UNCOMMON LAND

“I was sharing time with like minded people who care about our world and core human values of sharing and protection. As a Portlander the poetry really resonated with me. I totally ‘got it”

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We worked in Portland for many months, getting a sense of the island, its inhabitants, human and animal, its history. We became aware of its ancient beginnings and read the speculative histories that told stories of a land of ritual, ruled by the seasons and their symbolism and where fire was used as celebration, as source of community cohesion, as beacon for seafarers. We discovered traces of these ceremonies, in the land, in the archives, in the memories of people and were inspired to create a modern ritual where people and symbolic animals came together in celebration. At the coming of the dusk, the borderline hour between light and dark, when anything is and was possible.

B-side Festival 08 – 10 September 2023

B-side Festival

b-side photo credits: Jayne Jackson, Kim Cullimore, Paul Box, Pete Millson

Below… Listen to ‘Portland Speaks’
by Writer and Researcher Pam Du Val