[5][6] She co-initiated the emplacements project (1997–2003) with Francoise Dupré, working with artists from the UK, Western Europe and Russia to stage events in London and St. Petersburg, culminating in temporary public art events throughout St. Petersburg in 2003. the emplacements project at New Holland in 2000 opened the grounds to the general public for the first time in the city's history.
[7] For the International Festival of Experimental Art in St. Petersburg in 2008 she invited people from various parts of the world, including Shetland, to participate in an exchange of films made on mobile phones, Swap Shots.
She worked with 23 of Shetland's finest lace knitters to realise light projections that were exhibited at Bonhoga Gallery in 2010 and are permanently on view in Mareel.
[14] In 2000 Permar undertook a Scotland Year of the Artist Residency at Subsea7 in Aberdeen when she began to investigate the relationship between technology and underwater exploration.
In 2006 her project, Roseland, combined installation, gift-giving and exchange through exhibitions and events in Shetland, Roydon (near London) and Düsseldorf.
[21][22] In 2010 she participated in the first International Arts Festival in Baku where local residents helped paint her contribution to the event.
[23] Throughout her career Permar has worked in art education and displayed a commitment to integrating processes for learning and teaching into her artwork.