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Awards: Round One, November 2004: Preston Tithebarn Regeneration Project

Update, 10 April 2006

Speaking of Art : Series of talks and debates

In Certain Places presents a new series of the Speaking of Art public lectures, entitled What Makes Place. This series of three free talks, running over consecutive Wednesdays will present issues of regeneration, in the context of Preston's imminent re-development. The lecture series will present specialist areas of research to inform current debates surrounding Preston's regeneration, focusing specifically on the idea of the ëlocal' and how this is addressed within regeneration schemes.

What Makes Place : Regeneration from a local perspective

All lectures are on Wednesdays at 6pm in the Green Bank Lecture Theatre, University of Central Lancashire, Preston. All events are free, but booking is essential. To book a place e-mail [email protected] or telephone 01772 905102.

26 April: Ghost Towns, Clone Towns and Home Towns
Speaker: Guy Rubin, Senior Researcher in the Local and Regional Economies Team at nef (the new economics foundation)

This presentation will present the findings of two surveys carried out by nef; Ghost Town Britain and Clone Town Britain. Ghost Town Britain highlighted the loss of Britain's local shops and services and the emergence of ghost towns and communities with few or no services left. The presentation will suggest alternatives and policy prescriptions that promote diversity and local identity. More information about nef can be found at: www.neweconomics.org

3 May; Sensing Cities: Styling a New Barcelona
Speaker: Dr Monica Degen, Lecturer in Sociology, Brunel University

Barcelona is famously claimed to be at the forefront of urban design after having radically transformed its urban landscape in the 1990s. By focusing on the transformation of el Raval in Barcelona from red light district into a cultural quarter, Monica Degen will discuss an important yet neglected aspect in the analysis of urban change in the late 20th century, namely the significance of the senses in the constitution of urban life. How do people, whether it is residents, visitors or workers experience regeneration in their daily lives? What are the tensions between official views of the regeneration and lived reality?

10 May; Mutual Speculation and Singular Fantasies
Katherine Clarke, muf architecture / art

The talk will present three art projects that are both strategic investigations and proposals for change. In each project the analysis of the existing social conditions are in themselves creative acts that seek to momentarily transform a situation in order to make space for mutual speculation. muf is a collaborative practice of art and architecture committed to public realm projects. For more information visit www.muf.co.uk/

Update, January 2006

In Certain Places

In Certain Places is a project which was developed in response to the imminent regeneration of the Preston City Centre. It is made up of three public art initiatives:

• The Tithebarn Lead Artist Scheme, which has been supported by PROJECT through a Visionary Award (see below) enabling the appointment of Alfredo Jaar and Charles Quick to broker artist/architect partnerships from the earliest stages of the major urban regeneration scheme for Preston and to contribute to the masterplanning process as equal partners from the earliest stages.
• Here + Now runs alongside the Lead Artist Scheme and is a programme of temporary artworks commissioned for sites and places in Preston City Centre, to take place between 2006 and 2009. It actively explores new roles for artists within regeneration schemes. It is envisaged that 10 major projects by leading national and international artists will be realised in the four year period.
• Speaking of Art is a series of talks and debates which has been developed to initiate discussion between planners, stakeholders and the wider public in the context of the proposed regeneration of Preston. The first series of events ran from October 2004 to June 2005. The second series, entitled Urban View, began in November 2005.

Further details: Elaine Speight, Here + Now Assistant Curator, Tel: 01772 905102,
Email: [email protected] www.incertainplaces.org

Project Proposal

Preston Tithebarn Regeneration Project
Preston, Lancashire

Client
Harris Museum and Art Gallery
Regeneration, Community and Leisure Services, Preston City Council

Artists
Alfredo Jaar
Charles Quick

Project partners
Sir Terry Farrell, Farrell & Partners, Architects, Planners, Designers
Anthony Gill, Senior Development Manager, Grosvenor Investments Ltd.

PROJECT Award
Visionary Award £15,000

Value of design phase
£38,000

Estimated value of construction phase
£6 million +

Project description
Preston City Council and Grosvenor Limited are currently drafting a Development Agreement for the redevelopment of almost one third of Preston's existing city centre, known as the Tithebarn Project. The project will be a mixed-use redevelopment and incorporate retail, leisure, cultural, business, residential and health components and result in an investment of some £500m in the city centre. It will include a new transport facility, a new markets quarter and will see a significant increase in both the quality and extent of the public realm. PROJECT will enable a lead artist to work with the design team and Farrell and Partners, the urban design and architectural master planners for the scheme. The Harris Museum and Art Gallery will work with Preston City Council on a programme of temporary art interventions for a transitional city, a discussion programme about architecture and Preston's regeneration. Charles Quick and Alfredo Jaar will share the lead artist role.