Première of Going West on Michigan Avenue from Downtown Detroit to Westland. The screening is introduced by a keynote lecture by John C. Welchman, Professor of Modern Art History at the University of California, San Diego and Co-director of The Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts. James Lingwood, Co-director of Artangel, then joins him on stage after the screening for a brief Q&A.
Going West on Michigan Avenue from Downtown Detroit to Westland
Mike Kelley, USA, 2010–11, 76.15 min
The first of the Mobile Homestead videos follows a full-size replica of Kelley’s family house front as it travels from downtown Detroit to its original location in suburban Westland, encountering and documenting urban decay and deep socio-economic disparities along the way.
There is a 15-minute break between the lecture and the screening.
