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Lighting the Genesee Towers

Jessica Back from the Fischer Bodies looks out at the Flat Lot next to the Genesee Towers as we prepare video projections on the rooftop of the Flint Journal building. Photo by Desiree Duell. 
Jessica Back and Zacks on the rooftop of the Flint Journal, specking out light and projection equipment and electricity. Photo by Desiree Duell.
Brooklyn-based artist Raphaele Shirley's kit-of-parts laser light installation drew pedestrians down the street to the Riverbank Park on the Flint River. 
A band played next to the Lawrence Halprin-designed Grand Fountain, specially turned on for the event. Photo by Desiree Duell.
The crowd gathers before the start of the light show at the abandoned Genesee Towers. The light show included dancers, a DJ, and slideshow projected on the side of the building. Photo by Sean Ryan, The Flint Journal.
Dancers prepare to ride through the parking structure on the first nine floors to perform on the 10th story. Photo by Desiree Duell. 
Rebekkah Mikkelson and Samantha Maxson perform. Photo by Desiree Duell.
Dancers perform in a row of windows above the city. Photo by Jared Field.
Cinthia Montague, 26 of Flint, dances to the music on the 10th floor of the Genesee Towers in downtown Flint. Photo by Sean Ryan, The Flint Journal. 
Dancers from the Fischer Bodies burlesque troupe, plus Jon Benet, Samantha Maxson, Rebekah Mikkelson, Cinthia Montague, Candice Stewart performed in the 10th-story windows of the high-rise, the tallest building in Flint. 
Jill "Miss Kitty Coquette" Clouthier of Fisher Bodies Burlesque dances for the crowd below the Genesee Towers in downtown Flint. Photo by Sean Ryan, The Flint Journal.
The Downtown Development Authority brought out bleachers for visitors to watch the performance. Photo by Joel Rash. 
The hula-hoop of Rebekah Mikkelson, 29 of Flint, makes a shadow against the wall during dancing at the Genesee Towers. Photo by Sean Ryan, The Flint Journal.
Member of the Fischer Bodies performs. 
Candice Stewart, 19, of Clio dances for the large crowd below in the abandoned Genesee Towers in Downtown Flint. Photo by Sean Ryan, The Flint Journal. 
Lighting the Genesee Towers
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Lighting the Genesee Towers

On July 8, 2011, Flint Public Art Project installed a performance, light and projection work in the Genesee Towers, a condemned 19-story building Read More

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