Detroit artist’s pyramid gets noticed in Time magazine

Detroit artist’s pyramid caught the eye of Time magazine.Excerpt:The pyramid, by Detroit artist Scott Hocking, stood for about six months — the wooden floor tiles it was built from catching the rising and dying sun, day in and day out, a funereal presence apparently so arresting that scrappers stealing copper wiring from the ceiling directly overhead were careful not to disturb it.A Time magazine photographer happened upon the installation, and his picture stretches across two pages in this week’s issue (April 6), in a story on Detroit urban visionaries.Speaking Sunday in his studio on a bleak east side avenue, Hocking says he hardly works at home anymore, preferring on-site projects, like the late pyramid.Over the years, Hocking, 34, has prowled abandoned plants and warehouses all across Detroit, becoming one of the town’s chief urban spelunkers, often called on for tours and advice.”At heart, I’m really an explorer,” says Hocking, an intense, wiry guy whoRead the entire article here.