27 minutes

AFLOAT, recorded by artist Neville Gabie, is a film recorded over 18 months in the remote West Highland community of Coigach. The film follows the construction of a St Ayles Skiff and a season of rowing under the banner of Scottish Coastal Rowing. Commissioned by Susan Christie (IOTA), the film was made possible with the enthusiastic support of the Coigach Community Rowers and the wider community of Achiltibuie.

"Whilst the boat is central, filming its construction was perhaps an indulgence for thinking about something much more personal. I am fascinated by this tiny community, not all indigenous, or even Scottish, living on the margins between land and sea. I saw a bond there that I envied and was terrified of in equal measure. I encountered my own ghosts and rootlessness starkly reflected in this odd mix of people drawn together in the embrace of a very unique landscape" – Neville Gabie

Plockton Population 254 was filmed by Malcolm Mackenzie and residents of Plockton in July 2020. The film was commissioned by BBC Arts, Screen Scotland and LUX Scotland as part of Now & Next.

"Filmed in July 2020, during the first Covid lockdown, it follows the arc of a day from morning to evening. The process of filming was collaborative, with folk in the village recording footage during their day, which we edited together. It's called Plockton Population 254 as a marker of where we were at then, and to think about where we will be in the future.

In the film, you don't meet anyone in depth, it moves quickly from person to person, you're just passing by. It's a meditation and reflection on landscape and our necessary place within it."

Plockton Boatshed does not have toilets. Accessible public toilets are available across the street.

The Boatshed is on ground level on Harbour Street.

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