With the Folkestone Triennial 2011 kicking off tomorrow (Sat 25th June), the Triennial team held a preview evening for invited local guests at the Quarterhouse last night, to showcase the artworks.

The Quarterhouse was very busy with a good turnout for the preview. Trevor Minter spoke first with a small introduction, then Triennial curator Andrea Schlieker took us through a brief run down of all the pieces, with Peter Bettley rounding off the preview evening with a request to spread the word about the Triennial as much as we could.

It seemed most people headed up to the Quarterhouse bar afterwards for a beverage or two, as it got very busy up there.

The full list looks very interesting indeed, with two of them standing out to the S&G team.

‘The Colour of Water’ by Spencer Finch.

Two parts: Flags in Christ Church Gardens, Sandgate Road, CT20 2BW, and a colour-wheel along the Leas Promenade lower path between the end of Clifton Crescent and The Grand hotel approx CT20 2XL
Like an Impressionist painter, Finch observed the everchanging tone and colour of the Channel over several weeks throughout 2010. This resulted in a palette of 100 variants of sea colour, which was used to dye 100 flags. Each morning throughout the Triennial, a sea-coloured flag will be chosen and hoisted at midday. Its colour will be determined daily by matching the sea’s with one from Finch’s large colour-wheel, installed just below the western end of main Leas Promenade.

‘ Towards the Sound of Wilderness ‘ by Cristina Iglesias :

Martello 4, The Leas, CT20 2JD
Cristina Iglesias’s architectural intervention on the ramparts of Martello 4 offers the illusion of an entrance into another world. Iglesias’s sculpture allows visitors a chance to view this historic
monument for the first time in many years. Visitors will need to negotiate a path cut through shrubs and trees to a mirrored walk-in structure clad with resin foliage. A window at the end of this passageway opens up a view of the overgrown tower and moat with its extraordinary wildlife.



Here’s hoping that this sunny weather continues for the weekend, as it all gets going at 11am tomorrow down the harbour ark site. Looks like it’s going to be a lot of walking tomorrow!

I grabbed a quick video at the preview evening last night, please find it below (apologies for the odd resolution, and the hum. The camera was directly beneath the gargantuan projector.)