b-side Festival announces programme led by resident and international artists
Pollution Pods by Michael Pinsky presented on Portland by Cape Farewell and b-side June 29 - July 01 2019. Photo: Rachel Dunford.
ISLE OF PORTLAND
.- Cementing its status as one of the most unusual and innovative contemporary art festivals in the UK, b-side is back with an exciting, playful, and challenging programme led by Portland-based and world-renowned artists including Creatives Garage, Olivia Furber, and Ramzi Maqdisi.
Energising the cultural scene in Dorset, b-side Festival presents work from South West based creatives alongside new and established artists from across the UK and beyond. With the artwork commissioned via an international open call over two years ago, allowing the artists the time and creative space to produce site-responsive works, the festival encourages artists to take risks and make resonant connections with the Isle of Portland.
The pair on the cliffs by Old Harry Rocks. Picture: Swanage Coastguard A Swanage Coastguard spokesman said: The photograph was taken by someone fishing at 8pm near Old Harry Rocks. We went to the area the following day and spoke to members of the public and asked people to stay away from the cliff edge. The cliff, which the man was on the edge of, was no wider than 50cms. As the temperatures rise, it becomes even more dangerous because the cliff is made of chalk. The heat can erode this material especially when stood on - and people can slip very easily.
PORTLAND S National Coastwatch team has been keeping our coastline safe throughout the pandemic - but the vital organisation needs support from the community if operations are to continue. National Coastwatch (NCI) at Portland Bill operates a voluntary lookout service, keeping an eye on all types of vessel in the Portland area - as well as walkers and climbers. Its lookout at the Bill is managed, operated and maintained by a team of over 70 highly trained volunteers and is open most daylight hours every day of the year except Christmas Day. Coastwatch at Portland Bill has been operational almost all of the time throughout the national coronavirus crisis. Numbers of boats out fishing and for leisure are now increasing as restrictions ease, as are the numbers of people walking along the coastal paths, climbing, or just enjoying the scenery.
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PORTLAND Port s operations and services have been boosted with the introduction of a new multi-million pound tugboat - which has been officially named in honour of a former director who died earlier this year. Portland Port director and decorated Royal Navy commander Rupert Best, who retired from duty in the early 1990s, was instrumental in persuading Langham Industries to buy the port from the MOD in 1996, and worked tirelessly to grow the operation. Mr Best died aged 76 in February, and his friend and Portland Port chief executive, Bill Reeves, said the new tug will be named in memory of the late former military commander.