Autumn 2018 – I.Detroit – A Human Atlas of an American city

Throughout 2018 Lyon’s studio has been working on his next significant human atlas in the city of Detroit. I.Detroit is an extensive, research-based, social-impact, art initiative supported by the Kresge Foundation. The project will uncover and tell the stories of 100 extraordinary Detroiters who are moving the needle in this much-misrepresented city. During the autumn the I.Detroit team set up studio in the city to collate oral histories, photographic portraits and ancestral DNA tests of a cohort of nominated individuals…to see behind the scenes of this endeavour, please visit…I.Detroit on Facebook & on The Detroit News website.

In other news the WE: deutschland book and exhibition launched in Hamburg, Germany in early September with plans for a large exhibition in Berlin during 2019. The project, sponsored by Danish corporation momondo’s Open World Network endeavoured to explore the extraordinary diversity of a European nation at a time of significant political change. Listern to Marcus here talk about the project.

Both the WE: deutschland and Somos Brasil books are now available for international shipping from the Glassworks Gallery on ml@theglassworks.co.uk