Presented By: Institute for the Humanities
plant 3D Video Installation

This premiere of new work exploring the abandoned Packard plant in Detroit is created by Paul Kaiser, the 2011 Kidder Resident in the Arts at the U-M Institute for the Humanities and the OpenEnded Group. The OpenEnded Group shot over 10,000 images of every detail of the plant, then used these as raw material to create the completed composition. The resulting 20-foot projection captures the enormity of the site: the vastness of deserted corridors, the sheer drops of stairwells, and the incongruity of the open sky. Recorded ambient sound punctuates the piece with scattered signs of life and the unsettling randomness of events.