Pleasure Ground
PLEASURE GROUND 2018: Reflected upon the seaside entertainment history of Portobello; an era of music halls, bandstands and the fairground showing archive material of community activity alongside newly commissioned work relating to our public grounds of the seaside and promenade. Artists: Greg Burgoyne, Ross Whyte, Oi Musica, Fiona Hermse, Deirdre Macleod.
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Carousel
Artist Fiona Hermse worked with members of Portobello Older Peoples’ Project to create a series of mobile, merry-go-round style sculptures based on collected memories of Portobello’s pleasure industry past. The
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Pier to Pier
Pier to pier is a participatory performance, a meeting of one space that is lost and another which is very much in existence. In this case it is the melding of
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Festoon
Created by artist Deirdre Macleod, Festoon invited participants to walk slowly in a line, carrying portable lighted frames around the darker spaces of Portobello during the 2018 Art Walk Porty
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Bandstand Project
Lewisvale Park Musselburgh AS I WALK. I GLIMPSE. I HEAR. The bandstand has long served as the public site for community music occupying many of our public parks and promenades.