The Power House Project based in Detroit is in support of housing artists and developing the city.
'POWER HOUSE PRODUCTIONS' are the non-profit community behind this who are focused on their:
1) Artist residency program – This program provides affordable housing for artists from across the world so they are able to develop long-term creative projects in the City of Detroit and contribute to Detroit’s revitalization
2) Neighborhood stabilization – This program incorporates a broad array of activities ranging from boarding up houses, to marketing vacant houses and creating live/work spaces for artists.
Juxtapoz magazine fund a large percentage of this project with the money raised in the '2009 Juxtapoz !5th Anniversary Benefit and Auction'
Ben Wolf's involvement in the project is particularly inspiring, he describes his installation work as 'an architectural mutation' where pieces of to-be-demolished houses are sawed to then be attached to other abandoned structures. The materials used already have a lot of character in how they have already been treated, weathered or broken. As they are a mismatch of pieces they also come together like a collage with different colours and textures. It feels like to achieve this when starting off with new materials would be difficult, but here it looks effortless, like they just work to give a very natural, but disjointed look.
http://www.ben-wolf.com/installation/dormer-house
