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Camp and
Paxahau
unveil
MOVEMENT
Detroit
Art
Installations
presented
by
Opportunity
Detroit
3-Day
Weekend
Passes,
3-Day
VIP
Weekend
Passes
and
Daily
Passes
Now on
Sale at
www.Movement.us
DETROIT,
MI -
Paxahau
and
Community
Arts
Moving
Projects
(CAMP)
are
pleased
to
announce
the
winning
art
pieces
produced
by local
artists,
to be
displayed
at
Movement
Detroit
2014,
taking
place
Memorial
Day
weekend,
May
24-26
inside
Hart
Plaza.
This
year’s
installation
is made
possible
by
Opportunity
Detroit
– a
campaign
dedicated
to
promoting
Detroit
as a
place of
innovation,
creativity
and
growth.
For the
past 5
years,
CAMP has
called
upon
Detroit’s
artists,
makers
and
thinkers
to
submit
their
best
ideas
for
exhibition
at
Movement
and
then,
relocated
and
displayed
in key
locations
in
Detroit’s
neighborhood,
with
support
from
Opportunity
Detroit.
Artists
are
selected
based on
the
quality
and
character
of their
proposals,
as well
as their
connection
to the
City of
Detroit,
its
artistic
community,
and its
neighborhood
development.
The 2014
selections
are as
follows:
Ernst:
King of
Cats, by
Sean
Hagas
Yeah Yoy,
Foch, by
Louis
Cassinelli
and
Andrew
Thompson
Reflection
Portal,
by John
Rizzo
and Will
Tyrrell
Dystopian
Disco:
Sonic
Crystals,
by
Bethany
Shorb
and Kip
Ewing
The
Good-Time
Light-Hearted
Lean
Peaks,
by
Patrick
Ethen,
Ellen
Rutt,
Alan
Sedghi,
Eiji
Jimbo,
Simon
Anton,
and
Rachel
Mulder
Amity,
by Eddie
Bullock
Click
here
for more
info on
the 2014
projects
and
artists.
Tickets
for
Movement
are on
sale now
and can
be
purchased
by
visiting
www.Movement.us.
The cost
for a
three-day
weekend
pass is
currently
$130 and
grants
fans
general
admission
access
to the
festival
grounds
with
in-and-out
privileges.
The cost
for a
three-day
VIP pass
is
currently
$260 and
includes
many
extras
that can
be found
on the
website.
Check
out the
official
Movement
2014
trailer
online,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjfYii2zOHI
The
Movement
Electronic
Music
Festival
takes
place
every
Memorial
Day
weekend
inside
Hart
Plaza –
Detroit’s
legendary
riverfront
destination.
The
festival
features:
five
technologically-rich
outdoor
stages;
more
than 100
artists;
a posh
VIP
setting
located
behind
the main
stage;
dozens
of
official
afterparties;
an
interactive
technology
center
featuring
the
hottest
gear in
the
industry;
and
several
art
displays
to
stimulate
the
senses.
Over
107,000
people
from
around
the
globe
attended
the 2013
festival.
About
CAMP
CAMP
(Community
Arts
Moving
Projects)
is a
Detroit-based
non-profit
program
developed
by
Paxahau
Event
Productions,
The
Detroit
Creative
Corridor
Center,
and
artists/
entrepreneurs
Vanessa
Miller
and
Melinda
Anderson,
with
support
from
Omnicorp
Detroit,
Tech
Shop,
Detroit
Soup,
Forward
Arts,
Recycle
Here,
and
Corktown
Studios.
The
program
aims to
facilitate
the
continued
progress
of
Detroit
through
the
exhibition
of the
region’s
exemplary
creative
talent
on the
global
stage by
providing
selected
applicants
with a
monetary
stipend,
technical
resources
to aid
in
fabrication,
and
marketing
support
for the
projects
and
artists.
To date,
the CAMP
program
has
supported
24
projects,
80 local
artists,
and has
relocated
its
artist’s
projects
into
permanent
locations
in
Detroit’s
neighborhoods.
About
Opportunity
Detroit
Opportunity
Detroit
is a
campaign
that
showcases
Detroit’s
exciting
present
and
promising
future
by
creating
an urban
environment
that
attracts
businesses,
residents
and
visitors
while
promoting
Detroit
as a
great
place to
live,
work and
play.
The
campaign
launched
as a
partnership
among a
group of
28
locally-based
corporations
(many of
them
well-known
national
brands
and
businesses),
making a
long-term
commitment
to job
creation
and
community
investment
in
Detroit..
Opportunity
Detroit
started
as a
commercial,
and it
continues
to
evolve
as a way
to tell
Detroit’s
story as
an
emerging
high-tech
hub, and
the
city’s
ongoing
transformation
from a
muscle
economy
of the
past to
the
brain
economy
of the
present
and
future.
For more
information
visit
www.opportunitydetroit.com.
About
Paxahau
Paxahau,
now in
its
ninth
year as
producers
of the
Movement
Electronic
Music
Festival
in
Detroit,
first
established
itself
15 years
ago as
an
online
resource
to
promote
both
Detroit
and
electronic
music.
Paxahau
is a
name
synonymous
with
excellence
and an
industry
reputation
that is
second
to none.
Paxahau
is proud
of their
continued
independently
owned
festival
status
and is
recognized
across
the
world by
artists
and
industry
executives
as a
premier
production
and
promotions
organization.
To learn
more,
visit
www.paxahau.com. |