Timespan to host sea festival
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A TEN-month tour focussing on two commissioned films, entitled Shore: How We See the Sea, will finish at Timespan in Helmsdale next weekend.
Curated by arts and science organisation Invisible Dust, the films are from Scottish-based artists Ed Webb-Ingall and Margaret Salmon. They reflect the thoughts of those who live, work and care for the sea in Scotland, including the local and national impact of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
Cladach by Margaret Salmon, is a beautiful portrait of life above and below the shoreline in Wester Ross while Ed Webb-Ingall’s exploration is of communities living with the MPA designation in the Firth of Clyde.
Timespan will play host to a free three-day Shore Film Festival, from Friday April 5 to Sunday April 7, a weekend of free films, workshops and
talks exploring the ways we fiercely protect and make a living from the sea’s precious resources.
Ed and Margaret will present a screening of their films on Friday night and discuss their approaches to representing the challenges facing communities involved in protecting their life and livelihoods dependent on a healthy sea.
On the Saturday, the artists will run a collaborative film-making workshop for all ages on how to create animation without a camera and Margaret will conduct a stills photography field trip to the Brora salt pans alongside SCAPE coastal erosion archaeologists, with a free minibus leaving from Timespan.
Films focusing on coastal environments from around the world will also screen at the festival.
On the Saturday night, the Timespan kitchen will be taken over by Friends of Timespan who will run a special Shore Festival pop-up restaurant with a tempting £10 three course menu, showcasing Scottish products, including smoked herring and tatties and pickles.
