http://www.folkestonetriennial.org.uk/index.php/artists/ en seb@sebneerman.com Copyright 2009 2009-04-14T08:20:15+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/home/folkestone-homepage/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/home/folkestone-homepage/#When:08:20:15Z The Folkestone Triennial is a three-yearly exhibition of contemporary artworks sited in public spaces throughout Folkestone. Andrea Schlieker conceived and curated the inaugural exhibition in 2008 and will direct the second Folkestone Triennial in the summer of 2011. Permanent Artworks Arts and regeneration charity The Creative Foundation, organiser of the Folkestone Triennial, has announced that eight of the twenty two works commissioned for the 2008 exhibition will remain permanently in the town. Andrea Schlieker says: “Folkestone can now offer an extraordinary collection of works by world-renowned artists in the public realm which can be enjoyed at all times by residents and visitors alike. The eight works form the basis of a permanent collection, which will grow over the years and promise to make Folkestone a unique destination for contemporary art in the UK. Please click here to see the list of works that will remain in the town. A new Visitor Centre has opened in Folkestone’s Creative Quarter to provide information about the Triennial’s Permanent Artworks including new maps and audio guides, as well as the opportunity to view archive copies of three of the films commissioned for the 2008 Folkestone Triennial by Adam Chodzko, Langlands and Bell and Patrick Tuttofuoco. A reading area offers background information about different models of art in the public realm. The 2008 Folkestone Triennial catalogue ‘Tales of Time and Space’ can be purchased at the Centre as well as books about the participating artists. Folkestone Triennial 2008 22 internationally acclaimed contemporary artists and artist groups including Christian Boltanski, Tracey Emin, Mark Dion, Jeremy Deller, Tacita Dean and Mark Wallinger were commissioned to create new works for the first Folkestone Triennial, Tales of Time and Space, which ran from 14 June – 14 September 2008. The artists responded with works that engaged with the Kent coastal town’s history, population, culture and built environment to create a cutting-edge contemporary art exhibition. Context The Folkestone Triennial forms a major component of the creativity and arts-led regeneration of Folkestone, which is being driven by the Creative Foundation, chaired by leading UK philanthropist Roger De Haan, former chairman of Saga.  Other elements of the regeneration programme include a masterplan for the redevelopment of the harbour and seafront, a new £38m city academy specialising in the arts, a new university campus with a strong focus on arts courses, a new performing arts centre  and a Creative Quarter with over 100 artists already established in a growing number of refurbished studio, living and retail spaces.  A new high-speed rail link from London St Pancras International will open in December 2009. 2009-04-14T08:20:15+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/home/permanent-art-intro/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/home/permanent-art-intro/#When:06:34:39Z Eight of the twenty two works commissioned for the 2008 Folkestone Triennial remain permanently in the town. Andrea Schlieker said: “Folkestone can now offer an extraordinary collection of works by world-renowned artists in the public realm which can be enjoyed at all times by residents and visitors alike. The eight works form the basis of a permanent collection, which will grow over the years and promise to make Folkestone a unique destination for contemporary art in the UK.” The permanent artworks are:     Adam Chodzko’s documentation sign and accompanying short film “Pyramid” (archive copy available to view on request at the visitor centre)     Nathan Coley’s illuminated light structure “Heaven Is A Place Where Nothing Ever Happens”.     Tracey Emin’s seven small bronzes representing “Baby Things”.     Patrick Tuttofuoco’s three metre high multi-coloured “F O L K E S T O N E” sculpture on the harbour arm, and accompanying film (archive copy available to view on request at the visitor centre).     Turner Prize winner Mark Wallinger’s “Folk Stones”, containing 19,240 numbered beach pebbles, each symbolising a life lost on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.     Richard Wentworth’s “Racinated”, a series of ten text plaques in Folkestone’s public thoroughfares.     Pae White’s “Barking Rocks”, a rustic dog park for Folkestone’s dogs and their owners.     Richard Wilson’s “18 Holes”, a series of three beach huts on the coastal promenade re-fashioned from the former crazy-golf course. Archive copies of the films by Adam Chodzko, Langlands and Bell and Patrick Tuttofuoco commissioned for the 2008 Triennial can be seen in the Visitor Centre on request. They were originally shown as large projections in special sites relating to their subject matter. 2009-04-02T06:34:39+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/home/triennial-catalogue-2008/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/home/triennial-catalogue-2008/#When:14:54:02Z The Folkestone Triennial catalogue is a high quality publication, complete with full colour installation shots (by Thierry Bal) of each of the 22 artworks, as well as stunning images of Folkestone by Swiss photographer Joel Tettamanti. It features a 5000 word introductory essay by curator Andrea Schlieker, as well as text contributions from each of the exhibiting artists. The catalogue for ‘Tales of Time and Space’ is an invaluable souvenir of the inaugural Folkestone Triennial. To order your copy please call the Visitor Centre on 01303 854080 (open 7 days a week 10am – 6pm) or with your telephone number and a member of the team will call you back.  Price // £14.99 + £3.25 (Postage & Packing, UK) Specifications Format // 118 pages, 270mm x 235mm Published // Cultureshock Media Printed // Cambridge Universtiy Press Distributed // Thames and Hudson ISBN 10 // 0-9546999-6-3 ISBN 13 // 978-0-9546999-6-3 2008-07-22T14:54:02+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/home/accessibility/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/home/accessibility/#When:10:43:00Z During the development of the Folkestone Triennial website we have made every reasonable effort to make it available to as many people as possible. However, because web accessibility is an evolving branch of web development and all the official guidelines currently available are only best practice suggestions, we accept that there may be better ways to improve the accessibility of our site. If you have any suggestions for improvement or encounter any issues, please . Change Font Size If the default font-size of website is inadequate for your needs, you can change it from your browser settings. Internet Explorer on a PC Select the View menu at the top of your window. Scroll down and select the Text Size option and adjust to suit. Firefox on a PC or a Mac Select the View menu at the top of your window. Scroll down and select the Text Size option and adjust to suit. Safari on a Mac Select the View menu at the top of your window. Scroll down and select between the Make Text Bigger or Make Text Smaller options. Navigate without a mouse The Folkestone Triennial website is navigable without the use of a mouse. Pressing the tab key on your keyboard will skip to the next link. If you hold down shift and then press tab, you will skip to the previous link. Pressing the return key will activate whatever link you have selected. Your arrow keys will help you scroll up or down the page. The backspace or back delete key, will move you to the previous page you visited. Standards Compliance All pages on this site have been validated by the W3C as XHTML 1.0 Strict. The code has been semantically structured, so that text-only browsing will still convey a sense of content order. The site also complies to Section 508 Guidelines for accessibility, and it has been Bobby A and WCAG AAA approved, complying with all priority 1, 2, and 3 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. 2007-11-26T10:43:00+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/home/contacts/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/home/contacts/#When:10:19:56Z VISITOR CENTRE The Folkestone Triennial Visitor Centre is based at 56-58 Old High Street CT20 1RN (see map).  Folkestone Triennial site-maps can be collected from here and you can buy copies of the catalogue and merchandise. There will also be staff around to help with any queries you may have. The Visitor Centre opening hours are 10am until 5pm Tuesday to Sunday The Visitor Centre telephone number is 01303 854080 Creative Foundation telephone number is 01303 245799 For email enquiries Andrea Schlieker, Curator Niamh Sullivan, Assistant curator Nick Ewbank, Artistic Director, Creative Foundation PRESS ENQUIRIES Yvette Illsley, Creative Foundation Tel: 01303 245799 Email:             2007-11-26T10:19:56+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/home/sponsors/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/home/sponsors/#When:09:48:00Z The Folkestone Triennial has been principally funded by the Roger De Haan Charitable Trust and made possible by the generous gifts of our local and national sponsors. We would like to thank all the sponsors listed below for their indispensable and enduring support. The Roger De Haan Charitable Trust Arts Council EnglandVisit artscouncil.org.uk The Henry Moore FoundationVisit henry-moore-fdn.co.uk The Folkestone Estate Calouste Gulbenkian FoundationVisit gulbenkian.org.uk Goethe Institut LondonVisit goethe.de Shepway District CouncilVisit shepway.gov.uk Kent County CouncilVisit kent.gov.uk SoutheasternVisit southeasternrailway.co.uk Bernard Sunley Charitable Trust University Centre FolkestoneVisit ucf.ac.uk CulturesfranceVisit culturesfrance.com UBSVisit ubs.com OutsetVisit outset.org.uk SEEDAVisit seeda.co.uk vitraVisit vitra.com Kent Community FoundationVisit kentcf.org.uk IFRUVisit institut-francais.org.uk 2007-11-26T09:48:00+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/home/travel/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/home/travel/#When:18:53:52Z 66 miles from London, Folkestone is served by good road, rail and bus links. By Train Services from Charing Cross/London Bridge/Waterloo East/Cannon St to Ramsgate calling at Folkestone Central Station run regularly and take between 1 hour 20 and 1 hour 40 minutes. Folkestone Central Station is a short walk from the centre of town. National Rail Enquiry Line 08457 48 49 50 www.nationalrail.co.uk Top Tip: a quick way of getting to Folkestone from London Bridge (1 hour 19 minutes) is to change at Tonbridge - there is no need to change platforms in between trains.  