Artist Sir Richard Long on the line up of UWE Bristol events announced for Being Human Festival

A conversation with Bristol artist and sculptor Sir Richard Long is just one of the events being hosted by UWE Bristol throughout November as part of the Being Human Festival, the UK’s national festival of humanities.

‘Walking as Time and Space’, on Monday 11 November, 18:00-21:00, held at the Watershed and online, will see internationally renowned land artist and UWE Bristol alum Sir Richard Long in conversation with Andrew Kelly, creative programmer at Bristol Ideas.

Part of UWE’s Bristol Distinguished Address Series (BDAS), Andrew will talk to Sir Richard about what drives his long solo walks through landscapes and the art that is inspired by them.

The Being Human Festival is led by the University of London to celebrate research in the humanities, from literature, history, language, philosophy and more. The event is celebrating its 10^th anniversary, with the theme of ‘Landmarks’.

Elsewhere, UWE Bristol will host three other events for the Being Human Festival between 8-16 November, which include:

• 8-10 November – Angela Carter’s Bristol, A Guided Theatre Walk

A new immersive theatre performance which will give participants insight into Bristol’s literary history through a dramatised walk of key locations featured in Angela Carter’s life, journalism and novels, including in Clifton and Hotwells, as well as the commemorative plaque on her house in Royal York Crescent. Organised by Dr Amanda Penlington, UWE Bristol associate director for Animation and Drama, Hannah Kew, UWE Bristol senior lecturer in Performance, and the Angela Carter Society, participants can book their place here.

• 9 November - Soundwalk Histories: Colston's Last Journey

Professor of History and Heritage at UWE Bristol, Steve Poole, and Satsymph will host an assisted soundwalk exploring ‘Colston’s Last Journey’, an interactive audio experience using digital pools of sound to uncover the hidden history of Bristol’s role in the Transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans, presented entirely through mobile phone. Tickets can be booked here. 

• 16 November - Soundwalk Histories: 1831 Riot!

Also organised by Professor Steve Poole and Satsymph, participants will go back in time to 1831, when Bristol crowds demanding parliamentary reform attacked and destroyed four prisons, the Bishop’s Palace, the Mayor’s mansion house and half the houses in Queen Square. 1831 Riot! uses digital pools of sound to propel participants back in time to the attack on Bristol Gaol. Book here.

For more information on UWE Bristol’s event series as part of the Being Human Festival, click here.