Our Myth and Voice community storytelling initiative was truly excited to have been included into the program of the 2024 Being Human festival with ‘Rebuilding Troy in Hammersmith’, an art and creative writing workshop that took place in community art Kite Studios  in Shepherds Bush.

 

Being Human is a unique annual, UK-wide, cultural environment and opportunity. For a week every November academic researchers, creative practitioners of all kinds, social partners, and local communities come together to celebrate ideas and cultures that shape our towns, our cities and our neighbourhoods.

 

Dr Efi Spentzou, Myth and Voice Lead, reflects back: 'It was a heart-warming afternoon of immersive and collective storytelling. We all cherished the wall of memory we built for the women of Troy, ancient and modern alike. And then we sat down to give voice to our Trojan woman, first sitting at the beach of Troy and then at a moment of hope some years in the future. There was energy and care and a joyful blending of expression that released us into a space of connectedness that afternoon. Being part of Being Human offered to Myth and Voice invaluable experience of working with neighbourhood partners and local communities that we hope to hone and expand within the festival’s supportive buffer and beyond, in years to come.'

 

To experience something of the spirit of that wonderful afternoon click here.