The Visitor Centre is about 20mins walk through the town centre from the station - follow the red seagulls trail! By Car Head for the M20, turn off at junction from 12 or 13 and follow the signs to Folkestone. Or take the M2 to Canterbury for a choice of pretty routes into Folkestone. Parking All the Council’s car parks charge daily fees, mostly between 8am - 8pm. Please note that the Leas Cliff Hall car park normally closes at 9pm, except on days when there is an evening performance at the Leas Cliff Hall when it closes at midnight.  The main harbour car park is close to many of the key locations for the Folkestone Triennial and to the visitor centre at 55-57 Tontine Street CT20 1JR.  Charge for parking at the Harbour car park is £4 per day. By Bus or Coach A direct National Express coach service runs from London Victoria Coach Station as well as many other towns and cities around the country to the main bus station in Bouverie Square, Folkestone. Stagecoach also operates a network of routes linking towns and villages. National Express 08705 80 80 80 Stagecoach East Kent 08702 433711 www.stagecoachbus.com/eastkent/ Taxi Folkestone Taxis: 01303 252 000 Visitor Centre The Visitor Centre for the Triennial is based at 55-57 Tontine Street CT20 1JR (see map).  Folkestone Triennial site-maps and Young People’s Guides can be collected from here and you can buy copies of the catalogue and merchandise and sign up for Triennial talks and tours. There will also be staff around to help with any queries you may have. Accomodation search accommodation in Folkestone folkestonehotels.comVisit Kent 2007-11-19T18:53:52+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/home/folkestone-triennial/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/home/folkestone-triennial/#When:14:49:21Z The Triennial is conceived and curated by curator Andrea Schlieker, co-curator of the British Art Show 2005/06, and aims to examine changing notions of art in the public realm.  The inaugural Folkestone Triennial will include both temporary works, which will remain in situ for the three months of the show, and a number of permanent works. This pattern will be repeated in subsequent Triennials so that, over time, Folkestone will become a centre for contemporary art of the highest calibre.  Curator Andrea Schlieker says: “It’s a tribute to Folkestone’s truly inspirational character that our roster of acclaimed artists from LA to Lodz have all responded with extraordinary enthusiasm and artistic insight to creating works for this seaside town. Our aim is to bring art of the highest quality to the widest audience, and to put Folkestone on the cultural map in the same way that Münster receives world-wide recognition for its Skulptur Projekte. We are especially excited about the legacy element of the Triennial which will maintain the focus on Folkestone as a place committed to contemporary art beyond the timeframe of this inaugural exhibition.” The Folkestone Triennial forms a major component of the creativity and arts-led regeneration of Folkestone, which is being driven by the Creative Foundation, chaired by leading UK philanthropist Roger De Haan, former chairman of Saga.  Other elements of the regeneration programme include a Foster + Partners masterplan for the redevelopment of the harbour and seafront, a new £38m city academy specialising in the arts, a new University Campus with a strong focus on arts courses, a new performing arts centre and a Creative Quarter with over 100 artists already established in a growing number of refurbished studio, living and retail spaces.  2007-11-02T14:49:21+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/home/about-folkestone/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/home/about-folkestone/#When:18:09:00Z Your visit to Folkestone Triennial will take you around some of the most attractive parts of Folkestone - a hidden gem on the South East Coast of England.  While you are here, be sure to take in some of the highlights of the town, such as the glorious seafront; magnificent scenic promenades; panoramic views across to France; extensive coastal park; old town and Creative Quarter; family-friendly beaches; grand Victorian villas; Martello Towers and clifftop walks. Folkestone is a medium-sized town on the Kent coast 66 miles from London and 22 miles from France.  From beginnings as a fishing village, then a successful trading port, Folkestone emerged as a popular and smart Victorian seaside resort frequented by Edward VII.  It has been a creative centre ever since, attracting writers, artists, musicians, and filmmakers, from Charles Dickens, Derek Jarman, Jimi Hendrix, Marcel Duchamp and 20th-century literary figures from H G Wells to George Bernard Shaw, Joseph Conrad and Samuel Beckett. Beaches and Seafront Folkestone’s clean and picturesque beaches are mainly pebbled, with some bays and sand-pit play areas for children.  There is a sandy beach, ‘Sunny Sands’, near the harbour and The Stade fishery.  The mile-long Leas promenade, between the town and the seafront, provides breathtaking views across the Channel, as well as a working Victorian water-lift.  The recently renovated Leas bandstand has a summer programme of events.  There is a bustling farmers’, fishermen’s and artists’ market in the harbour area every Sunday. Coastal Park In recent years, the Victorian lower Leas Coastal Park has been brought back to life to create an 11 hectare leisure park overlooking the sea.  Summer meadows, picnic areas and avenues of pines lead down to a series of bays and beaches, while events in a 300 seat sea-view amphitheatre keep visitors entertained.  For children, there is the largest free outdoor adventure playground in the South East Old Town and Creative Quarter Folkestone’s historic Old Town is being reinvented with a new ‘Creative Quarter’, where more than 120 artists live and work in state-of-the-art studio spaces, creative shops and galleries.  Take some time to visit the Quarter’s specialist shops and cafes and watch local artists create their work. Tourist information can be found at Discover Folkestone 2007-11-01T18:09:00+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/christian-boltanski/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/christian-boltanski/#When:06:50:49Z Title: . Location: . Christian Boltanski works with the ephemera of the human experience, dealing with questions of death, memory, and loss. Known for a body of work that may be considered an archive of our social, cultural, ethnic, and personal histories, Boltanski is one of France’s most widely exhibited living artists. Recent solo exhibitions include: Museo d’Arte Contemporanea – Rome 2006 A.V. Schusev State Museum of Architecture – Moscow 2005 Marian Goodman Gallery – Paris 2005 MACRO Museum of Fine Arts – Boston 2000 Haus der Kunst – Munich 1997 Recent group exhibitions include: Surprise, Surprise, ICA – London 2006 Dis-assembly, Serpentine Gallery – London 2006 La Force de l’Art, Grand Palais – Paris 2006 Venice Biennale, Venice 1996 and 199 In 2006 Boltanski was awarded the Laureate of the Praemium Imperiale, and in 2001 won the Kaiser Ring, Mochhausmuseum Goslar and the Kunstpreis, given by Nord/LB, Braunschweig, Germany. 2008-02-10T06:50:49+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/heather-and-ivan-morison/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/heather-and-ivan-morison/#When:07:03:48Z Title: . Location: . The Morison’s work varies from performance, video, photos, text and audio pieces, to a garden and an arboretum; all modest documentations of naturally occurring man-made phenomena, real and unreal. Recent solo shows include Bloomberg Space - London 2007 Earthwalker, Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art – London 2006 Camden Arts Centre Tree Tour, Camden Arts Centre – London 2006 Starmaker, Charles H Scott Gallery – Vancouver 2005 Chinese Arboretum, Q Arts – Derby 2005 Heather & Ivan Morison do not understand it, IPS – Birmingham 2004 Recent group exhibitions include Zoorama, part of Thin Cities, Piccadilly Line, Platform for Art – London 2007 British Art Show 6, Manchester – Nottingham and Bristol 2006 Human Nature, Pump House – Battersea, London 2005 The Art of the Garden, Tate Britain, London, 2005 The Morisons completed their first Science Fiction novel The Divine Vessel in 2003 and created a bedding scheme for the City of Westminster in spring 2004. The Morisons represented Wales at the 52nd Venice Biennale 2007. 2008-01-30T07:03:48+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/tracey-emin/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/tracey-emin/#When:14:11:09Z Title: . Location: . Tracey Emin’s art is one of candid disclosure, using events from her own life as inspiration for her practice, ranging from painting, drawing, video, and installation, to photography, needlework and sculpture. Recent solo exhibitions include 20 Years, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art – Edinburgh 2008 British Pavilion 52nd Venice Biennale – Italy 2007 More Flow, Galleria Lorcan O’Neill – Rome 2006 I Can Feel Your Smile, Lehmann Maupin – New York 2005 When I Think About Sex…, White Cube – London 2005 Recent group exhibitions include You Dig The Tunnel, I’ll Hide The Soil, White Cube - London 2008 Fourth Plinth, National Gallery - London 2008 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy – London 2007 Lights, Camera, Action, Whitney Museum of American Art – New York 2007 Youth of Today, Schirn Kunsthalle – Frankfurt 2006 Body, Vancouver Art Gallery – Canada 2005 Emin was made a Royal Academician in 2007. Acknowledgments Arthur Pendlebury-Green at Bayle Pond Residents Association, Amanda Oates and Chris McCreedy at Shepway District Council, Julie Houghton and Sarah Boundy at Southeastern Trains, Jerry at AB Fine Art, and Dave Williams at MTech. 2008-01-28T14:11:09+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/nathan-coley/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/nathan-coley/#When:06:52:45Z Title: . Location: . Nathan Coley’s practice is based on an interest in public space, and explores how architecture comes to be invested, and reinvested, with meaning. Coley works in a diverse range of media including public and gallery-based sculpture, photography, drawing and video. Recent solo exhibitions include Haunch of Venison Gallery - Berlin 2008 Doggerfisher Gallery – Edinburgh 2007 We Must Cultivate Our Garden, Public Art Project – Edinburgh 2007 There Will Be No Miracles Here, Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute – Scotland 2006 Gathering of Strangers, ICA – Nottingham 2006 Haunch of Venison Gallery - Berlin 2008 Recent group exhibitions include Breaking Steps, Museum of Contemporary Art – Belgrade 2007 British Art Show 6 – Newcastle (touring) 2005/06 Solitude, Upstairs – Berlin 2006 A Cidade Interpretada – Santiago de Compostela, Spain 2006 Coley has been nominated for the Turner Prize 2007 and was awarded the Artist Award from the Scottish Arts Council in 2003 and 1996. See Nathan Coley's work at the Haunch of Venison website and the Doggerfisher Gallery website 2008-01-25T06:52:45+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/tacita-dean/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/tacita-dean/#When:06:53:19Z Title: . Location: . Tacita Dean trained as a painter and now works in a variety of media. She is best known for her 16mm films in which issues of time and filmmaking are of central importance. Recent solo exhibitions include Guggenheim Museum – New York 2007 The Hugh Lane Gallery – Dublin 2007 Miami Art Central – Florida 2007 Schaulager – Munchenstein 2006 Recent group exhibitions include On History – Madrid 2007 Universal Experience, MART Rovero – Italy 2006 4th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art – Germany 2006 Universal Experience, Hayward Gallery – London 2005 The 51st Venice Biennale – Italy 2005 She has received many awards including the 2006 Hugo Boss Prize, the DAAD Fellowship, and in 1998 was short-listed for the Turner Prize. 