“Neighbourhood Remarks” project, initiated during the first Aagaard’s residency visit at LAZNIA CCA in 2013, includes a number of initiatives involving a group of local inhabitants of Nowy Port district, to name a few: collaborative publishing of tree issues of “Nowy Port Żyje” magazine, organization of the workshops on urban furniture, screen printing, creative writing and haiku. As a kind of summary of several years of the project, the publication "Nowy Port Żyje. Neighbourhood Remarks" was also created. It included reflections and essays of researchers, art critics, curators, documentarists, artists and project participants. In continuation of the actions in the public space, last year’s edition focused on working with words and plants. First, as a result of creative writing workshops, an original text was developed together, referring to the character of the New Port: "Zorza od morza" (meaning: aurora from the sea). Then, the group participated in the flower planting workshops, jointly designed and created a flower composition shaped as a text, planted on the lawn, on the corner of Oliwska and Podjazd Streets.
Subsequent activities in the frames of the project are the result of common decisions and expressions of interest of participants. They resulted from the desire to draw attention to the Nowy Port district, highlight its character, tell the story of its residents, and define places important to them. It is also a gesture of taking an active voice in public debate, participation, redefinition and collective creation of the district.