On Thursday, July 28th at 7:30pm, we invite you to visit a FREE collaborative urban therapy installation of art and architecture at 2040 West 83rd Street, which marks the rebuilding of the West 83rd Street community after a January 25th 2010 gas explosion rocked a neighborhood yet helped bring a community together. The event will be preceded by a pre-reflection on the explosion site (just North of the installation); a reception will follow.
Richey Piiparinen presents phase one of “The W83rd Street Project” in collaboration with experience artist Melissa Daubert, designer Jim Fish and architect Robert Donaldson; they have worked to re-envision the condemned residence at 2040 W83rd St, together with house sculptor Chris Shimp, electrical consultant Julie Lindstrom, area residents, CouncilmanMatt Zone and staff, and the Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization(DSCDO), as a canvas for a memory-evoking art installation, while also creating a harbinger for the abandoned home’s ultimate demolition. The animated silhouettes, shadows, and text tell the story of a community attempting to understand issues of loss,abandonment, and home - a task that much of Cleveland at the present must do.