Thursday, 30 April 2009
Arts organisation announces second major exhibition and permanent collection
Preparations have begun for the 2011 Folkestone Triennial with the announcement that Andrea Schlieker, Curator of the acclaimed 2008 exhibition and 2009 Turner Prize judge, has been appointed to direct the second Folkestone Triennial.
Arts and regeneration charity The Creative Foundation, organiser of the Triennial, has also announced that eight of the twenty two works commissioned for the 2008 exhibition will remain permanently in the town. They are:
- Adam Chodzko’s documentation sign and accompanying short film Pyramid.
- 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 sign on the harbour arm, and accompanying film.
- 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.
Nick Ewbank, Artistic Director, The Creative Foundation said: “We are delighted to announce that plans for the Folkestone Triennial in 2011 are now well underway. Following the success of the first exhibition in 2008, and its achievement in establishing a body of work that is now on permanent display in Folkestone, it was our clear preference that Andrea Schlieker should be invited to continue as our Curator for another three-year cycle. We are delighted that she has agreed to work with us again.”
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. Planning for the next Triennial has begun in earnest and I am delighted to have the opportunity to take the concept forward.”
A 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 the commissioned films 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. The Visitor Centre also informs about other work being undertaken by The Creative Foundation, including the ‘Shepway Find Your Talent’ pathfinder project that aims to improve access to cultural and creative activities for children and young people across the district of Shepway.
Notes:
The inaugural Folkestone Triennial was curated by Andrea Schlieker and was supported by The Roger De Haan Charitable Trust, UBS, Arts Council England, Kent County Council, SEEDA, The Henry Moore Foundation, The Bernard Sunley Charitable Trust, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, outset, Shepway District Council, Goethe-Institut London, The Folkestone Estate, southeastern, Kent Community Foundation, University Centre Folkestone, skyARTS, Culturesfrance, institut francais, White Cube, Haunch of Venison, vitra
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