2008-01-24T06:53:19+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/richard-wilson/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/richard-wilson/#When:07:14:40Z Title: . Location: . Richard Wilson is one of Britain’s most renowned sculptors. He is internationally celebrated for his interventions in architectural space which draw heavily from the worlds of engineering and construction for their inspiration. Wilson has exhibited widely nationally and internationally for over thirty years. Recent solo shows include Turning the place Over, Lead work for Year of Culture – Liverpool 2007 Galleria Fumagalli, Bergamo – Italy 2007 Curve Gallery, Barbican Art Centre – London 2006 Bank Job, Caveau, Palazzo delle Papesse Contemporary Art centre – Italy 2004 Recent group exhibitions include Royal Academy Summer Show – Royal Academy 2007 Butterfly, Platform China – Beijing China, 2006 Break Neck Speed, Yokohama Triennal – Yokohama, Japan 2005 Wilson was nominated for the Turner Prize on two occasions and was awarded the DAAD Fellowship in Berlin 1992/93. Wilson was made a Royal Academician in 2006. Acknowledgments David Bowen and Tony Hatton 2008-01-22T07:14:40+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/kaffe-matthews/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/kaffe-matthews/#When:07:00:23Z Title: . Location: . Kaffe Matthews has been making and performing new electro-acoustic music since 1990. She is acknowledged as a leading figure and pioneer in the field of electronic improvisation and live composition, making on average 50 performances a year worldwide. Recent solo shows include Sonic Bed_Shanghai, Xuhui Art Museum – Shanghai, China 2006 This is for you, work for chaise longue, Arnolfini Gallery – Bristol 2005 Three Crosses of Queensbridge Rd, Sounds Like Drawing, Drawing Room – London 2005 No-one here but us chickens, The Starr auditorium, Sound of Heaven & Earth Symposium, Tate Modern – London 2005 Significant Collaborations With Shri and live with Christian Fennesz, Pan-Sonic, Eliane Radique, agf, Sachiko M, Ikue Mori, Granular Synthesis, Ryoko Kuwajima, Zeena Parkins, Andy Moor as well as: - Karen Kilimnik Ballet, Sleeping Beauty & friends, New PlayersTheatre, London 2007, made & performed score. Merce Cunningham Dance Co, John Paul Jones, Philip Selway, Steve Montague, Barbican, London 2005 Sounding Architecture + Lynn Cox + vision impaired adults. Directed the making and performance of Damp Under, 8 channel work for Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, London, by Siza and de Moura. George Lewis Ensemble, Baden-Baden, SWR2, Neue Music, Germany 2004 Weightless Animals. Online sonic space cartoons & 12” picture disk .2 yr NASA research. In February 2006 Matthews was made an Honorary Professor of Music, Shanghai Music Conservatory, China. At present she is Director & Founder of field 61, promoting monthly Live Digital Music events, currently on Resonance FM, and Artistic Advisor to STEIM, (electronic music studios) Amsterdam, Netherlands. Her 2004 collaboration Weightless Animals was awarded a BAFTA, she received a NESTA Dreamtime Fellowship (2005-06) and an Award of Distinction at Prix Ars Electronica 2006 for the work Sonic Bed_London. 2008-01-22T07:00:23+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/adam-chodzko/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/adam-chodzko/#When:06:52:05Z Title: . Location: . Adam Chodzko’s art proposes new relationships between our value and belief systems, between the community and private space that generate these systems, and between the documents and fictions that describe and guide them. Since 1991 Chodzko has exhibited extensively in international solo and group exhibitions. Recent solo exhibitions include Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt - November 2008 Dublin City Art Gallery – Ireland 2007 MAMbo – Bologna 2007 Signal – Malmo, Sweden 2007 Cubitt – London 2002 Recent group exhibitions include Gastarbeiter/Guestworkers, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin – January 2009 Print the Legend, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh -1 March to 4 May 2008 Breaking Step, Museum of Contemporary Art – Belgrade 2007 One Brief Moment, apexart – New York 2006 British Art Show 6, Newcastle (touring), 2005/06 Forthcoming in June 2009 is a project on Governor’s Island, New York, commissioned by Creative Time and a commission by Art on The Underground in October 2009. In 2007 Chodzko was offered a three year AHRC Creative Arts Fellowship with the University of Kent and in 2002 received awards from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and the Foundation for Contemporary Art, NY, USA. 2008-01-22T06:52:05+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/langlands-and-bell/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/langlands-and-bell/#When:06:59:07Z Title: . Location: . Langlands & Bell have been collaborating since 1978, and exhibiting internationally since the early 80s. They explore the complex web of relationships linking people and architecture and the coded systems of circulation and exchange which surround us. Recent solo shows include Superactive i2i, Somerset House – London 2007 Zardad's Dog, Tate Britain – London 2005 Plunged in a Stream, Site Archéologique du Coudenberg – Ancien Palais de Bruxelles 2005 The House of Osama bin Laden, Imperial War Museum – London 2003 Recent group exhibitions include Eye on Europe - Prints, Books, & Multiples / 1960 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York 2006/2007 Panopticon, The Architecture and Theatre of the Prison, Zacheta National Gallery of Art – Warsaw 2005 Playground, 6th International Exhibition of Architecture, Art Play – Moscow 2005 Their exhibition The House of Osama bin Laden won the prize for Interactive Arts Installation at the 2004 BAFTA Awards in London. It was also nominated for the Turner Prize in 2004. 2008-01-21T06:59:07+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/susan-philipsz/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/susan-philipsz/#When:07:09:58Z Title: . Location: . Susan Philipsz works primarily with sound, film and space. The starting point of her works is the interface and tension between subjective and collective memories of popular music, political songs and film experiences. Recent solo shows include CGAC, Santiago de Compostella – Spain 2007 Tanya Bonakdar Gallery – New York 2008 Mitzuma Gallery – Tokyo 2007 Isabella Bortolozzi Gallery – Berlin 2006 Ellen De Bruijne Projects – Amsterdam 2004 The Ikon Gallery, public commission – Birmingham 2004 Recent group exhibitions include Unmonumental, New Museum for Contemporary Art – New York 2007 The Münster Sculpture Project – Germany 2007 Busan Biennale – South Korea 2006 Berlin Biennale – Germany 2005 Becks Futures Exhibition, ICA – London 2004 Philipsz was awarded the PS1 International studio programme in New York, 2000 and the International Artist Programme at Art Pace, San Antonio, 2003. Susan will be participating in the 2008 Sydney Biennial. 2008-01-20T07:09:58+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/ayse-erkmen/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/ayse-erkmen/#When:06:56:47Z Title: . Location: . Ayse Erkmen's spectacular public projects and subtle architectural interventions engage with the architectural, historical, and cultural context of the site she is working with Recent solo exhibitions include Habenichts, Galerie Barbara Weiss – Berlin 2007 Scenic Overlooks, Galerist – Istanbul 2005 Under the Roof, IKON – Birmingham 2005 Busy Colors, Sculpture Centre – New York 2005 Recent group exhibitions include Beyond the Wall, Berlin Freeport of the Arts – Germany 2007 Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial – Japan 2006 Eindhoven Istanbul, Van Abbemuseum – Eindhoven 2005 Who is singing over there?, National Gallery – Sarajevo 2004 Ayse will be having a solo exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin in 2008 2008-01-19T06:56:47+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/robert-kusmirowski/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/robert-kusmirowski/#When:06:58:18Z Title: . Location: . Kusmirowski is celebrated for his sculptural simulacra. The work takes the form of detailed, turn of the century reconstructions and perfect copies of old official documents, newspapers, photos and ID documents but also monumental works like a graveyard or a train car. He held his first exhibition in Poland in 2001. Recent solo shows include Van Abbemuseum – Eindhoven 2005 Foksal Gallery Foundation – Warsaw 2005 The Ornaments of Anatomy, Kunstverein – Hamburg 2005 D.O.M, Johnen Galerie – Berlin 2004 Double V, CCA Castle Ujazdowski – Warsaw 2003 Recent group exhibitions include Of Mice and Men, The 4th Berlin Biennial – Germany 2006 4Ks2/63, Auschwitz Prozess Ausstellung, Frankfurt – Germany 2004 Distance?, CCA La Plateau – Paris 2004 Artistic Initiative Domestic – Lublin, Poland 2003. 2008-01-17T06:58:18+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/public-works/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/public-works/#When:07:10:47Z Title: . Location: . public works is an art/architecture collective who have been collaborating as a changing group of partners and collaborators in different constellations since 1998. They develop participatory art and architectural projects which focus on the use of public space and engagement with the environment. Recent solo shows include: Granville Cube – Kilburn, London 2006 Uferterassen – Stadt Geesthact, Germany 2006 Future Gallery – Siemens Art Programm, Siemens, UK 2005/07 Make: Shift, – Bagfactory, Johannesburg 2005 Park Products – Serpentine Gallery, London 2004 Group shows include: British Art Show 6 – Newcastle (touring) 2005/06 London in Six Easy Steps, The ICA – London 2005 Gats Free Zone – Venice 2005 They were the recipients of the 2006 Stanley Picker Fellowship in Design at Kingston University, London. 