Writing
The March of the Artists
July 2018 Lauren Sagar, a first year MA Fine Art student at UCLan discusses her current project. Lauren is studying on the Projects for Places pathway, which is taught by In Certain Places curators Prof. Charles Quick and Elaine [...]
Treading Lightly
Steph Shipley, a second year MA Fine Art student at UCLan discusses her current project. Steph is studying on the Projects for Places pathway, which is taught by In Certain Places curators Prof. Charles Quick and Elaine Speight. Ruhwinton [...]

The Expanded City Network: What do we need in a space for play?
March 2018 Writer and artist Lauren Velvick on the informal discussion around spaces for play between Emily Speed and architect Lee Ivett, in the recently Grade II listed ‘bubble’ classroom at Kennington Primary School. At the start of Emily [...]

The Expanded City Network: ‘Precarious Landscape’ bus tour
Stephanie Cottle introduces Precarious Landscape, an excursion with artists Ian Nesbitt and Ruth Levene to the western bounds of Preston on 8th December 2017. Participant and writer Lauren Velvick reflects on the experience. Continuing their exploration of Preston’s boundaries, [...]

Communal living: adapted social contracts and a new type of household
July 2017 Lauren Velvick discusses her research for The Expanded City. Ever since the Expanded City Symposium, I’ve been thinking about demographics with regards to housing. It seemed to me that the way people were grouped assumed that all [...]
The Expanded City Network: Routes In, Routes Out
Writer and artist Lauren Velvick reflects on the second Expanded City Network event, Routes In, Routes Out, held at Avenham Park Pavilion in Preston on 27 July 2017. Gavin Renshaw’s Expanded City research and output continues to oscillate between [...]
The Expanded City Network: Traces of Place
The first Expanded City Network event, Traces of Place, was held at the Final Whistle café in Preston on 4 July 2017, and considered the question ‘What makes us feel at home?’. Writer and artist Lauren Velvick looks at [...]
Expanded City Perspectives: A starting point
May 2017 Lauren Velvick reports on an artists’ meeting for The Expanded City project. Having previously considered the city specifically in terms of its edges and boundaries, for the forthcoming critical exploration of Preston’s ongoing development, In Certain Places [...]

Amplifying civic space in Preston: The Flag Market
Research student Stephanie Cottle reflects on In Certain Places' work in Preston's Market Square. When Appearing Rooms (2006) by Dutch artist Jeppe Hein was installed by In Certain Places at Preston’s Flag Market the work provided the initial splash [...]
Expanded City Perspectives: Artist Olivia Keith
October 2016 Artist Lauren Velvick discusses Olivia Keith's research for The Expanded City project. There are elements of Olivia Keith's work for The Expanded City that are familiar within socially engaged practices, such as using the unwritten knowledge and [...]