‘A Fitting Monument for Black Soldiers in World War II – a discussion’ By...
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...
View Article‘What are Monuments for? Possible Landmarks on the Urban Map : London and...
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...
View Article‘‘Certain Places, Uncertain Futures’: Rhetorical Topographies and Poetic...
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...
View ArticleThe Monument and the Changing City Symposium – Talks now online!
Six exclusive presentations by leading academics and artists are now available to view for free on this website. The talks were filmed at The Monument and the Changing City symposium, which took place...
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‘Piercing Brightness’ by Shezad Dawood
In Certain Places worked with international artist, Shezad Dawood to produce Piercing Brightness, a new science fiction film written especially for Preston. The film is the outcome of a two and a...
View ArticleShezad Dawood in conversation
20th October, 2011 The above video is of a public discussion between artist Shezad Dawood and In Certain Places curator Charles Quick, which was filmed at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston....
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Revisiting Utopia: Modernist Architecture in the Post-regenerate City
Tues 10th July 2012 University of Central Lancashire/ Preston Bus Station This one-day symposium brought together architects, artists, urban planners and people with an interest in the future of...
View ArticleRevisiting Utopia: Modernist Architecture and the Post-Regenerate City. Panel...
10th July, 2012 Revisiting Utopia: Modernist Architecture and the Post-Regenerate City was a one-day symposium, which brought together architects, artists, urban planners and people with an interest in...
View ArticleOwen Hatherley – revisiting utopia
10th July, 2012 This talk explores the ‘mismatched ideologies’ of Brutalism and Heritage, through examples of condemned post-war buildings that have either been saved or attempted to be saved by...
View ArticleIrena Bauman – revisiting utopia
10th July, 2012 This talk explores ideas of urban development and sustainability within the post-regenerate city. It was delivered as part of ‘Revisiting Utopia: Modernist Architecture in the Post...
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‘Supervised’&‘From My Eyes’ by Laurence Payot
During summer 2012, artist Laurence Payot undertook a series of activities, which explored how people use and inhabit Preston’s Market Square and how they relate to the city’s cenotaph. Alongside...
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‘following the market square’ by Jenny Steele
During summer 2012, artist Jenny Steele undertook a series of activities, which explored how people use and inhabit Preston’s Market Square and how they relate to the city’s cenotaph. Alongside another...
View Article‘The Black Parade’ by Iain Broadley
The Black Parade Friday 7th September, Community Procession, 11am – 2.30pm. Saturday 8th September, Torchlight Procession, 8pm – 11pm. The Black Parade was a participatory art project, which celebrated...
View Article‘The Waiting Room’ by Lisa Wigham
Preston Railway Station Platform 3/4 1st September – ongoing In this project a temporary installation occupies Preston Railway Station waiting room – a rare, quiet space in the noise and movement of...
View Article‘The Gates of Paradise’ by Collaborative Space
The Gates of Paradise Rotunda Café, Harris Museum & Art Gallery Monday 3rd – Saturday 8th September, 2pm each day Private view and performance: Friday 7th September, 5 – 7pm The Gates of Paradise...
View Article‘The Transit of Venus’ by David Henckel
The Transit of Venus Saturday 1st – Sunday 2nd Septmber, 11am – 4pm Tasting event – Square Food Festival, Winckley Square. Saturday 1st September, 5pm – 8pm – Craft brewing competition – The...
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Subplots to A City
Subplots to a city brought together four temporary public artworks by artists with a connection to Preston. The projects were commissioned by In Certain Places to coincide with Preston Guild 2012 – a...
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‘Open to the Public’– New project by Katja van Driel and Wouter Osterholt
Open to the Public Unit 12, Guild Hall Arcade, Lancaster Road, Preston, PR1 1HT Thursday 24th January – Friday 1st February, from 11am each day Public talk: 3.30pm, Wednesday 23rd January Lecture...
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Harris Flights
17th August – 15th September 2013 In Certain Places worked with architectural practice, Research Design to create a new temporary staircase, which invited people to move directly from the space of...
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Open City Preston 2013
Open City Preston 2013 13th – 14th September, 2013 Open City was a two day programme of talks and debates by urban professionals and artists. It also included ‘hands-on’ workshops, which examined the...
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