North East based filmmaker Matt James Smith discusses the changing process behind his short film ‘Still/Breathing’, commissioned for Catch Your Breath by Life of Breath.
What’s in a name?
Find out why we chose ‘Catch Your Breath’ as the name for this exhibition
Time to catch our breath…
After two years of preparation and four busy months, our Durham exhibition draws to a close this week. Curator David Wright reflects.
‘Sing Sweetly for Tobacco’
by Sarah McLusky, Project Manager Tobacco, Tobacco, sing sweetly for Tobacco! Tobacco is like love, O love it. For you see I
Johanna Under The Ice
by Sarah McLusky, Project Manager The striking image we’ve used for the cover of this website is a still from my favourite
Breathtaking Books
by Jade Westerman, Catch Your Breath Exhibition Project Officer One of a curator’s hardest jobs is choosing what not to include in
Air Transformed
These striking objects by Miriam Quick and Stefanie Posavec represent air pollution data.
Still/Breathing
by Sarah McLusky, Project Manager One of the most powerful items in the Catch Your Breath exhibition can be found on the
Breath in Visual Art
by Sarah McLusky, Project Manager There are a lot of artworks in our exhibition – from ancient cave paintings to original commissions
Insights into Illness
by Brian Callendar In our Durham exhibition you’ll see a reprint of a page from the graphic memoir Things To Do in
Respiration as Inspiration
Professor David Fuller explores the ways in which breath inspires the writing and performance of poetry and literature.
Spirometry: Is ‘normal’ what it seems?
Spirometers, like other medical technologies, need a definition of ‘normal’ to quantify ‘abnormal’. But how reliable is this baseline?
Durham Exhibition Photo Tour
If you are still wondering exactly what an exhibition about breath might be like, then look no further. This short photo tour
Kids in Museums Takeover Day
The opening of Catch Your Breath on 23 November 2018 coincided with Kids in Museums Takeover Day. Takeover Day is a celebration
Breathing Like The Iceman
In our Catch Your Breath exhibition there is a pair of shorts. To some they will just be a slightly grubby-looking pair
Catch Your Breath Exhibition Sneak Peek
Hello and welcome to the Catch Your Breath exhibition blog. We’re just under two months away from the exhibition opening to the