BULK Space is a Detroit-based arts organization committed to enriching the city's cultural landscape by providing inclusive platforms for artists, particularly those from marginalized communities. Our mission is to dismantle barriers in the arts by offering workshops, residencies, publications, public programs, exhibitions, and access to our Media Lab. We are dedicated to fostering equitable access to opportunities and resources, enabling underrepresented artists to thrive.

Projection Mapping Workshop

With Merel Noorlander
June 12, 2024 6PM - 8:30PM

This Program focuses on the basics of projection mapping as a form of non-linear storytelling, creating playgrounds. We will be looking at the possibilities, pros, unforeseen obstacles, and other experiments in public and inner spaces with the confidence that the visuals and (non-lineair) stories will reach whoever they need to belong to. All freely accessible in public space, where we no longer rely upon a “gallery space or art studio” as the horizon of all constitutive meaning but instead as a fluid possibility for thought and practice with exchange and connection.

This will take place at BULK Space Media Lab, offering each participant the space for experimentation with their own footage. No experience is required for this workshop

Participating Artists & Collaborators:
Merel Noorlander

Merel Noorlander (they/them) is an artist, curator and educator navigating between Salt Lake City, Detroit and Amsterdam (The Netherlands), who grew up in the Red-Light District, amongst a self-chosen queer family, and captain of their boat. They investigate expanded forms of media that focus on collective empowerment within sex tech, community-based media design and participatory processes, in strong collaboration with LGBTQIA+ communities. They are interested in how storytelling can function as a guide, a tool — an instrument for pleasure, a playground for imagination right at each person’s doorstep. They currently lead a Design Research through Video & Projection Mapping at the Multi-Disciplinary Design Division (MDD), University of Utah.

THE FIRST MIRROR
IS A NIGHT SKY

by Aiko Fukuchi
January 18th, 2024

27th Letter Books

Join us Thursday, January 18th, to celebrate the release of Aiko Fukuchi's book  "The First Mirror is a Night Sky". We're excited to host an evening filled with readings by AikoFukuchi, Owólabi Aboyade, and Alise Alousi at the 27th Letter Press, starting at 6:30 PM.

Address: 3546 Michigan Ave, Detroit, MI 48216

This event is mask mandatory for everyone's safety.





LINK TO VIDEO by Radical Play

The First Mirror is a Night Sky is the result of Aiko's creative efforts while in residency with Bulk Space in 2021. The book follows a young person's perspective as they navigate structures and tensions without yet having the language or context to do so. Utilizing multiple mediums including prose, visual work and poetry, the book offers a rhythmic and layered narrative.

BULK Salon 

We are thrilled to invite BULK Spaces family and friends to BULK SALON, an intimate  6-year birthday party for BULK that celebrates the artists who have shaped our organization and marks a new beginning for our next chapter. On Thursday, April 27, 2023 from 6-8pm we invite you to join us at our residential location for light snacks, and beverages while being surrounded by former BULK Space mini grant recipients and residents artwork. It will also serve as an open studio for our 2022-2023 residents, Cyrah Dardas and Maya Davis.

Participating Artists: 

Aiko Fukuchi
ALEX KNEPLEY
Calvin Walds
Chelsea Flowers
Cherise Morris
Corina Fadel
Crystal Palmer
Cyrah Dardas
Franchesca Lamarre
Halima Afi Cassells
Ivan Montoya
Kesswa
Kris McKinney
Lorena Cruz
Marcus Elliot
Marcellus
Maya Davis
Michela Ayers
Rachel Pontious
Sam Seurynck
Sara Nishikawa
saylem celeste
Shaina & Bryan Baira
Shanna Merola
Suraj Bhamra
Tammy Lakkis
Tia Nichols
Venusloc
Vincent Cervantez