Arts Programme and Cultural Development

Public Art in Barking and Dagenham

Barking Town Centre Artscape

Re:Generation

Michael Cousin is an artist, born and bred in Barking, now living in South Wales. He has been commissioned to produce a film and photographic exhibition in collaboration with the community.

The exhibition is called Memento and features places and personal events, from days past, as recorded by the community in their personal photo albums, alongside images of how those places and people are now.

His film, Re:Generation, is a recording of personal anecdotes, memories and views on change, past and present with a view to reflecting on all our futures in a borough currently undergoing large scale redevelopment and change.

Both the exhibition and the film were presented and displayed in community buildings and venues across the borough in 2006.

Re:Generation