Explore Behind the Scenes 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 Letters in the leaves Elspeth explores the power of letter writing through her workshops in Bristol. 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 The Soundscape Life of Breath researcher, music therapist & mindful yoga therapist Kate Binnie discusses her recorded piece 'The Soundscape'. Under The Surface Award-winning composer Toby Young discusses his creation of 'Under the Surface' with Jennifer Thorp. Making 'Still/Breathing' North East based filmmaker Matt James Smith discusses the changing process behind his short film 'Still/Breathing', commissioned for Catch Your Breathing like the Iceman by Sarah McLusky, Project Manager In our Catch Your Breath exhibition there is a pair of shorts. To some they Bristol launch in images Life of Breath's Jordan Collver shares images of the Catch Your Breath launch at Bristol. Botanicals for breathlessness The Royal College of Physicians' medicinal garden is home to a variety of plants used to cure different respiratory illnesses. Plants and the Lungs trail The exhibition might have left the RCP, but the medicinal garden is there to stay. Explore RCP medicinal garden with What's in a name? Find out why we chose 'Catch Your Breath' as the name for this exhibition. Catch Your Breath moves to Bristol The Bristol exhibition team highlight the themes of Catch Your Breath at Southmead Hospital, Bristol. 'Through the lungs to memory': evaluation Read the evaluation of the writer-in-residence programme we ran alongside the Durham exhibition. Durham exhibition photo tour A photo tour of Catch Your Breath at Palace Green Library, Durham (24 November 2018 to 17 March 2019). Still/Breathing Project Manager Sarah talks about the Life of Breath commissioned film 'Still/Breathing' by Matt Smith. Catching our breath A summary of Catch Your Breath's closing day at the Royal College of Physicians' Open House with artist Jayne Wilton. Catch Your Breath exhibition sneak peek by David Wright, Curator Hello and welcome to the Catch Your Breath exhibition blog. We’re just under two months away The Book of Jo Theatre maker Viv Gordon explains how she came to create her theatre work The Book of Jo. 'Sing Sweetly for Tobacco' Project Manager Sarah looks at some of the work by Life of Breath researcher Prof Andrew Russell. Breathtaking books One of the curator's hardest jobs is choosing what not to include in an exhibition. Find out what we couldn't Making the invisible visible Writer-in-Residence Christy Ducker writes about the poetry workshop process, and posts some of the public's poems. 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 Sharing the unshareable As part of her residency, Christy Ducker ran a series of writing workshops with Durham and Derwentside Breathe Easy. 'The Secret' & 'To Breathe' Films created by our writer-in-residence Christy Ducker in collaboration with filmmaker Kate Sweeney. Bristol exhibition photo tour Explore this photo tour of the exhibition at Southmead Hospital in Bristol from 24 September to 31 December 2019. Strive and labour more vehemently RCP's Katie Birkwood (Rare Books & Special Collections Librarian) and Felix Lancashire (Assistant Archivist) discuss their favourite objects of the RCP’s Catch Your Breath Explore this unique version of the Catch Your Breath exhibition and its collections at the Royal College of Physicians, London. Breathe better (with breathing exercises) by Kate Binnie, Life of Breath Researcher A key theme of the exhibition is that the way we breathe can Catch Your Breath Jukebox Listen to our breath-inspired Spotify playlist. A matter of life and breath View presentations from Life of Breath researchers, drawing on a range of different perspectives, including the lived experience of breathlessness, Bristol virtual exhibition Take a closer look at the Bristol exhibition content. Johanna Under The Ice 'Johanna Under The Ice' by Ian Derry is both beautiful and terrifying. Respiration as Inspiration Professor David Fuller explores the ways in which breath inspires the writing and performance of poetry and literature. RCP exhibition highlights Watch a video tour showing some of the highlights of the RCP exhibition. Living anatomy Catherine explores the magical-inner workings of our bodies and the breath, through art, movement, and sound. We come here for fun! Watch the premiere of 'The Singing Hospital', composed by Victoria Hume to celebrate ten years of Singing for Breathing at Breath in Visual Art How can we make the invisible visible? Air Transformed These striking objects by Miriam Quick and Stefanie Posavec represent air pollution data. Ohmerometer II Project Officer Jade talks about North East-based artists Helen Collard and Alistair MacDonald's art commission and installation 'Ohmerometer II'. Breath and Breathing booklet In response to the London version of the Catch Your Breath exhibition, two RCP fellows, Nigel Cooke and Noel Snell 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? Catch Your Breath moves to London As our exhibition opens in London find out what to expect and how it differs from Durham.
