interview with Nick Crowe

"The Futurology" book will explore the subject of culture-led regeneration, through critical writing, and the documentation of the project, Futurology: The Black Country 2024. This project was concerned with exploring the relationship between socially engaged art practice and culture-led regeneration. In Futurology: The Black Country 2024, artists and young people were teamed up to examine the current social, economic and political conditions of the Black Country in order to imagine their future. This book includes interviews with the artists: Barby Asante, Dave Beech, Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson, Becky Shaw, Simon Poulter and partners; The New Art Gallery Walsall, Creative Partnerships, Black Country Consortium, Black Country Tourism, Regen West Midlands, Walsall MBC; and transcriptions of public talks by Rasheed Araeen, Dr Malcolm Miles, Dr Tim Butler, Charles Landry, Claire Fox. It is published to accompany the exhibition Futurology: The Black Country 2024 at The New Art Gallery Walsall, July - September 2004.