2008-01-16T07:10:47+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/david-batchelor/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/david-batchelor/#When:06:36:59Z Title: . Location: . David Batchelor’s work is principally concerned with colour as it is experienced in the modern city, and takes the form of three-dimensional work, drawings, photographs and video. Recent solo exhibitions include Unplugged, Talbot Rice Gallery – Edinburgh 2007 Festival Remix, South Bank Centre – London 2006 Ten Silhouettes, Gloucester Road Underground Station – London, 2006 Shiny Dirty, IKON Gallery, Birmingham, 2004 Recent group exhibitions include Color Chart, MoMA – New York 2008 Echo Room, Alcala 31 – Madrid, 2007 Abstraction, Millennium Galleries – Sheffield 2007 Backdrop, Bloomberg Space – London 2006 the 26th Biennale de Sao Paulo, Brazil 2004 Batchelor is the author of Minimalism (1997), Chromophobia (2000) and editor of Colour (2008). He is currently Senior Tutor in Critical Theory at the Royal College of Art, London. 2008-01-16T06:36:59+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/patrick-tuttofuoco/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/patrick-tuttofuoco/#When:17:13:39Z Title: . Location: . Patrick Tuttofuoco is known for his utopian ideals and his interest in society, cities and community. He composes a practice inspired by a desire for interaction and an interest in social and political dynamics making frequent use of fluorescent colours, loud music and quirky architecture within his work. Recent solo shows include Dandelion, Künstlerhaus Bethanien – Berlin 2008 Chindia, Haunch of Venison – London 2007 Revolving Landscape, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo – Turin 2006 The Circle Guenzani – Via Melzo, Milan 2005 My private-2 – Via Pasteur, Milan 2005. Recent group exhibitions include Mediterranee, Carre d´Art, Musee d´Art Contemporain de Nimes – France 2007 On Mobility, De Appel Foundation – Amsterdam 2006 HyperDesign, Biennale of Shanghai – Shanghai, China 2006 LUNA PARK. Arte Fantastica, Villa Manin Centro Arte Contemporanea – Codroipo, Udine, Italy 2005; The Encounters in the 21st Century: Polyphony – Emerging Resonances, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art – Kanazawa, Japan 2004 Manifesta 5, San Sebastian – Spain 2004 Sogni e Conflitti. La Dittatura dello Spettatore, Esposizione Internazionale d´Arte, Biennale di Venezia, section "La Zona" – Venice, Italy 2003 Spectacular, Museum Kunstpalast – Dusseldorf, Germany 2003 In 2003 Tuttofuoco was awarded the Premio Artegiovane by the Associazione Artegiovane, Turin. 2008-01-15T17:13:39+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/introducing-the-artists/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/introducing-the-artists/#When:12:20:24Z Title: . Location: . A distinguished list of 23 British and international artists working in a whole range of media – from sculpture to installation, performance to sound, and photography to film - have been invited to make new works for the first Folkestone Triennial. The British artists taking part include Turner Prize winners Jeremy Deller and Mark Wallinger, Tracey Emin, who represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2007, Nathan Coley, nominated for the Turner prize 2007 and Ivan and Heather Morison who represented Wales at the Venice Biennale 2007. Participating artists also include prominent UK artists with strong roots in the South East of England – Adam Chodzko, Tacita Dean, Tracey Emin, Nils Norman and Langlands and Bell, for example. International figures taking part include Christian Boltanski, one of France’s most celebrated living artists, Americans Mark Dion and Pae White and Ayse Erkmen from Turkey. The Triennial also features young, emerging artists like Sejla Kameric from Bosnia, Patrick Tuttofuoco from Italy and Robert Kusmiroswski from Poland. The Folkestone Triennial includes prominent sculptors like Richard Wentworth, Richard Wilson and David Batchelor and multimedia artists such as Public Works, Susan Philipsz and Kaffe Matthews. The artists work in a whole range of media – from sculpture to installation, performance to sound, and photography to film. They vary in background, practice and age but what links all of them is a strong track record or an affinity with making work that engages with a specific urban context. The nature of many of the artworks is collaborative, and relies on successful liaisons with local organisations. Curator Andrea Schlieker invited the artists to take part in January 2006. Site visits took place over several months later that summer and inspired bold and visionary projects. Many of the proposed works are connected by a strong narrative element, each articulating the past, present and future of this seaside town in imaginative and innovative ways. The title, Tales of Time and Space (a reference to HG Wells’ book of the same name) was chosen as a response to the nature of the different proposals. Artists 2008 2008-01-14T12:20:24+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/sejla-kameric/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/sejla-kameric/#When:06:57:27Z Title: . Location: . Šejla Kamerić Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1976. Lives in Sarajevo and Berlin. Šejla Kamerić uses mainly photography and video as media juxtaposing an explicit social context with intimate perspectives. She creates tense artefacts from society through an almost obsessive documentation of details and objects surrounding her. Public interventions, diverse types of actions and site-specifically installations are one of the most important aspects of her approach to art. Recent solo exhibitions include Is it rain or is a hurricane, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic 2008 What do I know, DAAD Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2008 Mit tudok, Trafo - House of Contemporary Arts, Budapest, Hungary 2007 What Do I Know, O.K. Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria 2007 Brand New, Contemporary Art Institute EXIT - Kosove 2006 Sejla Kameric (Another Expo - Beyond the Nation - States), Gallery SOAP - Kitakyushu, Japan 2005 Recent group exhibitions and festivals include (30th) Clermont - Ferrand Short Film Festival, In competition, Labo, Francuska 2008 (64th) Venice International Film Festival, Corto Cortissimo, In competition, World premiere, Venice, Italy 2007 Hell is ..other people, Stedelijk Museum Bureau - Amsterdam 2007 History Started Playing With My Life, The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon, Israel 2007 Zones of Contact, 15th Biennale of Sydney - Australia 2006 Kamerić was awarded the DAAD Fellowship in 2007. See Sejla Kemeric's work Sejla Kameric 2008-01-14T06:57:27+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/heather-and-ivan-morison-artwork/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/heather-and-ivan-morison-artwork/#When:13:34:39Z Title: Tales of Space and Time. Location: This is a mobile work. Please check homepage and visitor centre for daily locations. Attracted by Folkestone’s connection with H.G. Wells, the Morisons have constructed a mobile Science Fiction library in the style of a 1970s Californian House Truck. Made popular in America during the Hippy movement, these house trucks, similar to Gypsy caravans, are a symbol of freedom and a nomadic self-sufficient lifestyle. Following this tradition the Morison's version is hand built using Douglas fir from their arboretum in Wales onto a 1955 Green Goddess, ex army fire engine. Inside, the truck houses hundreds of Science Fiction classics as well as soft sci-fi furnishings. It is staffed by a local Science Fiction enthusiast. A series of related talks will be held throughout the summer. The house truck will be a base for a discursive forum where alternate possibilities, time and space can be speculated. Translated text about each of the artworks into French, Turkish and Slovak can be found on the events page or from the visitor centre 2008-01-09T13:34:39+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/jeremy-deller/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/jeremy-deller/#When:06:54:08Z Title: . Location: . Collaboration and participation are central to Jeremy Deller’s artwork. Recent solo exhibitions include Edited Rushes, 1998-2001 with Extras, Modern Institute – Glasgow 2007 Bat House Project, A competition to design a Bat House for London - 2007 Jeremy Deller, De La Warr Pavilion – Bexhill 2006 Our Hobby is Depeche Mode, documentary film co-directed with Nicholas Abrahams - 2006 Jeremy Deller, Kunstverein – Munich 2005 An Injury to One is an Injury to all, BAWAG Foundation – Vienna 2005 Recent group exhibitions include Sculpture Projects – Münster 2007 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, 2007 Manifesta 5 – San Sebastian 2005 Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art – Pittsburgh 2004-05. Deller was awarded the Turner Prize in 2004, and was appointed a Trustee of the Tate Gallery in 2007. 2008-01-09T06:54:08+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/richard-wentworth/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/richard-wentworth/#When:07:12:50Z Title: . Location: . Richard Wentworth has played a leading role in New British Sculpture since the end of the 70s. His work focusing on objects and their role in our daily lives has radically altered the traditional definition of sculpture. His work reveals a spontaneous and surprising urban reality. Recent solo shows include Pharos Centre for Contemporary Art – Cyprus 2006 Lisson Gallery – London 2005 Tate Liverpool 2005 Glad that things don’t talk, Irish Museum of Modern Art– Dublin 2003 Recent group exhibitions include Making Worlds, 52nd Venice Biennale - Venice 2009 Cabinet of Curiosities, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 2009 Serpentine Manifesto Marathon, Serpentine Gallery, London 2008 It Starts From Here, De La Warr Pavilion – Bexhill 2007 Global Cities, Tate Modern – London 2007 He was awarded the DAAD Fellowship in 1993 and in 2002 was made Master of the Ruskin school of Drawing and Fine Art. Acknowledgements: Shepway District Council, Clive Weatherhogg, Southcliff Hotel, Kay El-Shamma, Carlton Hotel, Clark’s College (Properties) Ltd, Patrick Marrin, Dr Sandy Knapp, Natural History Museum, Piran Cooper, Dave Sephton, Alli Beddoes, Kit Grover, Cally Spooner, Will Holder and, of course, the magnificent John Yonge. 