A site-responsive exploration of Dunbar
We gather what the sea doesn’t keep.
We walk not to arrive, but to feel the earth shift beneath us.
We assemble what crumbles, what glimmers, what speaks softly of erosion.
This is not preservation.
This is participation.
The landscape remembers.
In stone, in salt, in silence.
Touch is knowledge.
Attention is resistance.
Here, on the edge of land and becoming, we listen to the long breath of deep time,
and remember that we, too, are sediment in motion.
The Project
A site-responsive exploration of deep time, coastal rhythm, and material memory. An encounter with Dunbar’s shifting edge, where walking, assembling, and sensing become gestures of presence. It took place at the European Land Art Festival (ELAF) in Dunbar, Scotland (18–20 July 2025). The work was sited on a beach and rocky coastline shaped over millions of years by tectonic shifts and erosion. Through a series of sensory installations, I invited people to experience the landscape not just visually, but through touch, movement, and quiet observation.
In the Zine below, I documented the making of my ceramics, and gave insights about the special geology around Dunbar’s Coastline. The paper stock I used nods to the red sandstone along the coast, while its scale is portable - an artefact to be carried, opened, and re-read. If you would like a physical copy, please leave your details below.
The work aimed to create a space where people could feel the presence of geological memory while remaining grounded in the present moment. Theoretically, it drew from phenomenology to explore deep time and our entangled presence within ecological systems. Dunbar’s unique geology, especially its red sandstone cliffs, provided both the materials and the conceptual foundation for the work.
