ONCE UPON A TIME IN HAWICK - Alchemy Film & Arts

Alchemy Film & Arts

Champions of excellence in experimental film and artists' moving image.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HAWICK
26 – 28 November 2021

A weekend event exploring the identities, industries and stories of Scotland’s Film Town. Encompassing films, discussions, exhibitions, archive footage and the launch of a new permanent film installation inside Heart of Hawick’s café, the event is produced as part of The Teviot, the Flag and the Rich, Rich Soil – our programme of artist residencies, film commissions and community engagement exploring the borders, boundaries and lines of Hawick and the Scottish Borders.

INSTALLATIONS

Waterwheel
Heart of Hawick, Hawick, TD9 0AE

From Friday 26 November (permanent)

A new permanent film installation by artist Andy Mackinnon reanimating the Victorian waterwheel beneath Heart of Hawick’s café bar.

Commissioned by Alchemy Film & Arts with support from Live Borders, Waterwheel is inspired by the spinning mill wheel, cinema reels and early cinema technology, and brings the waterwheel to life through moving-image projection, including sequences of locally sourced archival film and home movies reflecting aspects of Hawick’s social history and rich textile heritage.

FREE TO ATTEND

I’ve Only Been Here Half My Life
Heritage Hub, Hawick, TD9 0AE

Friday 26 November (3pm – 5pm)
Saturday 27 – Sunday 28 November (11am – 4pm)

A multi-channel video commission by Jessie Growden that connects the artist’s personal experiences of growing up as a woman in Hawick to the town’s industrial heritage within the international textiles trade.

Exploring Hawick’s former Peter Scott Knitwear mill, this newly commissioned work encompasses documentary, memoir, artefacts rescued from the factory floor, and a new book featuring images of the mill following its closure.

FREE TO ATTEND