Films created by our writer-in-residence Christy Ducker in collaboration with filmmaker Kate Sweeney.
Ohmerometer II
Project Officer Jade talks about North East-based artists Helen Collard and Alistair MacDonald’s art commission and installation ‘Ohmerometer II’.
Making the Invisible Visible
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.
Making ‘Still/Breathing’
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
Listen to our breath-inspired Spotify playlist.
‘Sing Sweetly for Tobacco’
Project Manager Sarah looks at some of the work by Life of Breath researcher Prof Andrew Russell.
Johanna Under The Ice
‘Johanna Under The Ice’ by Ian Derry is both beautiful and terrifying.
Breathtaking Books
One of the curator’s hardest jobs is choosing what not to include in an exhibition. Find out what we couldn’t include from Palace Green Library’s archives.
Air Transformed
These striking objects by Miriam Quick and Stefanie Posavec represent air pollution data.
Still/Breathing
Project Manager Sarah talks about the Life of Breath commissioned film ‘Still/Breathing’ by Matt Smith.
Breath in Visual Art
How can we make the invisible visible?
Insights into Illness
Brian Callendar on Aneurin Wright’s graphic medicine novel ‘Things To Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park… When You’re 29 and Unemployed’.
Under The Surface
Award-winning composer Toby Young discusses his creation of ‘Under the Surface’ with Jennifer Thorp.
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
A photo tour of Catch Your Breath at Palace Green Library, Durham (24 November 2018 to 17 March 2019).
Kids in Museums Takeover Day
A video tour of Catch Your Breath at Palace Green Library in Durham by Coxhoe Primary School on Kids in Museums Takeover Day.
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