Property Praxis is a collective exercise illustrating the impact of speculation on cities. Speculators control nearly 20 percent of all land parcels in Detroit. Though their practices vary, speculation often changes the role and use of property in neighborhoods and communities. At its most extreme, speculation generates vacancy and abandonment. It is often a practice with minimal investment that hastening the deterioration of houses, commercial, and industrial buildings.
Photo credit: Yuula Benivolski
Date
2015 – Present
Client
University of Michigan Dearborn, Urban and Regional Studies
Grants
2015 Office of Metropolitan Impact, University of Michigan Dearborn
Exhibitions
2018 ONSITE: Gallery, Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD), Diagrams of Power
2016 Habitat III: Visualizing Cities (Ecuador, Quito)
Media
Article WDET, May 2016
Article Michigan Radio, May 2016
Article CBC Windsor Morning, May 2016
