Film Walk to Hermitage Castle with Andrew Kötting

Presented by: Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival

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0	HAWICK: Hermitage Castle
P	Monday 6th March, 2017
N	11:30am

Event information

An 8-mile walk to the historic Hermitage Castle, led by the filmmaker Andrew Kötting, with Claudia Barton and Anonymous Bosch.

Please assemble at the Common Haugh Car park at 11.30am for the bus to the start of the walk. Travel is provided to the start of the walk and from Hermitage Castle after the screening. The return bus will depart from the Hermitage Hall at 09.30pm.

A performative perambulation which reunites the ghosts of king harold and his hand fast wife Edith Swan Neck. They will lead a raggle-taggle procession of artists and miscreants towards the hermitage castle and the spectral vision that is mary queen of scots. A trajectory in celebration of myth-making, ghosts and unreliable memory. May the magnetic force-fields be upon them.

Followed by the Scottish premiere screening of Edith Walks at Hermitage Hall.

FILM WALK - IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The walk begins at the start of a public access road on the way to Hermitage Castle, on the A7.
Your ticket includes a bus to the start of the walk, dinner at the Hermitage Hall before the screening of Edith Walks and a return bus to Hawick after the screening. Participants are also encouraged to bring cameras to film their experience of the walk. There will also be the opportunity to film at Hermitage Castle, and a performance at the site by Andrew Kotting and Claudia Barton.

The weather is likely to be changeable, therefore participants must come prepared with appropriate footwear and clothing for an 8 mile walk.
Participants are advised that there is little to no network coverage along the walk route. Telephones will be available at residencies along the walk, in case of emergency.
Participants are responsible for their own packed lunch and water.
There will be the opportunity to film at Hermitage Castle for one hour only.
Dinner at Hermitage Hall will offer a vegetarian option.

Participants of the Film Walk must book their tickets online in advance - no tickets will be issued on the day of the walk and no-one will be admitted who has not booked a ticket.