2008-01-08T07:12:50+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/mark-wallinger/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/mark-wallinger/#When:07:11:26Z Title: . Location: . Mark Wallinger is one of Britain's foremost contemporary artists. He is perhaps best known for Ecce Homo, a life-size sculpture of Christ that occupied the 'Fourth Plinth' in London's Trafalgar Square in 1999. Since the mid-1980s Mark Wallinger’s primary concern has been to establish a valid critical approach to the ‘politics of representation and the representation of politics’ and has often explored issues of the responsibilities of individuals and those of society in his work. Wallinger has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally. Recent solo shows include Kunstmuseum Aarau - Switzerland 2008 State Britain, MAC/VAL - Vitry-sur-Sein, France 2008 Mark Wallinger, Kunstverein Braunschweig, - Braunschweig 2007 State Britain, Tate Britain - London 2007 The Human Figure in Motion, Donald Young Gallery – Chicago 2007 The End/ A ist für Alles, Anthony Reynolds Gallery – London 2006 Threshold to the Kingdom, Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia, National Gallery – Prague 2006 Mark Wallinger, Museo de Arte Carillo Gil - Mexico City 2005 Easter - Hangar Bicocca, Milan 2005 Sleeper, Neue Nationalgalerie – Berlin 2004 Presence 4: Mark Wallinger, Speed Art Museum - Louisville, Kentucky 2004 No Man’s Land, Whitechapel Gallery – London 2001 Mark Wallinger, British Pavilion, Venice Biennale - 2001 Recent group exhibitions include On Time: The East Wing Collection VIII, The Courtauld Institute of Art - London 2008 The Turner Prize, Tate Liverpool – Liverpool 2007 Munster Sculpture Project - Münster 2007 "Timer 01 intimita/ Intimacy", Fondazione La Triennale di Milano / Triennale-Bovisa - Milan 2007 Human Game (curated by Francesco Bonami), Stazione Leopolda – Florence 2006 Aftershock: Contemporary British Art 1990-2006, China Art Gallery - Beijing and tour 2006 When Humour Becomes Painful, Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst – Zurich 2005 The Experience of Art, Italian Pavillion, La Biennale di Venezia – Venice 2005 Miradas y Conceptos, MEIAC, Badajoz 2005 The World is a Stage, Mori Art Museum - Tokyo 2005 Between above and below, Bard Center for Curatorial Studies - New York 2004 Warum! Ebenbild – Abbild – Selbstbild, Martin - Gropius Bau – Berlin 2003 Wallinger was awarded the Turner Prize in 2007. In 2001 he represented Britain at the 49th Venice Biennale and was also awarded the DAAD Fellowship. 2008-01-07T07:11:26+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/mark-dion/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/mark-dion/#When:06:54:59Z Title: . Location: . Mark Dion’s artwork incorporates aspects of archaeology, ecology, detection, and systems of classification by which people have tried to bring order to the world. Recent solo exhibitions include Systema Metropolis, Natural History Museum – London 2007 Carré D'Art, Nîmes, France, 2007 Miami Art Museum 2006 The Academy of Fine Arts – Vienna 2004 Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts – San Francisco, California 1998 Recent group exhibitions include Surrealism and Beyond – Israel Museum 2007 Drawing from the Modern, MoMA – New York 2005 Sculpture Projects – Muenster 1997 Dion was awarded the Larry Aldrich Foundation Award in 2001,The Joan Mitchell Foundation Award in 2006, and received an honorary Doctorate of Arts degree from the University of Hartford in 2003. 2008-01-07T06:54:59+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/pae-white/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/pae-white/#When:07:13:02Z Title: . Location: . Recent solo exhibitions include Mr. Baci e Abbracci, galleria francesca Kaufmann - Milan, Italy 2008 Lisa Bright and Dark, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - Scottsdale, Arizona 2008 Too Much Night, neugerriemschneider – Berlin 2007 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden - Washington DC 2007 Get Well Soon, greengrassi – London 2006 In no particular order, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK and Milton Keynes Gallery, UK Hammer Museum - Los Angeles, CA 2004 Acknowledgments David Parfitt at Transformations, Chris McCreedy, Laura Pinkham and Yvette Soler at Shepway District Council. 2008-01-02T07:13:02+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/nils-norman-with-gavin-wade-mit-simon-and-tom-bloor/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/nils-norman-with-gavin-wade-mit-simon-and-tom-bloor/#When:07:04:08Z Title: . Location: . About NilsPhoto: Colin De LandBorn East Sussex, 1966. Lives and works in London. Nils Norman has developed his own mix of art and activism, examining histories of utopian thinking and ideas on alternative economic systems that can work within urban living conditions. Recent solo shows include Degenerate Cologne, Galerie Christian Nagel – Köln 2006 The Homerton Playscape Multiple Struggle Niche, City Projects – London 2005 Hey Rudy!: A Phantom on the Streets of Schizz, Galerie Christian Nagel – Berlin 2003 The Geocruiser, the University of Cambridge Botanic Garden and The Institute of Visual Culture, Cambridge – England 2001 Recent group exhibitions include It Starts From Here, De La Warr Pavilion – Bexhill on Sea 2007 Revolution is not a Garden Party, Galerija Miroslav Kraljevi – Croatia 2007 British Art Show 6, Newcastle (touring) 2005/6 50th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale – Italy 2005 Norman collaborates with a range of artists and also lectures in Europe and the US. He completed a major design project for the Roskilde Commune in Denmark in 2005 and is now working on a school playground project for the new Golden Lane Campus in East London. About Gavin, Simon & TomGavin Wade, born Birmingham, 1971. Lives and works in Birmingham. Simon & Tom Bloor, both born Birmingham, 1973. Live and work in Birmingham. Gavin Wade mit Simon & Tom Bloor are an artist group (formed in 2005) based in Birmingham, UK. Their ongoing Kiosk project exploits two ellipsoid concrete buildings located among a series of enclosures created for Dudley Zoo (UK) in 1937 by the Russian architect Berthold Lubetkin and his young architecture group Tecton. With a shared interest in Modernist design and architecture and the proliferation of ideas and images through print Gavin Wade mit Simon & Tom Bloor are sending Lubetkin’s kiosk on new adventures around the globe, giving the kiosks a new lease of life as the multitude of kiosk uses grows. Recent group exhibitions include Kiosk7:OudWestKiosk, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam – Netherlands 2007 Kiosk6: Intellect&ComprehensionKiosk, Isola di san Servolo – Venice, Italy 2007 Kiosk3: MerzKiosk, Magazin4, Bregenz – Austria 2006 What are the senses? Dudley Zoological Gardens – Dudley 2005 Gavin Wade is an artist-curator, serial collaborator, Director of the new Eastside Projects, Birmingham and Research Fellow in Curating at Birmingham City University. His practice combines a number of strategies from developing structures within exhibitions for ‘supporting’ the work of others to a broader enquiry into utopian sites of/for art, resulting in projects merging fiction, public space and whatever else feels urgent at the time. Simon & Tom Bloor are artists using a variety of social and artistic media, making projects that develop from research into a diverse range of subject matter which includes historic documents, 20th Century architecture & design and contemporary popular culture. 2008-01-02T07:04:08+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/richard-wilson-artwork/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/richard-wilson-artwork/#When:13:58:30Z Title: 18 Holes. Location: Coastal Promenade, below Leas Cliff Hall at sea level. The former Rotunda Amusement Park, typical of seaside towns from Blackpool to Coney Island, is the inspiration for Richard Wilson’s 18 Holes. The dysfunctional and long overgrown crazy golf course was the only remnant of the otherwise erased park. Wilson’s herculean project of cutting, lifting, restoring and reassembling the eighteen weighty concrete slabs is a tribute to the memory of this former popular tourist attraction. Wilson’s three ‘crazy’ beach huts are installed only a few hundred metres away from their original site and alongside the existing rather bunker-like Folkestonian beach huts. 2007-11-08T13:58:30+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/pae-white-artwork/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/pae-white-artwork/#When:13:55:58Z Title: Barking Rocks. Location: Pleydell Gardens. Having observed pensioners unable to walk far and stranded on benches, their dogs listless or straining at the lead, Pae White designed her Barking Rocks park especially for the needs of both: now the elderly can rest and chat or picnic while their dogs exercise and play. The site itself, sandwiched between the main shopping street and the Leas promenade, had long been neglected and is now transformed into what the artist calls “landscape theatre”. Sculptures of cats’ heads ominously stuck on nine-foot-high poles are a dramatic (if tongue in cheek) warning to those not invited here. Barking Rocks is a social sculpture on several counts: it reclaims derelict land, returns it to the community and privileges, in a playful way, the disadvantaged, both human and canine. 2007-11-08T13:55:58+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/richard-wentworth-artwork/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/richard-wentworth-artwork/#When:13:52:43Z Title: Racinated. Location: various sites around the town. Racinated, Richard Wentworth’s ten-part deep-blue enamel sign piece, is spread across Folkestone’s promenades, alleyways and avenues. The text on these signs reads like a fusion of poetry and botany, highlighting the provenance of some of Britain’s non-native trees. Alternatively, it can be understood to allude, via the tree metaphor, to the many migrants who disembark in Folkestone over the centuries to make their homes here or elsewhere in the country. 2007-11-08T13:52:43+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/mark-wallinger-artwork/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/mark-wallinger-artwork/#When:13:49:24Z Title: Folk Stones. Location: West End of The Leas between the Flower Clock and the Bandstand. Mark Wallinger’s Folk Stones at first appears like an almost banal numbering exercise, a “significant yet pointless act” as he put it, recalling the labour of a modern-day Sisyphus. Yet the precise number of beach pebbles collected and laid out into a massive square reveals a profound underpinning: 19,240 individually numbered stones stand for the exact number of British soldiers killed on 1st July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The work is inspired by the one million soldiers who left from Folkestone harbour to fight on the battlefields of France and Flanders. 2007-11-08T13:49:24+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/public-works-artwork/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/public-works-artwork/#When:13:47:11Z Title: Folkestonomy. Location: This is a mobile work - please check visitor centre and website homepage for daily locations. 