The Crazy Pineapple /// Nick Tobier
CFAR’s Papers on Power is a series of commissioned essays for which artists, writers, activists, and cultural producers have been asked to respond to the question “What is power?” in whatever form best relates to their work and thinking.
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Nick Tobier, co-founder of the Brightmoor Maker Space in Detroit, is a libra, a defender for the recently promoted 4th division Penguins soccer team, and a designer of projects in public places taking form in built structures and events from bus stops to kitchens and boulevards. Recent places include Medellin, Colombia; Cholula, Mexico; Ishinomaki, Japan; Detroit; The Prague Quadrennial; and La Pina Loca in Ann Arbor, MI. Nick studied sculpture and landscape architecture, worked at Storefront for Art and Architecture in NYC and as a designer with the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation/ Bronx Division and LandWorks Stu- dio, Boston. He is also Professor at the Stamps School of Art + Design at the University of Michigan.
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