Migration
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Wing Cradle
HENNA ASIKAINEN weaves together myths and politics with those of ecological concerns. Wing Cradle connects the migration of birds with testimonies relating to lived experiences of human migration. The work draws upon the deep relationships that humans in many cultures have with birds. In Finnish mythology, for example, migratory birds journeyed each winter to a place…
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ENDLESS/BELLY
Curated by Natasha Thembiso Ruwona, ENDLESS/BELLY brings together varied art forms that interrogate myth, spirituality and memory in response to Black Ecologies. Its title plays with the idea that the sea is spatio- temporal and that it holds history, dis/connects geographies and is entrusted to carry lives. ENDLESS/BELLY suggests an excavation of Scotland’s role in shaping the Black…
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Welcome to Portobello
IMAN TAJIK developed a two-year residency project working with Art Walk Projects, beginning in 2020 with a durational performance ‘Where the Body Meets the Land’ on Portobello Beach as part of our socially distanced All At Sea programme. Iman’s own experience of crossing geographical borders fuels much of his practice, with a strong desire to…
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Welcome to Portobello