Documented artwork / performance scenography and stage set
Detroit Afrikan Funkestra
Akoaki designed scenography for an open-air opera produced by the Detroit Afrikan Music Institution. The stage remixes neighborhood music-venue forms into an environment for musicians presenting a partial history of Detroit music.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 2016
- Materials
- plywood, house paint, glitter, hardware
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- Not documented
- Dimensions apply to
- Not documented
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
2016
Oakland Avenue Urban Farm, North End, Detroit, Michigan
- Site
- Oakland Avenue Urban Farm
- City
- Detroit
- State / region
- MI
- Country
- United States (inferred; not independently confirmed)
- Event
- Detroit Design Festival
- Setting
- outdoor
- Start year
- 2016
- Date meaning
- premiere
Installation details checked 2026-10-17.
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- akoaki.com ↗ · Checked 2026-09-21
- akoaki.com ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17