Breathworks is a participatory digital project exploring everyone’s unique experiences of breathing.
Throughout August 2020, Modern Art Oxford invited you to contribute your own ‘breathwork’ by capturing an experience of breathing via an image and sound recording. The result, is a fascinating and timely collection of personal stories that shed light on how we all experience breathing.
Breathworks was started by Modern Art Oxford’s Creative Associate (Digital), Lucy Sabin before the 2020 health crisis began. The idea behind Breathworks was to explore the diverse range of scenarios that remind us of our breath, from illness to new life and everything between.
Selected breathworks are displayed at Modern Art Oxford as part of the exhibition, Responsive Space (2 October 2020 – 3 Jan 2021). Responsive Space invites you to explore the imaginative participatory art projects which have helped us to remain connected in the wake of the pandemic.
Experience the breathworks on display in the below video.
You can discover Breathworks on Instagram and in the below online exhibition.
The Breathworks public programme is part of the Humanities Cultural Programme at TORCH (The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities). The Breathworks Principal Investigator for TORCH is Derek McCormack, Professor of Cultural Geography, The University of Oxford.
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Modern Art Oxford is grateful to its Breathworks Ambassadors: Derek McCormack, Professor of Cultural Geography, The University of Oxford; Alice Sharp, Artistic Director, Invisible Dust; Emma Garnett, Research fellow, Kings College London; Becca Rose Glowacki, Doctoral Researcher in Design, Goldsmiths University; Kyle Pattinson, Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Associate Professor, The University of Oxford; Sarah Finnegan, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, The University of Oxford; Havi Carel, Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, The University of Bristol; Dr Kate McLean, Programme Director Graphic Design, Canterbury Christ Church University.