Preston Bus Station- Reimagined - 9.30am - 14/7/19

Preston Bus Station- Reimagined - 9.30am - 14/7/19

Jul, 12 2019


~When you consider venues for hosting performances there are many appropriate and ideal ones that spring to mind. Think, The o2 in London, The Sydney Opera House and closer to home The Manchester Arena.

If somebody was to tell you that an event will play host at Preston Bus Station you would think they weren’t serious and more than likely winding you up.

Truth is, they’re not lying and it’s taking place very soon. Preston Bus Station is going to see a unique performance on its concourse. It will take place this Sunday 14th July from 9.30am.

The performance will comprise of an hour long duration in which the public will witness a sound score blaring from the grade-II listed building to a  slow set of movements from the bus bays and across the forecourt. Volunteers will mirror the actions of the drivers in the passenger concourse.

Artist Keith Harrison is directing the work with bus divers from Preston Bus and Stagecoach taking part.

Co-curator of In Certain Places Charles Quick describes the performance and it’s affectionate tribute to the very things that makes it different,

“Keith Harrison’s exciting new performative work Conductor for Preston Bus Station, uniquely appropriates all the resources of the station to create a dramatic new work that pays homage to the interaction between the people, vehicles and the architecture of the UK’s biggest bus station.”

The movement is to be filmed by Jared Schiller and displayed in the Harris as part of the Beautiful and Brutal: 50 years in the life of Preston Bus Station exhibition.

 Cabinet member for culture and leisure councillor Peter Kelly expresses what it means to Preston and the positive output that the film will create:-

“This work is a unique way of marking 50 years of Preston Bus Station. The city is proud that partner curators from the Harris and In Certain Places working together with Preston Bus Station operators have enabled this exciting work by artist Keith Harrison and recorded by filmmaker Jared Schiller – to be seen by thousands of visitors to the Harris’ autumn exhibition and in the future.”
Interested ones should meet by the information desk this Sunday 14th July for a 9.30am start.

The Bus Station exhibition at the Harris is to run from 21 September through until 24 November and will be free to attend.

Choose an unusual venue to accolade the excellent work the transport system is doing in the community:-

  • Buses to perform unique artistic show at Preston Bus Station
  • 9.30am
  • Sunday 14th July 2019.

^Alex Ashworth