Public Art In Folkestone - What's The Point?: Recent Episodes
Sarah Hagues
Conversations chaired by Folkestone resident Sarah Hagues discussing what the impact of public art is in Folkestone with eight artists who live and work here, asking what good it does to a seaside town.
In episode three (premiering Saturday 19th February), ‘Art and Culture: What It Means To Me’, Hagues hosts a conversation with two people who left their home countries and now live in Folkestone. They discuss the impacts of public art in Iran and Syria, and how art and culture makes a place a home.
In episode two Hagues is joined by three curators with a relationship to the local area. Chairman of the Institute for Public Art and curator of the 2014, 2017 and 2021 Folkestone Triennials Lewis Biggs, Artistic Director and Founder of Strange Cargo Arts Brigitte Orasinski, and economist/2021 Folkestone Triennial artist Christopher Houghton-Budd discuss placemaking and the impact of public art in a seaside town.
A two part panel discussion as part of a new series commissioned by Folkestone-based independent visual arts platform and arts producer, CT20.
As part of a series about public art, Public Art In Folkestone: What’s The Point discusses its impact in a seaside town with two panels. In episode one, three local artists and residents discuss community engagement with public art, funding for artists, and what impacts there are on gentrification. Multidisciplinary artist Terry Smith, textile artist Di Burns, and performance artist Ernst Fischer join Sarah Hagues as she asks, public art in Folkestone, what’s the point?