Writer-in-Residence Christy Ducker writes about the poetry workshop process, and posts some of the public’s poems.
Sharing the Unshareable
As part of her residency, Christy Ducker ran a series of writing workshops with Durham and Derwentside Breathe Easy. Christy writes about the workshop process, and posts some of the participants’ poems.
Making ‘Still/Breathing’ for Catch Your Breath
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.
Catch Your Breath moves to London
As our exhibition opens in London find out what to expect and how it differs from Durham.
Catch Your Breath Jukebox
Many artists, including musicians, are inspired by the breath. We’ve had fun putting together a Spotify playlist of breath-related songs. You can
‘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
Under The Surface
by Toby Young ‘Under the Surface’, a choral work by Toby Young and Jennifer Thorp inspired by Life of Breath research, has
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
Breathe Better (with Breathing Exercises)
A key theme of the exhibition is that the way we breathe can change the way we feel. Here Kate Binnie (Senior Research