PAST EVENT: This was part of the EAF25 programme.

Shown in the EAF Pavilion, who will be remembered here was 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, creating performances exploring the resonances and dissonances between who they are and the sites they visited.

Each writer responded in a different language: Robert Softley Gale in English, Harry Josephine Giles in Scots, Robbie MacLeòid in Gaelic, and Bea Webster in BSL. The film brought to life experiences that have been rendered invisible by the erasure of marginalised people from history. 

The film screening was accompanied by a photography exhibition from Tiu Makkonen in the EAF Pavilion Event Space, sharing behind the scenes images throughout the making of who will be remembered here. A BSL-interpreted version of the film was also shown in the Pavilion’s Living Room throughout the Festival.

Film Director: Michael Sherrington
Co-directors: Lewis Hetherington and CJ Mahony
Producer: Beth Allan
Composer: Kit McCarthy
Director of Photography: Jamie Quantrill
Stills Photography: Tiu Makkonen

Biggar Gasworks: Written and performed by Robert Softley Gale
Fort George: Written and performed by Robbie MacLeòid
Dun Telve + Dun Troddan Brochs: Written and performed by Harry Josephine Giles
Machrie Moor: Written and performed by Bea Webster

Related Programme

See more related events and exhibitions:
→ Bea Webster, Lewis Hetherington + CJ Mahony: We Will Be the New Storytellers at EAF Pavilion, New Town + North
→ who will be remembered here: In-Conversation at Edinburgh International Book Festival, Old Town + South

A fieldwork performance project, made in collaboration with Historic Environment Scotland, Forest of Black and directed by Michael Sherrington. This work is generously supported by Scottish Government’s Festivals EXPO Fund, Edinburgh World Heritage, and Outer Spaces.