Art Walk Porty gets in the swim

Art Walk Porty, the annual artfest by the sea, was officially cancelled earlier in the year, but now it has been decided to stage 'All at Sea', which will be held over three weekends.

There are ten outdoor socially distanced artists' projects on

5 and 6 September, 26 and 27 September, and 17 and 18 October. Booking is required. All events focus on the collaborative spirit which Covid-19 has brought out.

Art Walk Porty say they have

"felt it important to keep going, to adapt and change during this uncertain period, enabling artists to continue their residencies and projects". The small outdoor programme has been devised around Portobello Beach and the Promenade, and the works include beach installations, live art, conversation and projection. The subject matter ranges from freedom of movement to food value, personal protection, a sense of ownership of public space, and the pairing of place and shared neighbourhoods, near and far.

Jenny Pope, has created a series of masked forms relating to the precautions Portobello kiln workers took to protect themselves from the heat. She will talk about her making processes using sand and found or recycled materials.

Geri Loup Nolan collected 2,020 fragments during her lockdown walks, beginning with one small triangular piece of ceramic, and will install these on the sand near where she lives.

Bristow+Wilson will create a virtual pot luck dinner on Zoom.

Some of the works are specific to the three weekends, but these two run for the whole of September and October:

TWO PLACES BY THE SEA

(On the Row Porty fence near Bath Street)

Pairing places between Portobello, Edinburgh and

Akureyri, Iceland, ‘Two Places By The Sea’ involves two groups of photographers, one from each location, who have worked together in pairs to produce images in response to a range of themes. Some examine the landscape and setting while others are more personal and intimate. The work is also simultaneously being shown in Akureyri, on their seaside promenade.

FIRED EARTH

(Porty Light Box, Bellfield Street) Durable enough to last many lifetimes, cheap enough to be available to all. The brick is a lesson in simplicity and efficiency. An installation in Porty Light Box of photographed bricks, collected by Jenny Martin and Stephen

Long, records the working history specific to Portobello and beyond. www.artwalkporty.co.uk