Tales of time and space, 14 June - 14 September 2008

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Folkestone Trienial Catalogue118 pages documenting the 2008 Folkestone Triennial.
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Press Coverage

The Guardian 20 June 2008

"Magical moments as Folkestone emerges from the waves... witty, thoughtful and definitely worth a day at the seaside."

The most refreshing show of public art I think I have ever seen. I can’t recommend it enough.

Arguably Folkestone offers the best-value day out of london this summer

If the Folkestone Triennial has anything to do with it, the town’s woebegone fortunes are about to c

Folkestone: a place where nothing ever happens?

"There is a wealth of exciting work to be discovered while wandering around the town's winding streets" Go to online article

Take one rundown seaside resort, add 22 hip artists…and you’ve got a Triennial triumph…

"Take one rundown seaside resort, add 22 hip artists...and you've got a Triennial triumph...What are these people on? Well, whatever it is, I'd like some. Four hours and five blisters later, I can only admire the determination, skill and invention that has gone into this festival of modern art and the way that the organisation behind it - the Creative Foundation, chaired by Roger De Haan, resident of Folkestone and former Chair of its most successful export, Saga - has avoided the bear trap that is so often associated with arts-led regeneration... what Andrea Schlieker, its curator, has put together is inspired and it is bound to change perceptions of Folkestone dramatically (by teatime I was in love..)"

There’s life in the old gull yet

"Take one rundown seaside resort, add 22 hip artists ... and you've got a Triennial triumph" Go to online article