Join the artists behind who will be remembered here for an in-conversation exploring what it means to reimagine storytelling in new, expansive forms, and reclaim history for yourself.
Film creators, playwright Lewis Hetherington and visual artist CJ Mahony, will be in conversation with Bea Webster, a deaf, queer Scottish-Thai actor, writer and theatre-maker, and one of four artists who contributed a performance to the film.
The panel will collectively share moments of reflection and of reclamation, responding to Bea’s work on the ancient site of Machrie Moor Standing Stones on the Isle of Arran. Webster’s performance in BSL explores the resonances and dissonances between that historic site and their lived experience.
Through gentle initiation, the event will end with audience members sharing their own re-consideration of the built environment that surrounds us, held through an open dialogue with the artists.
who will be remembered here is a tender film which draws intimate connections between queer people across the span of Scottish history. Hetherington and Mahony invited four queer writers to respond to Historic Environment Scotland sites, bringing to light experiences and lives that have been rendered invisible by the erasure of marginalised people from history.
This event will be accompanied by an exhibition of images by Tiu Makkonen in the EAF Pavilion event space, sharing behind the scenes footage through the making of who will be remembered here.
This discussion will be supported by Elle Haswell, Civic Curator EAF.
! Acknowledges how queer and Disabled people have been excluded from historic spaces, and how to foster inclusion.
This event is in partnership with Edinburgh Deaf Festival. BSL versions of who will be remembered here will be available to watch throughout the festival in the EAF Pavilion library.
Access
→ This event will take place in the EAF Pavilion’s Event Space. This room is accessed via the Screening Room, which has low lighting.
→ This is a fully seated event. If you require a specific type or placement of seat, please note this in the “Access Needs” field when booking a ticket.
→ This in-conversation will be held in BSL and English, with both English and BSL interpretation.
→ Refreshments will be provided.
→ For more information about access at the EAF Pavilion, please see our Access page.
Events Programme
See more from who will be remembered here in:
→ Lewis Hetherington + CJ Mahony: who will be remembered here at the EAF Pavilion
→ who will be remembered here: In-Conversation at Edinburgh International Book Festival