The culture of Detroit does not rest solely on the shoulders of the Movement festival. Like any major American city, Detroit hosts its annual beacons of pride and popularity — the lauded Detroit International Jazz Festival, downtown’s chilly Winter Blast, the prestigious North American International Auto Show. But often, the shadow cast by these behemoth weekend attractions hides a bustling culture that breeds year-round. Last Thursday evening, as the stages were being erected and the carnival food carts were still jockeying for position before the start of Movement 2010 in Hart Plaza, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) was offering a small sampling of such sophistication.
