An expansive enquiry into freedom of movement through the lens of the river Forth through multi-sensory installation, moving image and print.
Right to Roam
An exploration of natural methods of connection, communication and movement
Right to Roam is an expansive enquiry into freedom of movement through the exploration of water, with focus on the river Forth, by artist Sarah Calmus.
A key driver for Calmus’ is giving space to reflect on ideas of water as a living body by exploring the voice of the river Forth, where changes relating to the climate crisis (sea level rising, acidity and temperate changes) incrementally affect interconnected ecosystems, both environmental and human. In this work, Calmus uses creative experimentation of environmental data and technology to ask us to consider what we can learn through deep listening. What does water teach us as it moves beyond borders, and what does it mean to consider the Right to Roam as more than a human policy, but as a natural state?
This new body of work extends Calmus’ ongoing creative research into water, exploring it as a living body with a voice and not primarily as a resource. She is particularly interested in exploring the intersections of climate change, data, and the fundamental freedom to move.
Exhibition details
Dates: Wed-Sun, 6-24 May, 2026
Times: 10:00 – 17:00 Daily | Drop-in [Closed Mon/Tues]
Location: Inspace, 1 Crichton St, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB
Venue Access features: Accessible toilets, Assistance dogs welcome, Baby changing facilities, Seating, Step-free access, Wheelchair accessible
If you have any enquiries about Inspace programming and the venue, please contact us at designinformatics@ed.ac.uk.
Event Programme
More details to be announced soon…
Sarah Calmus, Right to Roam project lead, is an interdisciplinary artist, programmer, and creator of large-scale immersive installations and provocations, working across a multitude of mediums such as light, sound and print. Accessible, multisensory, sustainably produced experiences are central within Calmus’s practice, where works often draw focus on environmental concerns that build equity for participators and critique and explore ecosystems of varying scales. Interested in building spaces to connect and reflect, her practice is intentionally interdisciplinary and participatory, viewed as a series of experiments underpinned with explorations into interaction.
Right to Roam is a project by led by Sarah Calmus, funded by Creative Scotland and supported by Inspace and the Institute for Design Informatics.
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