Making ‘Still/Breathing’
North East based filmmaker Matt James Smith discusses the changing process behind his short film 'Still/Breathing', commissioned for Catch Your…
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One of the curator's hardest jobs is choosing what not to include in an exhibition. Find out what we couldn't…
‘The troubled breath of so many’: On Sam Guglani’s “Histories”
Life of Breath Principle Investigator Prof Havi Carel explores themes of breath and illness in Sam Guglani‘s novel Histories (Riverrun, 2017)……
Breath in Visual Art
How can we make the invisible visible?
Breathing calmly in hospital yoga practice
Life of Breath researcher Krzysztof Bierski writes… We are sitting together on a hospital bed. You have your legs crossed…
Reading Breath in Literature (Rose et al, 2019)
At a key moment in Hamlet’s duel with Laertes, Gertrude cries out that Hamlet ‘is fat and scant of breath’…
‘Letter to my Breath’ at Fun Palaces, Bristol
Life of Breath collaborator Elspeth Penny writes about her experience facilitating a “Letter to my Breath” workshop at Barton Hill…
Breathing through oxygen technology in Uruguay and South Africa (Wainwright, 2018)
Life of Breath collaborator Dr. Megan Wainwright introduces her new paper “Exploring ambivalent human-oxygen technology-world relations through the lens of Postphenomenlogy”…
Responsibility without blame
Breathlessness is far broader than a physical symptom. It affects people’s mood, self-esteem and social links and often involves feelings…
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