The last two decades have seen the UK undergo a visible transformation as the nation moves into a post-industrial era. Take Gateshead Quays, for example – now home to the award-winning Millennium Bridge, The Sage Gateshead and BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art – or Manchester’s glittering new ‘museum of the modern city’, Urbis.
But when it comes to regeneration, it’s not just about buildings. Projects are underway targeting rural regeneration, social inclusion, nurturing the creative talents of young people and enhancing the cultural life of people in cities through festivals and other events. The whole term regeneration has an enormous spectrum of implications associated with it – and for the first ‘Creative Clusters’ conference, director Simon Evans seems to have most facets covered.
