Measuring time through the fall of water
HUNITI GOLDOX
Location: mote102 Ferry Road, Leith
Artist collective HUNITI GOLDOX presents Measuring Time through the Fall of Water an immersive video installation that features contemporary reenactments of a water clock – a time-kee…
Braid Walk
Jonathan Baxter
Location: Art Walk Hub, 189 Portobello High Street and Porty Light Box, Bellfield Street
What can we learn from walking a watercourse? Between April and August 2023, Jonathan Baxter has been leading a series of monthly group walks in collaboration with poet Helen Boden, ar…
Quota
Christina Riley
Location: Portobello Beach, by Groyne 1 (Sun 3 September) and Toilet outdoor walls, Pipe Street (until end September)
Scallop dredges are hugely damaging to underwater ecologies. In a single tow, they can destroy roughly 70% of living seabed habitats – including maerl beds which can take millennia to…
Tired Water
Vira Putri
Location: Art Walk Hub, 189 Portobello High Street
Vira Putri’s work draws upon jamu, the Indonesian traditional healing practice which the artist likens to cooking.
The School of Pedestrian Culture
Lucas Priest
Location: Art Walk Hub, 189 Portobello High Street
During The School of Pedestrian Culture’s residency with Art Walk Projects, the School has become an expanded walking forum featuring contributions from artists Iman Tajik and Johanna…
Buoyancy in unprecedented times
Jenny Pope
Location: Art Walk Hub, 189 Portobello High Street
Jenny Pope is linking early innovations in maritime travel with today’s climate crisis in order to address questions of collective anxiety and resilience.
Stool to Stool
Murray Morrant
Location: Art Walk Hub, 189 Portobello High Street
Murray’s ongoing exploration of the built environment and subterranean infrastructure landscapes examines the intricate relationship between the individual and the collective, and its…
Wing Cradle
Henna Asikainen
Location: Portobello Kiln, Bridge Street (Open Sat/Sun 11am-4pm)
Weaving together myths and politics with ecological concerns, Wing Cradle connects the migration of birds with testimonies relating to lived experiences of human migration.
September 2nd ’23 to September 10th ’23
Deluge project
Linde Ex, Dana Olărescu, Oscar Van Heek
Location: Aberlady Bay, Seafield and Portobello
A two-day focus of talks, walks and discussions takes place during this year’s Art Walk Porty Festival.
September 8th ’23 to September 9th ’23