Subplots to a city
Subtitle: ten years of In Certain Places
By: edited by Charles Quick, Elaine Speight, and Gerrie van Noord
Publisher: In Certain Places
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Preston, East Sussex, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780993049804
Subjects: City and town life in art; Vie urbaine dans l'art
Description: Subplots to a City explores new approaches to art, culture and urban development. In Certain Places, led by curators Charles Quick and Elaine Speight, is a programme of interventions and events that has since its inception in 2003 examined how artists can contribute to the development of a city, in this case Preston in the North West of England. Over the years it has worked with regional, national and international artists - including Jeppe Hein, Becky Shaw, Blast Theory and John Newling - and developed temporary projects, hosted artists' residencies, and throughout organised public talks about art and place.As a case study Subplots to a City provides a useful resource for those interested in place-based art, while also contributing to the critical discourse surrounding such practices. Alongside images, project outlines and reflections from artists, audience members and collaborators, the book includes texts by Speight and Quick, and contributions by specialists from various fields, including Owen Hatherley, Lubaina Himid, Sophie Hope, Paul O'Neill, and Jonathan Vickery.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by John Newling; title: Subplots, Tactics and Stories-so-Far / by Elaine Speight; title: Histories of Regeneration / by Charles Quick; title: Background; title: Amplifying Civic Space (selected projects); title: Art, Urban Publics and the City / by Jonathan Vickery; title: The City and the Changing Economy (selected projects); title: You Need to Understand What the Priorities Are: A Conversation Between Lubaina Himid, Charles Quick and Elaine Speight; title: Senses of a City (selected projects); title: Bringing Preston to the World / by Sophie Hope; title: Local Art for Local People / by Becky Shaw; title: Place beyond Place (selected projects); title: Nothing to Do with Us / by Owen Hatherley; title: The Curatorial Constellation: Durational Public Art, Cohabitational Time and Attentiveness / by Paul O'Neill; title: Maps; title: Collaborations Constellations; title: Timeline.