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GARDEN OF THE GODS is an installation built on the collapsed roof of the Albert Kahn designed Packard automobile plant in Detroit. Only a handful of Kahn's cast concrete columns remain standing among the rubble, leaving a site reminiscent of both the Roman Forum and Bernini's Piazza San Pietro. Using the columns as pedestals, the twelve gods of the classical Greek Pantheon are replaced and represented by wooden television consoles found elsewhere in the building. Completed in December of 2009, the new pantheon of gods was documented through the seasons as the structure collapsed, and the TV towers were destroyed. In March 2010, another portion of the roof collapsed, and by April, a 4-story collapse created a semicircular cliff. A few TVs remain, and the structure is rumored as slated for demolition.
GARDEN OF THE GODS, SOUTH, WINTER |
GARDEN OF THE GODS, WEST, WINTER |
GARDEN OF THE GODS, WEST, SNOW |
ZEUS WHIRLWIND |
ZEUS ROOF HOLE, SNOW |
ZEUS WINTER |
ZEUS SNOW |
ZEUS SUMMER |
ZEUS DESTROYED |
GARDEN OF THE GODS, NORTH, WINTER |
GARDEN OF THE GODS, NORTH, SNOW |
GARDEN OF THE GODS, NORTH, SUMMER |
GARDEN OF THE GODS, NORTH, SUNSET |
APOLLO, WINTER |
APHRODITE, EROS, AND PAN, WINTER |
APHRODITE, EROS, AND PAN, SUMMER |
ZEUS SNOW HOLE, SOUTHEAST |
ZEUS, ICE |
HEPHAESTUS AND THE GARDEN OF THE GODS, WINTER |
POSEIDON AND THE GARDEN OF THE GODS, WINTER |
HEPHAESTUS AND THE GARDEN OF THE GODS, SNOW |
DIONYSUS AND THE GARDEN, NORTHEAST, SUMMER |
GARDEN OF THE GODS HOLE, WINTER |
GARDEN OF THE GODS HOLE, SNOW |
ZEUS SNOW HOLE, SOUTHWEST |
ZEUS HOLE, SUMMER |
ROOF TOWER, WEST, SUMMER |
TOWER HOLE, WEST, WINTER |
ZEUS FROM TOWER HOLE, WINTER |
ZEUS ROOF, WINTER |
ZEUS ROOF COLLAPSE, SUMMER |
BEFORE THE COLLAPSE, WEST |
METROPOLIS HOLE, SUMMER |
METROPOLIS HOLE, WINTER |
BEFORE THE COLLAPSE, SOUTH |
CLIFF, SOUTHWEST, SUMMER |
ARES, APOLLO, AND ATHENA, WINTER |
ARES, APOLLO, AND ATHENA, SUMMER |
ARES, APOLLO, AND ATHENA, SNOW |
ZEUS HOLE, WINTER, SUNSET |
ZEUS SNOWDRIFT |
ZEUS RUINS |
HEPHAESTUS AND THE GARDEN OF THE GODS, WINTER 2 |
ATHENA AND THE GARDEN OF THE GODS, SNOW |
GARDEN OF THE GODS, WEST, SUNSET |
GARDEN OF THE GODS, NORTHWEST, WINTER |
GARDEN OF THE GODS, WEST, WEB |
ZEUS RUINS, SUNSET |
ZEUS RUINS, SNOW |
ARES WITH HAWK, SUMMER |
HERMES, SNOW |
DIONYSUS, WINTER |
DIONYSUS AND THE GARDEN, NORTH, SUMMER |
ZEUS SHADOWS, WINTER |
ZEUS ISTHMUS, SUMMER |
HEPHAESTUS HOLE, WINTER |
GARDEN OF THE GODS, NORTHWEST FROM ROOF, SNOW |
GARDEN OF THE GODS, NORTHWEST FROM ROOF, WINTER |
GARDEN OF THE GODS, NORTHEAST, SNOW |
GARDEN OF THE GODS, SOUTHWEST, WINTER |
GARDEN OF THE GODS, NORTHWEST FROM ROOF, SUNSET |
GARDEN OF THE GODS RAINBOW |
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