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National Lottery funded projects have helped change the face of the UK through projects ranging from Tate Modern to hundreds of new village halls. The Millennium Commission has been at the forefront of these changes and the Out of Time exhibition has been created to celebrate and showcase the diverse range of schemes and projects which it has funded and will coincide with the run-up to the Commission’s 10th anniversary. Out of Time will be at the Lowry from 12th March - 28th March 2004. The exhibition will feature a dramatic display of 70 images including some of the most stunning photographs of the Millennium Commission’s projects from Sparky the Muncaster Barn Owl to the dramatic biomes of the Eden Project, from the Rocket Tower of the National Space Centre in Leicester to the ‘blinking eye’ Gateshead Millennium Bridge. These images will sit alongside creative photography and artwork by a number of Millennium Award winners. The Award winners have been picked from over 30,000 people who have won Millennium Awards, since they have used art and photography to tackle social issues and raise awareness of cultural diversity, while achieving their own personal goal. Award projects featured at Tate Modern range from a colour therapy scheme to a photographic exhibition highlighting the diversities and commonalities of our faith at the start of the new millennium. The Rt. Hon. Tessa Jowell MP, Chair of the Millennium Commission and Secretary of State for Culture said, “Not enough people know where their Lottery money has gone. Many people will only associate the Millennium Commission with projects like the Dome and the Eden Project in Cornwall. But there are a huge amount of other schemes which we have supported with Lottery money. Many of these schemes are on people’s doorsteps – we estimate that on average everyone lives only 30 miles from a Millennium Commission project. When people visit the Out of Time exhibition I believe they will be impressed by the size, scale and diversity of the Millennium Commission’s investment which has changed the landscape of the UK. We are extremely grateful to Tate Modern, which is itself a Millennium Commission funded project, for giving us the opportunity to show people where their Lottery money has gone. “As well as supporting capital projects, over 30,000 people have won Millennium Awards for extraordinary projects which are improving local communities across the UK. A unifying factor for all the Commission’s work has been the economic, cultural and social regeneration which can be brought about through the imaginative use of National Lottery money. As the Commission approaches the end of its life I am very keen that the Lottery embraces its tradition of vision and innovation which enables this important stream of public funding to help improve the quality of life for everyone in the UK” The innovative Out of Time exhibition, which features inflatable display walls, will was the last to be held in the space at Tate Modern’s North Entrance. The Commission has just awarded a further £1.4 million Lottery grant for improvements to this entrance and the Level 4 concourse which will provide better facilities for visitors and an additional space for contemporary art. -ends- For photos, further information or interview bids, please contact the Millennium Commission Press Office on 020 7880 2007, out of hours 07775 812 820.
Notes to Editors 1 The Millennium Commission is one of the good causes which distributes funds from the National Lottery. Its income from the Lottery ceased in August 2001 its work is expected to be complete by 2006. 2 The Millennium Commission has supported:
• Around 200 new buildings, environmental projects and visitor attractions on over 3,000 sites across the UK.
• Over 100 Awards Schemes which distribute Millennium Awards to individuals for community based projects. Over 31,000 people have already received a Millennium Award.
• A UK-wide programme of community festivals which began on New Year’s Eve 1999 and culminated on New Year’s Eve 2000 with celebrations in 32 towns and cities across the UK.;
• The Millennium Encore Scheme which is enabling over 70,000 young people across the UK to experience performing arts productions;
• The Millennium Experience at Greenwich and the National Programme. 3 Exhibition details:
Date: 11th – 28th March 2004
Venue: The Lowry, Salford List of Projects and Millennium Award winners appearing in the Out of Time exhibition Projects The Renaissance of Portsmouth Harbour
At-Bristol The Saint Patrick Centre, Downpatrick
Ceramica – The Pottery Showcase, Stoke-on-Trent The Suffolk Cathedral Millennium Project, Bury St Edmunds
Changing Places, Boarshaw Clough, Rochdale. The Thornbury Centre, Bradford
Dales Environet, New Woodland in Wharfedale. The Torrs Millennium Walkway, Derbyshire
Gateshead Millennium Bridge Third Millennium Muncaster, Cumbria
Golden Jubilee Bridges, London Turning the Tide, Durham coast
Huddersfield Narrow Canal UHI Millennium Institute
Island 2000, Dinosaur Isle, Isle of Wight Wales Millennium Centre
Kingdom of Fife Cycleways
Magna Millennium Award winners
Manchester Millennium Quarter, Urbis
Middleton, The National Botanic Garden of Wales Who is Free? Photo: Isaac Acheampong, Hull
Millennium Stadium A Penny for your Thoughts. Artwork: Susan Aldworth
National Space Centre, Leicester Twinkle. Photo: Jonny Bell, Londonderry
Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh Life. Artwork: Carla Cavalierie, Milton Keynes
Peterborough Millennium Green Wheel Ragin’. Photo: Subie Coleman, Edinburgh
The Renaissance of Whitehaven Caeruleus fluctus. Artwork: Colin Bentham, Barrow-in-Furness
Restoration of the Welsh Highland Railway Colola. Photo: Ruth England, Brighton
Scottish Seabird Centre February 1953. Artwork: Penny Goater, Ilminster
Sheffield, Remaking the Heart of the City
The Winter Garden Silent Pool. Artwork: Andrew Goddard, London
Somers Town. Photo: Jason Wilde, London
Southwark Cathedral The Heart of the Millennium. Photo: Tina Hewitt, London
Tate Modern Are you listening? Photo: Hugh Hill, London
The British Museum Great Court In the Shadow of the Bluestones. Photo: Ian Jebbett, Clynderwen
The Deep
The Eden Project Dehydrated. Photo: Kacey Jones, Bedford
The Forum, Norwich Like Father Like Son. Artwork: Lester Magoogan, Hastings
The Glasgow Science Centre Mr Shah. Photo: Paul Mattson, London
The Lowry, Salford After School Lessons. Photo: Paul McCambridge, County Down
The Millennium Link, The Falkirk Wheel. Still Moving. Photo: Dennis Morrison, London
The Millennium Memorial Gates, London Chromium. Photo: Joanne Muhammad, London
The Millennium Seed Bank, W Sussex Loch Tarff: Ken Paterson, West Lothian
The National Wildflower Centre, Liverpool Untitled. Photo: Noah Redfern, Swansea
The Odyssey Project, Belfast Gateshead Millennium Bridge. Photo: Bill Scott, North Shields
www.millennium.gov.uk
Millennium Commission 1st-December-2003
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