract from « Lucie & Simon, The incertitude of being » Actes sud editions, 2010.