Cyberoptix Tie Lab

An exciting special program related to Shrinking Cities at Cranbrook:

Friday, February 23, 7-8 pm
Sound Effects: Music Builds Community in Shrinking Cities
Gallery talk and music presentation by Walter Wasacz

Journalist-photographer Walter Wasacz produces The Subterraneans, a column in Detroit's MetroTimes devoted to international electronic music culture. He is also a founding member of the DJ collective Paris '68. Walter will talk about the contemporary music scene and will play samples from Detroit and the European cities featured in the Shrinking Cities exhibition.

The presentation will be followed by live music at MOCAD from 9 to 11 pm, featuring World Class Detroit Jazz Improvisation: Raw Truth Ensemble with Michael Carey; Skeeter C. R. Shelton; Ali Allen Colding; Timothy Caldwell; Jiles Rosbury; and DJ Brad Hales. A bus will travel from MOCAD to Cranbrook at 6:15 pm and from Cranbrook to MOCAD at 8:15 pm; the bus will leave MOCAD at 10:50 pm to return to Cranbrook at 11:30 pm.