Folkestone Triennial

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.