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In Certain Places
In Certain Places is a programme of temporary public artworks and events which examines the role of artists in the city, particularly within the context of urban regeneration. The scheme, which was initiated in 2003, is a partnership between the Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, and the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan).
Over the last seven years, In Certain Places has worked with regional, national and international artists to develop temporary public artworks for the city, hosted artist residencies in empty shops, and organised a series of free public talks about art, place and the city, which are free to download as podcasts from this site.
In Certain Places
‘‘Certain Places, Uncertain Futures’: Rhetorical Topographies and Poetic Opportunities’ by Paul Gough
2nd March, 2011 In European cities memory and identity are inextricably linked through the ordering and naming of spaces and the placing of monuments, memorials and other icons of rhetorical topography. In our over-furnished urban centres real and false memory
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‘What are Monuments for? Possible Landmarks on the Urban Map : London and Paris’ by Lubaina Himid
2nd March, 2011 A rewriting of the imperial cityscape that negotiates new meanings out of the interaction between what is there and what is missing in an attempt to make the urban space speak it’s hidden and diverse history. This …
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‘A Fitting Monument for Black Soldiers in World War II – a discussion’ By Alan Rice
2nd March, 2011 Part of a monograph Creating Memorials, Building Identities: The Politics of Memory in the Black Atlantic which looks at memorialisation and the African Diaspora, this presentation discusses the Memorial for the Commonwealth War Dead at Hyde Park
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‘The Past and Possible Futures of Countermonument’ by Jonathan Vickery
2nd March, 2011 In this talk, presented as part of the Monument and the Changing City symposium, Dr. Vickery looks at the concept of ‘countermonument’ and considers some of its various forms, such as Jochen Gerz’s ‘anti-monument’ strategies. He constructs...
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‘Flash@Hebburn: An Unintentional Monument’ by Charles Quick
2nd March, 2011 As part of the Monument and the Changing City symposium, artist Charles Quick presented Flash@Hebburn, a public art commission for Hebburn Riverside Park, South Tyneside. The talk investigates the methodology used to create the work, and examines …
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‘The Monument Project (Si Monumentum Requiris Circumspice)’ by Chris Meigh-Andrews
2nd March, 2011 As part of the Monument and the Changing City symposium, Chris Meigh-Andrews made an illustrated presentation outlining the background, context, operations and functioning of his most recently completed site-specific digital installation “The Monument Project (Si Monumentum Requiris Circumspice)” …
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