Tides of Remembrance: The Making of ‘Keening, the Song of the Stranding’

It all began with a haunting image I couldn’t shake—55 long-finned pilot whales stranded on the shores of Traigh Mhor beach in 2023. For eight long hours, the beach became a liminal space between life and death. Here, two species who live in such different worlds encountered each other in a profound and tragic way.