2007-11-08T13:47:11+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/susan-philipsz-artwork/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/biography/susan-philipsz-artwork/#When:13:43:22Z Title: Pathetic Fallacy. Location: The outlook at Baker's Gap - on the steps joining East Cliff and the Sunny Sands Promenade. The lookout at Baker's Gap on the East Cliff not only offers contemplative sea views, but is also the site for Susan Philipsz' multi-speaker sound installation. Philipsz can be heard singing an acapella version of ‘Dolphins’ made famous by Tim Buckley in the mid 1970s. The haunting lyrics, touching on themes of longing, transcendence and mortality, are interpreted by Philipsz' voice ascending and then descending in scale building up to a crescendo and then dying away again. The work will be on a 5 minute loop. Translated text about each of the artworks into French, Turkish and Slovak can be found on the events page or from the visitor centre 2007-11-08T13:43:22+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/events/exhibitions/folkestone-triennial-launch-day/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/events/exhibitions/folkestone-triennial-launch-day/#When:12:00:27Z Folkestone Harbour12134412161213459216Join us at the opening day on Saturday 14 June 2008 for a packed programme of live music, street theatre & free family entertainment. From 12pm to 5pm at the Harbourside and The Stade, Folkestone. Fireworks: don't miss the fireworks to celebrate the start of the Folkestone Triennial at Folkestone Harbour on Friday 13th June at 10.30pm The full programme for Saturday 14th June is below:- 11.30am - 3.00pm: Day Guided Art Walk with Sally O'Reilly and Cathy Haynes 12pm: Betsy and the Barnacles – Arch Stage 12pm-all day: Sand Sculptures – Sunny Sands 12.15pm: The Giant Seagulls – Walkabout Official Opening and Welcome 12.30pm 12.45pm: Los Albertos – Music Tent 12.45pm: Amanes – Arch Stage 12.45pm: Film Crew – Walkabout 12.45pm: The Spurting Man – Theatre Site 2 1-4pm: Misinformation Tent – Theatre Site 1 1pm: The Deep Sea Divers – Walkabout 1.30pm: Rodney Branigan – Music Tent 1.30-4.30pm: Village Disco – Theatre Site 3 1.45pm: Briony Dace – Arch Stage 1.45pm: The Twitchers – Walkabout 2pm: The Giant Seagulls – Walkabout 2pm - 4pm: Afternoon Guided Art Walk with Sacha Craddock - Leas Cliff Hall 2.15pm: Betsy and the Barnacles – Arch Stage 2.15pm: Los Albertos – Music Tent 2.30pm: The Pirates – Walkabout 2.45pm: Briony Dace – Music Tent 2.45pm: Rodney Branigan – Arch Stage 3pm: Betsy and the Barnacles – Music Tent 3pm: The Deep Sea Divers – Walkabout 3.15pm: The Twitchers – Walkabout 3.30pm: Amanes – Arch Stage 3.45pm: Rodney Branigan – Music Tent 4pm: The Pirates – Walkabout 4.15pm: Briony Dace – Arch Stage 4.30pm: Los Albertos – Music Tent 4.30pm: Betsy and the Barnacles – Arch Stage 4.30pm: The Giant Seagulls – Walkabout 4.30pm: The Spurting Man – Theatre Site 2 RNLI welcome the public onboard the Life boat from 4pm in the inner harbour Please note the Folkestone Triennial reserves the right to change the programme without prior notice. Folkestone Triennial Car Park at Folkestone Harbour About the performers Music: Los Albertos Since their formation Los Albertos have been creating a frenzy upon the dance floors and grassy fields of Europe with their inimitable foot-stompin’, brass-blarin’, and rip snortin’ high energy blend of ska, punk, funk, dub and original beats. Rodney Branigan Rodney Branigan is more than a singer/songwriter and more than a guitar virtuoso. He is a passionate entertainer with talents across the spectrum of what a live performance can be. Sometimes warm and personal and then other times in your face rock and roll. Betsy & The Barnacles Get your sea legs on! After committing a mutiny Betsy and the Barnacles have come ashore in true pirate form to replenish stocks, pilage and play. Up to no good and singing tales from the deep blue and beyond, if you see this bawdy trio shout “AAAAAARRRRRGGGGGH!” Amanes presented by Orange Street Music Club Expect three sets of worldly gypsy jazz with music inspired from the traditions of the seven corners of the earth. From traditional Greek music to Mongolian throat singing, with a splash of saxophone and guitar. This duo will amaze and delight throughout the day. Village Disco The small but perfectly formed mobile 12 volt sound system, with flashing lights, strobe and mirror ball brings you “Ahoy there! Swinging in the rigging?” All righty, it is time to set sail on the good ship village disco! In full sailor attire, the big thing for 2008. Street Theatre: Surreal McCoy - The Giant Seagulls Totally surrealistic, these giant birds will be rummaging in bags and pockets, stealing food from plates and picnic baskets, squabbling amongst themselves and causing joyful chaos wherever they go. Hold on to your chips! Desperate Men - The Pirates A crude crew of bawdy cut-throats at loose and at large, sprouting authentic sea-faring gibberish, this gang takes no prisoners! Alternately drinking, fighting or hunting for treasure, this land-locked bunch of historical misfits are frightening but lovable rogues with a lusty sea shanty never far from their lips. Cocoloco - The Twitchers This performance company specialises in walkabout comedy which is suitable for all ages yet still pushing an artistic trolley of slightly dark ideas. The Twitchers are obsessive bird watchers whose heads have actually turned into nests. Larkin’ About - The Deep Sea Divers Larkin' About's divers wear large corroded copper helmets with squirting jets of water and bubbles streaming out behind them. They communicate by means of wipe-boards and are fairly cheeky. Fish swim around their heads and their backpacks play atmospheric undersea noises. Dot Comedy - The Mis Information Tent Lost? Any Questions? The Mis Information Tent will supply (wrong) answers to all life's questions. It comes complete with misleading maps, impossible diagrams and ridiculous public service announcements. Staffed by the most helpful but ill-informed local volunteers available. Avanti Display - The Spurting Man Avanti Display have presented 'The Spurting Man' on three continents and in eighteen different countries. The show has met with popular and critical acclaim wherever it has played. The show dissects the unequal relationship between the famous speciality performer, 'The Spurting Man', and his downtrodden assistant. Dirty Beach - Sand Sculptures They create mirth with ephemeral sand art and promote cleaner beaches throughout the UK. Trying to raise awareness of recycling whilst raising a smile too. 2008-06-14T12:00:27+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/events/exhibitions/events-introduction/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/events/exhibitions/events-introduction/#When:14:15:50Z All of the artworks will be on display daily from 11am to 5pm from 14th June to 14th September for the public to experience free of charge. Some of the artworks are in fixed sites and some are mobile, appearing in different locations around the town. Pick up a site map and check the website and Visitor Centre for daily updates on the mobile projects. Visitor Centre, 55-57 Tontine Street, is open daily from 10am - 6pm from 14th June to 14th September. The artworks are open from 11am to 5pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 6pm Saturday and Sunday from 14th June to 14th September. Promenades: Weekend Guided Art Walks: (click on dates for more information about each event) Whether you are a regular exhibition-goer, or a curious first-timer wanting to know more, take advantage or a free programme of informal Weekend Guided Art Walks. Choose your guide from a team of experts and select a Day Guided Art Walk (approx 3.5 hours with lunch-stop) for the definitive Triennial experience, or a shorter Afternoon Art Walk (approx 1.5 hours) for a gentle stroll. Places are free but limited, so booking is essential (click on your chosen tour to get booking details). Disability Access on some routes (check events calendar for details) Group bookings are welcomed (max. 15 people) British Sign Language interpreters are available for a number of group bookings. This will be offered on a first booked basis. Please allow up to 3 weeks' notice. Folkestone Triennial Audio Guide:A MP3 guide for those wishing to explore the Triennial at their own pace. The audio guide is free to download. MP3 players are available for loan from the Visitor Centre. There is no charge for hire, but deposits required. Family Workshops: (click on calendar below for more information and booking) Kite making on 25th August Music and Movement on 12th July If you wish to receive bulletins about the Triennial and the accompanying events, please sign up for the Triennial Newsletter. You can find the details on the left hand side of this page. Translations We have translated some text about each artwork into three languages - please see below. 2008-04-02T14:15:50+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/education/events/education-permanent-artwork/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/education/events/education-permanent-artwork/#When:17:56:28Z The Visitor Centre in the Old High Street provides useful information for visitors to the permanent Triennial artworks. Here you can pick up a free map, collect a free audio guide [MP3 players are available for loan], read about the artists shown as well as about international developments in public art, buy the 2008 catalogue or watch some of the films commissioned for the 2008 Triennial. The Visitor Centre opening hours are 10am until 5pm Tuesday to Sunday A walking tour around the eight permanent commissions will take about two hours. A suggested route is outlined on the map. An updated online teachers guide, linking the permanent works with relevant areas of the curriculum for key stage 1 and 2, will be available by the end of June 2009 2009-05-11T17:56:28+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/education/events/education/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/education/events/education/#When:15:49:48Z An exciting series of events, publications and workshops have been organised to make the Triennial experience a fun and illuminating one. This is a wonderful opportunity for young people to discover more about contemporary art; to engage in discussion and practical projects inspired by the artworks and to develop their own ideas. Opportunities The downloadable Folkestone Triennial Learning and Resource pack. Contains information about the artists; suggestions for curriculum related projects and art and design activities for all Key Stages. These explore six themes which emerge from the 22 artists' commissions. Some projects can be followed up as holiday activities and/or course work. The Young People's Guide to the Folkestone Triennial: a FREE lively, witty illustrated booklet for 5-12 year olds, in which Sammy the Seagull takes the young visitor on a tour of the Triennial - with helpful comments from a seagull's eye view, plus a quiz, some great puns, fun and games and room for drawing. Available from the Visitor Centre. Schools and Group visits: to guarantee an enjoyable visit we strongly advise that you book a timed slot. If you would like to book a slot or find out more about the great coach rates for Kent schools please or call 0845 2020190 Folkestone Triennial Audio Guide: a MP3 audio guide for those wishing to explore the Triennial in their own time, but have access to information as they wander. The audio guide features an introduction to each art work, some background information and directions for your journey through the Triennial's tales of time and space. Download to the left of this page. MP3 players are available to loan from the Visitor Centre (free with deposit required) An interactive photomap: click