Toll: Film Premiere

In 2024 artists Sinéad Hargan, Cat Meighan and Hector MacInnes created a mass participation artwork involving the carrying and ringing of multiple folded-steel bells. Each bell was stamped with a statement of reflection or response to the covid-19 pandemic, collected from highland communities including NHS workers, school children and the Highland Senior Citizens Network.

Our Toll bells travelled over 1500 miles across our diverse Highland landscape, up Knockfarrel and Stac Pollaidh, on the Nigg, Corran and Armadale ferries, rowed across Loch Morlich, cycled to Wick Harbour, rung inside Castle Varrich and attended a ceilidh in Kilmuir Hall. The bells have been in rivers, harbours, bogs, seas, they’ve been carried through mist, rain and some sunshine too. They’ve met Highlanders who have experienced loss, joy, anger, peace and everything in-between. They have been rung quietly in forests and community gardens and they’ve been rung loudly on high school football pitches and primary school playgrounds.

The Toll film is a visually and sonically explorative installation that follows the journey of the Toll bells and reflects on the Highland experience of the pandemic, celebrating spaces of community gathering and resilience.

The Toll film will be accompanied by a short documentary about the making of the project and our journey across the Highlands.

This event is free to attend and no booking is required.

This is a working harbour warehouse and will not be heated so please dress warm and wear layers.

For access / wheelchair and mobility scooter requirements please contact [email protected]. The nearest accessible toilet can be found at Wickers World.