The PORT project began during the pandemic in 2021 initially as an online forum for five artists invited by artist/curator Rosy Naylor to come together and share separate walking experiences relating to five separate locations: Holy Island; Scapa Beach, Orkney; Seafield, Edinburgh; Swalecliffe, near Whitstable, Kent; and The Lagoons, Musselburgh.
All five PORT artists (Henna Asikainen, Louise Barrington, Rosy Naylor, Elspeth Penfold, Stephanie Whitelaw) will take part in a low-tide walk and talk.
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