Kolenkit

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From September until Christmas 2011 the Pink Pony Express will be around in the Kolenkit. This project follows our previous work in Detroit and Heerlen.

The Pink Pony Express is a four person interdisciplinary team dedicated to the investigation, and visualization of social networks. Usually, these networks operate undetected, and escape traditional political and media radar.
The PPE seeks out 'soft data'. Soft data is information which is too sparse, spread out and nuanced to be mapped statistically. Soft data is often overshadowed by hard data, which can be analytically useful, but often presents a too general, incomplete and sometimes negative image.
The basic strategy of the Ponies is ‘research through making’, with every exploration taking material form. These forms occupy, or are brought back to the places under study. What is returned may not be immediately recognizable to the members of those communities; their work thus gives back what was never possessed in the first place.
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July 3, 2010

GREATER DETROIT

Some churches put up messages, on outdoor letter-display boards, that are so remarkable they make you stall your car right then and there. The holy spirit must be with us, because we haven't crashed yet!

Throughout the last few weeks we've assembled a great collection of outdoor messages from churches all over town. Simultaneously, we initiated conversations with several pastors about their ties to Detroit, and opened a dialogue discussing how they are connected to Detroit life.
The variety of connections is really fantastic, spanning rental blowup castles to collaborations with city council, and the local police force.

Last Wednesday, we had a great meeting with about ten pastors, with whom we are embarking on a collaboration to boost the city's weary image, and that of all it's people.
Obviously, we feel blessed to work together with them.
Geplaatst door the pink ponys op 4:20 PM