on the menu at the top of this page right hand side to take part. Promenades: Weekend Guided Art Walks (see events page) If you are interested in taking part in the Outreach Programme, or would like more information about the Folkestone Triennial Outreach Programme, please . Family workshops (see events page) 2007-12-06T15:49:48+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/press/witty-thoughtful-and-definitely-worth-a-day-at-the-seaside/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/press/witty-thoughtful-and-definitely-worth-a-day-at-the-seaside/#When:14:44:44Z Magical moments as Folkestone emerges from the waves... witty, thoughtful and definitely worth a day at the seaside. Press Coverage 2008-06-20T14:44:44+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/press/architects-journal/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/press/architects-journal/#When:14:24:01Z Press Coverage 2008-06-18T14:24:01+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/press/folkestone-a-place-where-nothing-ever-happens/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/press/folkestone-a-place-where-nothing-ever-happens/#When:09:44:41Z There is a wealth of exciting work to be discovered while wandering around the town's winding streets Press Coverage 2008-06-16T09:44:41+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/press/a-quirky-festival-of-art-inspired-by-folkestone/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/press/a-quirky-festival-of-art-inspired-by-folkestone/#When:11:36:00Z Press Coverage 2008-06-14T11:36:00+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/press/the-guardian/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/press/the-guardian/#When:09:38:00Z First triennial sees works spread across town Press Coverage 2008-06-14T09:38:00+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/press/tracey-emin-makes-waves-with-seaside-trail-of-lost-baby-clothes/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/press/tracey-emin-makes-waves-with-seaside-trail-of-lost-baby-clothes/#When:09:47:00Z The triennial is part of a bigger scheme to regenerate Folkestone Press Coverage 2008-06-13T09:47:00+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/press/rundown-resort-hopes-to-turn-tide-with-triennial-featuring-top-artists/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/press/rundown-resort-hopes-to-turn-tide-with-triennial-featuring-top-artists/#When:15:29:01Z This is not the Folkestone I remember from when I grew up in the 1970s and 1980s. This is an English seaside town that breathes creativity as deeply as it does the saline air that blows in from the Channel. Press Coverage 2007-09-26T15:29:01+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/press/emin-joins-major-new-art-festival/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/press/emin-joins-major-new-art-festival/#When:16:14:00Z More than 20 international artists including Tracey Emin have been commissioned to produce new pieces of work for a major cultural event. Press Coverage 2007-09-25T16:14:00+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/triennial-article/internationally-acclaimed-artists-unveil-22-new-works-for-first-folkestone-/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/triennial-article/internationally-acclaimed-artists-unveil-22-new-works-for-first-folkestone-/#When:09:57:01Z The inaugural Folkestone Triennial, Tales of Time and Space, opens today with 22 major new projects by internationally acclaimed contemporary artists, including Tracey Emin, Mark Wallinger, Jeremy Deller and Christian Boltanski. Tracey Emin has installed a trail of baby clothes in reference to the high number of teen pregnancies in the area. 19,240 beach pebbles numbered by Mark Wallinger represent the British fatalities on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Other commissions include a sound installation from Christian Boltanski and a Mobile Gull Appreciation Unit by artist Mark Dion. American artist Pae White has created Barking Rocks, a rustic dogpark for Folkestone’s dogs and their owners, while Jeremy Deller has worked with local amateur dramatic groups to create daily performances based on the comic tradition of Buster Keaton and Jacques Tati. The Folkestone Triennial (14 June – 14 September 2008) is one of the most ambitious public art projects ever to be presented in the UK. The selected artists have been invited to develop new works for Folkestone’s streets, squares, beaches and historic buildings to create a cutting-edge contemporary art exhibition in the public domain. The Triennial includes both temporary works, which will remain in situ for the three months of the exhibition, and a number of permanent works. This pattern will be repeated in subsequent Triennials so that, over time, Folkestone will become a true creative centre for contemporary art. The Triennial is conceived and led by curator Andrea Schlieker, co-curator of the British Art Show 2005/06 and one of the jurors for the 2009 Turner Prize. Participating artists are David Batchelor, Christian Boltanski, Adam Chodzko, Nathan Coley, Tacita Dean, Jeremy Deller, Mark Dion, Tracey Emin, Ayse Erkmen, Sejla Kameric, Robert Kusmirowski, Langlands & Bell, Kaffe Matthews, Ivan & Heather Morison, Nils Norman with Gavin Wade mit Simon & Tom Bloor, Susan Philipsz, Public Works, Patrick Tuttofuoco, Mark Wallinger, Richard Wentworth, Pae White and Richard Wilson. The Folkestone Triennial forms a major component of the creativity and arts-led regeneration of Folkestone which is being driven by The Creative Foundation, chaired by Roger De Haan, former chairman of Saga. Other elements of the regeneration programme include a Foster + Partners Masterplan for the redevelopment of the harbour and seafront, a new £38m City Academy specialising in the arts, a new University campus with a strong focus on arts courses, a new performing arts centre, and a Creative Quarter with over 100 artists already established in a growing number of refurbished studio, living and retail spaces. A new high-speed rail link from London will open in 2009. Triennial 2008 2008-06-14T09:57:01+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/triennial-article/new-works-announced-for-folkestone-triennial/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/triennial-article/new-works-announced-for-folkestone-triennial/#When:13:36:00Z Six new projects by Christian Boltanski, Tacita Dean, Sejla Kameric, Langlands & Bell, Pae White and Mark Wallinger have been announced for the inaugural Folkestone Triennial which will run from 14 June – 14 September 2008. One of the most ambitious public art projects to be presented in the UK, the Triennial is a three-yearly exhibition of works which will be specially created for public spaces throughout Folkestone. Christian Boltanski will install sound-pieces on the town’s public benches which will trigger recordings of letters to and from servicemen during WWI. Tacita Dean’s 16mm film explores a dawn crossing from Boulogne to Folkestone. Sejla Kameric will install photographic works and posters throughout Folkestone's public spaces documenting the changing face of the town through atmospheric images and stories. Langlands & Bell have spent a year observing and filming daily lives in both Folkestone and its twin town 22 miles across the Channel, Boulogne, and will present a 15-minute video of the process. Pae White will create a state-of-the-art dog park for the town’s dogs and their owners. Mark Wallinger's Folk Stones will be placed on the Leas and pays homage to the role played by Folkestone's Road of Remembrance in the 1st World War. 19, 240 numbered beach pebbles represent the number of British fatalities on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The inaugural Folkestone Triennial will include both temporary and a number of permanent works. This pattern will be repeated in subsequent Triennials so that, over time, Folkestone will become a true creative centre for contemporary art of the highest calibre. The Triennial is conceived and led by curator Andrea Schlieker, co-curator of the British Art Show 2005/06, and aims to examine changing notions of art in the public realm. The selected artists have been invited to develop new works for Folkestone’s streets, squares, beaches and historic buildings to create a cutting-edge contemporary art exhibition in the public domain. The East Kent coastal town of Folkestone has long been a creative centre. Historically it has attracted figures as diverse as Charles Dickens, Derek Jarman, Jimi Hendrix, Marcel Duchamp and a host of 20th century literary figures from H G Wells to George Bernard Shaw and Samuel Beckett. Participating artists are David Batchelor, Christian Boltanski, Adam Chodzko, Nathan Coley, Tacita Dean, Jeremy Deller, Mark Dion, Tracey Emin, Ayse Erkmen, Sejla Kameric, Robert Kusmirowski, Langlands & Bell, Kaffe Matthews, Ivan & Heather Morison, Nils Norman with Gavin Wade mit Simon & Tom Bloor, Susan Philipsz, Public Works, Patrick Tuttofuoco, Mark Wallinger, Richard Wentworth, Pae White and Richard Wilson. Triennial 2008 2008-05-07T13:36:00+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/triennial-article/triennial-artists-in-fourth-plinth-shortlist/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/triennial-article/triennial-artists-in-fourth-plinth-shortlist/#When:10:20:00Z Tracey Emin and Jeremy Deller have been shortlisted as two of the six candidates for the latest Fourth Plinth commission in London’s Trafalgar Square. Emin proposes to place a sculpture of a small group of meerkats on the empty plinth as a symbol of unity and safety and Deller plans to put the remains of a vehicle that has been destroyed in an attack on civilians in Iraq on the plinth in a piece entitled, ‘The Spoils of War (Memorial for an unknown civilian)’. Models of their proposed works will be on show at the National Gallery until 30th March. Andrea Schlieker, Curator of the Folkestone Triennial said, "I am delighted that two of our artists have been shortlisted for the prestigious Fourth Plinth project. Together with the recent Turner Prize win by Mark Wallinger, the nomination of Nathan Coley, and Susan Philipsz's invitation to the 2008 Sydney Biennale it is further proof, if any were needed, of the high calibre of the artists who will be making new works for Folkestone this summer." The selected artist is due to be announced by the Mayor of London later in the year, with the artwork they produce being installed after the current work, Model for a Hotel 2007 by Thomas Schütte, has been taken down. The plinth has become a well known site for contemporary art works, specially commissioned from leading artists by the Mayor of London’s Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group. The artworks are housed on the plinth for one to two years each. Previous commissions have included Marc Quinn's sculpture Alison Lapper Pregnant. Triennial 2008 2008-01-14T10:20:00+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/triennial-article/folkestone-triennial-artist-wins-turner-prize/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/triennial-article/folkestone-triennial-artist-wins-turner-prize/#When:10:14:01Z