ShangriLa

Interesting read today (as always) on Detroitblog about the new ShangriLa gallery and the graffiti show they had over this past weekend. As much as I support the all arts, including graffiti art, I'm a little unamused over what transpired at the opening. For those of you who do not know, ShangriLa is on the second floor of my building. I do not appreciate how the participants of this show took it upon themselves ot explore the rest of the building and tag the crap out of the stairwell and the property of surrounding businesses. This is my, and others' home, not part of the gallery which they were approved to paint.

Do not shit where you eat/sleep.

It would make sense that if the gallery "owners" (renters) had more than two braincells to rub together, they would keep their artists under contol if they had any hope of keeping the space for their intended purpose. I would love to see a functioning gallery in my building. I definitely will not complain, because it does not personally offend me, but I know for a certain fact that other residents will complain to those in charge. The address and exactly what was going down there are not only all over the internet, but featured prominently in last week's Real Detroit, so there is no way of getting out of it. It just angers me that their seeming lack of care for others in the building probably killed what could have been an interesting addition to the space. We all have parties and that is well and good (and sometimes annoying to others), but those businesses are going to be PISSED and now they know exactly who to blame.