2023 festival event highlights
Watch some highlights of Being Human events across the country.
Here is a roundup of the events programme we delivered for Being Human Festival 2023.
| Event title | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Coming Home: Sharing Veterans’ Mental Health Stories | 9 Nov 2023, 09:00 to 18 Nov 2023, 17:00 | Coming Home is an exhibition of life stories told through unique comic and cartoon-based artwork produced by veterans alongside life story practitioners, arts professionals and Cardiff University researchers. |
| Archaeo-Animal Art | 11 November 2023 10:00-16:00 | Join in a range of activities from exploring stone age tools to creating your own animal art to take home in this family friendly event. |
| Coming Home: Guided Tours | 14 November, 13:00-14:30 | Join Re-Live for an exhibition of original artwork from Coming Home, an anthology comic co-created with veterans living with mental health stories working alongside some of the UK’s leading cartoonists, Life Story practitioners and Cardiff University researchers. |
| Coming Home: Life-Story Talk and Workshop | 14 November, 15:00-16:30 | To celebrate the exhibition of original artwork from Coming Home, an anthology comic co-created with veterans living with mental health stories, Re-Live Artistic Director, Karin Diamond, will lead a talk and workshop exploring how the project supported veterans to share their moving and challenging stories. |
| Exploring Histories of Labour: inclusive heritage and collaboration | 14 November, 17:00-19:00 | Engage with museum collections to uncover histories of labour within Wales and globally, led by National Trust Cymru. |
| In conversation with an AI | 17 November 2023 10:00-16:00 | How aware are you of artificial intelligence (AI) and how to navigate it? Observe a fictional scenario where an AI system is being interviewed for its work in journalism. |
| Mapping the Metals – Community Heritage and Metal Detecting | 18 November 2023 10:00-16:00 | Help conduct and document analysis of the archaeological treasures that can be found on your doorstep. |