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b-side Festival 2018

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Portland

b-side celebrated 10 years in 2018 and our biennial festival returned to Portland.

The festival showcased the very best in contemporary art, made in response to this beautiful, intriguing and extraordinary island. Over 15,000 visits were made to the b-side on this year and it was our biggest festival yet. 

For a taste of b-side Festival 2018 have a look at all the Festival images HERE

“WOW!! Makes you stop and think. Art at its best.”

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Festival visitor
Woman drawing outside

Marking Time by Carrie Mason

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Performers dancing

Portland Promettes by Miss High Leg Kick

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Back lit photograph

Kamra-e-Faoree by Farhad Berahman

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Woman holding up a sign

Storms, Rocks & Thrills - The West Weares Walk by Ania Bas

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bronze casting outdoors

Performative Bronze Casting by Katie Surridge & Stephen Coles

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man taking a photograph of a group
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Man walking
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Picture of a stone
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Man looking at a sculpture
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An overview of b-side Festival by Megan Dunford

Featured b-side Festival artist: Ania Bas

And the crowd go wild: Laura Hopes

The Portland Lookalike Agency by Joe Borez & James Laming

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Miss High Leg Kick
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Portland Promettes at Portland Bill

Portland Bill
Portland

The Portland Promettes combine music, dance, comedy, live art, audience interaction and general showing-off in a collection of specially

Portland Promettes by Miss High Leg Kick. Photo: Pete Millson. b-side festival 2018.
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Portland Promettes at Nicodemus Knob

Fancys Farm
Portland

The Portland Promettes combine music, dance, comedy, live art, audience interaction and general showing-off in a collection of specially

Kamra-e-faoree by Farhad Berahman. Photo: Molly Scarborough. b-side festival 2018.
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Kamra-e-faoree

September 2018

St Georges Church
Portland

Farhad has created a series of hand tinted photographic portraits of Portland residents taken in places that have a special connection for them -

'Monuments of Portland' by Tim Spooner. Photo by Pete Millson. b-side festival 2018.
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Monuments of Portland

The Man Shed
Portland

Monuments of Portland, explores Portland’s rich palette of natural and synthetic materials, its landscape of varied terrains and layers of history

Portland Pathways
Event

Portland Pathways Exhibition

Outpost
Portland

“Freedom means to me being able to wander the island, to walk through the quarries, to walk along the cliffs and go underneath the cliffs” -

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Arcadia Screening and Harvest Supper

Royal Manor Theatre

“With a soaring score by Portishead’s Adrian Utley and Goldfrapp’s Will Gregory, this film is a hypnotic blend of archetypal imagery that casts a

Outdoor Cinema
Event

Outdoor Cinema - Steamboat Bill Jr with live soundtrack by The Arranz Ensemble

Pennsylvania Castle
Portland

Join us in the beautiful grounds of Pennsylvania Castle for an evening of classic cinema presented with a contemporary twist. Enjoy this 1928

Cinepoem Still
Event

Cinepoem

Outpost
Portland

A specially created ‘cine-poem' by Lucy Cash, Sue Palmer and Sheila Ghelani will be premiered at b-side and available to view throughout the

Fly By Night by Tom Hughes
Event

Fly By Night

Punchbowl Inn Skittle Alley
Portland

Open aboard and climb your eyes. Now close your mind. FlyByNight tours reluctantly present to you the tour of Portland you never dreamed of going

Want to see what we programmed for 2018 Festival?

The 2018 Guide can be viewed online with our interactive reader. You can also download a PDF copy using the link below. 

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