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Tracey Emin, Christian Boltanski and Turner Prize-winner Mark Wallinger, are just three of the internationally acclaimed contemporary artists who have been commissioned to create new works for the first Folkestone Triennial, Tales of Time and Space.

The Triennial is part of a regeneration project aimed at reinvigorating the town, once a popular Victorian seaside resort, which includes Foster and Partners' masterplan for the harbour.

One of the most ambitious public art projects to be presented in the UK, the Triennial is a three-yearly exhibition of works which will be specially created for public spaces throughout Folkestone.

Curated by Andreas Schleiker, the Triennial will feature permanent pieces of artwork dotted throughout the Kentish town.

Folkstone will become home to a 'state-of-the-art dog park for the town's dogs and their owners', courtesy of Los Angeles-based artist Pae White.

Mark Wallinger, who won last year's Turner Prize, will individually number 19,240 pebbles taken from Folkestone's shingle beach, representing the number of British fatalities on the first day of the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

Other projects include Christian Boltanski's sound-pieces on the town's public benches, which will play recordings of letters to and from servicemen during the First World War.

Much of this work is spearheaded by local businessman Roger de Hann, heir to the SAGA fortune.

The Folkestone Triennial will open on 14 June and run until 14 September 2008.