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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. 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. Since 2010, building 92 has continued to self-demolish, including multiple 4-story collapses on both the east and west sides of the structure.
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 |
HEPHAESTUS AND THE GARDEN OF THE GODS, SNOW |
ZEUS, ICE |
ZEUS SNOW HOLE, SOUTHEAST |
METROPOLIS HOLE, SUMMER |
METROPOLIS HOLE, WINTER |
ARES WITH HAWK, SUMMER |
APOLLO, WINTER |
GARDEN OF THE GODS HOLE, WINTER |
GARDEN OF THE GODS HOLE, SNOW |
ZEUS ROOF, WINTER |
ZEUS ROOF COLLAPSE, SUMMER |
VULTURE |
GARDEN OF THE GODS, NORTH, WINTER |
GARDEN OF THE GODS, NORTH, SNOW |
GARDEN OF THE GODS, NORTH, SUMMER |
GARDEN OF THE GODS, NORTH, SUNSET |
APHRODITE, EROS, AND PAN, WINTER |
APHRODITE, EROS, AND PAN, SUMMER |
HEPHAESTUS AND THE GARDEN OF THE GODS, WINTER |
POSEIDON AND THE GARDEN OF THE GODS, WINTER |
DIONYSUS AND THE GARDEN, NORTHEAST, SUMMER |
ZEUS SNOW HOLE, SOUTHWEST |
ZEUS HOLE, SUMMER |
ROOF TOWER, WEST, SUMMER |
TOWER HOLE, WEST, WINTER |
ZEUS FROM TOWER HOLE, WINTER |
BEFORE THE COLLAPSE, WEST |
METROPOLIS HOLE, AFTER COLLAPSE |
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 |
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 |
GARDEN OF THE GODS FROM ABOVE |
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