Mark Wallinger, one of the artists taking part in next year’s Folkestone Triennial, has won the prestigious Turner Prize 2007. The announcement was made on Monday night (3 December) at Tate Liverpool. Wallinger was awarded the prize for his installation ‘State Britain’, a detailed re-creation of Brian Haw's anti-war protest in Parliament Square. According to the Tate’s website the Turner Prize is, “Intended to promote public discussion of new developments in contemporary British art and is widely recognised as one of the most important and prestigious awards for the visual arts in Europe.” The Folkestone Triennial, which runs from 14 June – 14 September 2008, will see 23 internationally acclaimed contemporary artists create an exhibition of works specially made for public spaces throughout Folkestone. Triennial 2008 2007-12-04T10:14:01+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/triennial-article/folkestone-triennial-website-launch/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/triennial-article/folkestone-triennial-website-launch/#When:14:54:00Z 23 internationally acclaimed contemporary artists including Christian Boltanski, Tracey Emin, Mark Dion, Jeremy Deller, Tacita Dean and Mark Wallinger have been commissioned to create new works for the first Folkestone Triennial, Tales of Time and Space, which will run from 14 June – 14 September 2008. One of the of the most ambitious public art projects to be presented in the UK, the Triennial is a three-yearly exhibition of works which will be specially created for public spaces throughout Folkestone. The selected artists have been invited to engage with Folkestone’s history, culture and built environment to create a cutting-edge contemporary art exhibition. The inaugural Folkestone Triennial will include both temporary works, which will remain in situ for the three months of the exhibition, and a number of permanent works. This pattern will be repeated in subsequent Triennials so that, over time, Folkestone will become a true creative centre for contemporary art of the highest calibre. The Triennial is conceived and led by curator Andrea Schlieker, co-curator of the British Art Show 2005/06, and aims to examine changing notions of art in the public realm. The artist invited to create artworks for Folkestone’s inaugural Triennial were also asked engage with the Kent coastal town’s history, culture and built environment to create a cutting-edge contemporary art exhibition. The East Kent coastal town of Folkestone has long been a creative centre. Historically it has attracted figures as diverse as Charles Dickens, Derek Jarman, Jimi Hendrix, Marcel Duchamp and a host of 20th century literary figures from H G Wells to George Bernard Shaw and Samuel Beckett. The selected artists have been invited to engage with Folkestone’s history, culture and built environment to create a cutting-edge contemporary art exhibition. About the artists The inaugural Folkestone Triennial will include both temporary works, which will remain in situ for the three months of the exhibition, and a number of permanent works. The selected artists are David Batchelor, Christian Boltanski, Adam Chodzko, Nathan Coley, Tacita Dean, Jeremy Deller, Mark Dion, Tracey Emin, Ayse Erkmen, Jeppe Hein, Sejla Kameric, Robert Kusmirowski, Langlands & Bell, Kaffe Matthews, Ivan & Heather Morison, Nils Norman with Gavin Wade and Simon & Tom Bloor, Susan Philipsz, Public Works, Patrick Tuttofuoco, Mark Wallinger, Richard Wentworth, Pae White and Richard Wilson. The Folkestone Triennial forms a major component of the creativity and arts-led regeneration of Folkestone which is being driven by The Creative Foundation, chaired by leading UK philanthropist Roger De Haan, former chairman of Saga. Other elements of the regeneration programme include a Foster + Partners Masterplan for the redevelopment of the harbour and seafront, a new £38m City Academy specialising in the arts, a new University campus with a strong focus on arts courses, a new performing arts centre, and a Creative Quarter with over 100 artists already established in a growing number of refurbished studio, living and retail spaces. A new high-speed rail link from London will open in 2009. Curator Andrea Schlieker said: "It's a tribute to Folkestone's truly inspirational character that our roster of acclaimed artists from LA to Lodz have all responded with extraordinary enthusiasm and artistic insight to creating works for this seaside town. Our aim is to bring art of the highest quality to the widest audience, and to put Folkestone on the cultural map in the same way that Münster receives world-wide recognition for its Skulptur Projekte. We are especially excited about the legacy element of the Triennial which will maintain the focus on Folkestone as a place committed to contemporary art beyond the timeframe of this inaugural exhibition." Felicity Harvest, Arts Council England, South East Executive Director said: "The Arts Council is delighted to be supporting the Folkestone Triennial through a £200,000 Grants for the Arts Award - one of our largest ever - and through our other investments in Folkestone with the Creative Foundation and Metropole Arts Centre. We believe the Triennial will be an exciting addition to Folkestone's cultural landscape, attracting international artists and tourists, and boosting the town's economy. The artistic future for Folkestone looks bright." PRESS ENQUIRIES BOLTON & QUINN 020 7221 5000 (5 lines) Triennial 2008 2007-10-06T14:54:00+00:00 http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/triennial-article/23-international-artists-projects-selected-for-major-uk-exhibition/ http://folkestonetriennial.org.uk/news/triennial-article/23-international-artists-projects-selected-for-major-uk-exhibition/#When:08:08:00Z Internationally acclaimed contemporary artists including Christian Boltanski, Tracey Emin, Mark Dion, Jeremy Deller, Tacita Dean and Mark Wallinger are being commissioned to create new works for the first Folkestone Triennial, Tales of Time and Space, which will run from 14 June – 14 September 2008. One of the most ambitious public art projects to be presented in the UK, the Triennial is a three-yearly exhibition of works which will be specially created for public spaces throughout Folkestone. The selected artists have been invited to engage with Folkestone’s history, culture and built environment to create a cutting-edge contemporary art exhibition. The East Kent coastal town of Folkestone has long been a creative centre. Historically it has attracted figures as diverse as Charles Dickens, Derek Jarman, Jimi Hendrix, Marcel Duchamp and a host of 20th century literary figures from H G Wells to George Bernard Shaw and Samuel Beckett. The inaugural Folkestone Triennial will include both temporary works, which will remain in situ for the three months of the exhibition, and a number of permanent works. This pattern will be repeated in subsequent Triennials so that, over time, Folkestone will become a true creative centre for contemporary art of the highest calibre. The Triennial is conceived and led by curator Andrea Schlieker, co-curator of the British Art Show 2005/06, and aims to examine changing notions of art in the public realm. The selected artists are David Batchelor, Christian Boltanski, Adam Chodzko, Nathan Coley, Tacita Dean, Jeremy Deller, Mark Dion, Tracey Emin, Ayse Erkmen, Jeppe Hein, Sejla Kameric, Robert Kusmirowski, Langlands & Bell, Kaffe Matthews, Ivan & Heather Morison, Nils Norman with Gavin Wade mit Simon & Tom Bloor, Susan Philipsz, Public Works, Patrick Tuttofuoco, Mark Wallinger, Richard Wentworth, Pae White and Richard Wilson. The Folkestone Triennial forms a major component of the creativity and arts-led regeneration of Folkestone which is being driven by The Creative Foundation, chaired by leading UK philanthropist Roger De Haan, former chairman of Saga. Other elements of the regeneration programme include a Foster + Partners Masterplan for the redevelopment of the harbour and seafront, a new £38m City Academy specialising in the arts, a new University campus with a strong focus on arts courses, a new performing arts centre, and a Creative Quarter with over 100 artists already established in a growing number of refurbished studio, living and retail spaces. A new high-speed rail link from London will open in 2009. Curator Andrea Schlieker said: "It's a tribute to Folkestone's truly inspirational character that our roster of acclaimed artists from LA to Lodz have all responded with extraordinary enthusiasm and artistic insight to creating works for this seaside town. Our aim is to bring art of the highest quality to the widest audience, and to put Folkestone on the cultural map in the same way that Münster receives world-wide recognition for its Skulptur Projekte. We are especially excited about the legacy element of the Triennial which will maintain the focus on Folkestone as a place committed to contemporary art beyond the timeframe of this inaugural exhibition." Felicity Harvest, Arts Council England, South East Executive Director said: "The Arts Council is delighted to be supporting the Folkestone Triennial through a £200,000 Grants for the Arts Award - one of our largest ever - and through our other investments in Folkestone with the Creative Foundation and Metropole Arts Centre. We believe the Triennial will be an exciting addition to Folkestone's cultural landscape, attracting international artists and tourists, and boosting the town's economy. The artistic future for Folkestone looks bright." The Creative Foundation The Creative Foundation was launched in 2002. The Chairman is Roger De Haan, a life-long resident of the area and former Chairman of Folkestone’s largest private sector employer, Saga. Folkestone’s Metropole Arts Centre Trust, which had been established in the 1960s under the patronage of Lord Clark and Sir Gerald Glover, had once been an important gallery, but by the mid 1990s it was failing. De Haan stepped in as Chairman and appointed a new board of trustees and a new director, Nick Ewbank. They have worked to bring together influential local figures and to develop a radical new vision for Folkestone. This proposal goes further than many previous models of arts-led regeneration in placing the arts squarely at the heart of every aspect of the regeneration process. The Creative Foundation's strategy is to draw together arts activity, economic growth, educational transformation and significant enhancements to the built environment and thereby deliver dramatic increases in the quality of life for local people. Already 200,000 square feet of property are under the control of The Creative Foundation, spread across more than 70 individual buildings. Many of these have already been refurbished and scores of creative individuals have been attracted to the area. A new university centre has been founded and many other initiatives are in the pipeline. Triennial 2008 2007-09-25T08:08:00+00:00