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Net cast from Selkirk to Eyemouth for art event
Casting the net. A traditional fishing boat, a Fifie, which is being built in Eyemouth for the Selkirk-Eyemouth art trail.
SELKIRK is to link up with Eyemouth for an art event celebrating the history of both towns.
Casting the Net hopes to bring spaces left empty after a decline in the towns’ fishing and textiles industries back to life between March 23 and April 6 in Selkirk, and March 30 to 31 in Eyemouth.
The Borders Arts Trust project aims to cast a fresh light on the rich cultural heritage of land and sea.
Co-leader and Borders artist Helen Douglas added: “There has been a huge swell of support for this project locally. It’s about valuing communities and their industries, and how one shapes the other. And, through contemporary art giving visibility to this, remembering, rediscovering and celebrating the lost and found.”
Casting the Net will launches next Saturday with the opening of several exhibitions in disused shops, featuring sculpture, photography, film and the premier of James Wyness’ soundpiece inspired by Eyemouth’s ice plant.
Former fisherman Billy Aitchison, who now drives a fish van, will tell of his journeys from Eyemouth inland, and the lore of the land and sea.
Alice Francis’ contemporary performance piece Fish out of Water also sees her travel inland from Eyemouth to Selkirk, by foot and wearing a sculptural fish dress. She will make a collaborative film about her encounters.
Other artists involved include Mark Timmins, Sam Bain, Mary Morrison, Natasha Smith, Jill Watson and Lawson Wood.
Casting the Net closes with a fish supper at Selkirk’s County Hotel on Saturday, April 6, to celebrate Eyemouth’s most famous product.
To book, contact The County on 01750 721233. All other Casting The Net events are free.
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