The opening celebrations includes an Artists’ Conversationwith Alex Cecchetti, Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, Isabel Nolan, and others, at 5.30pm, see booking details below.

A live performance of Alex Cecchetti’s Torneremo Onde, Torneremo Foreste (We will return as waves, we will return as forests), set within the immersive fabric work Medusa Mothers (2022), takes place in the galleries from 6 to 8pm. Let yourself be lulled by the jellyfish in this live performance of Alex Cecchetti’s Torneremo Onde,Torneremo Foreste. Set within Cecchetti’s immersive fabric work Medusa Mothers (2022) showing in Take a Breath, the performance features singers William Pearson and Bríd Ní Ghruagáin. RSVP

Opening Event –  Artists’ Conversation 5.30pm / Lecture Room

Exploring the subject of breathing, voice, language, speech, protest and colonisation, we hear from artists on how their work connects with themes of breath. Moderated by Curator Mary Cremin, guests include artist, poet and choreographer Alex Cecchetti; writer, artist and scholar Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński; and artist Isabel Nolan. Book now

Take a Breath is a major new exhibition that provides an historical, social, political, and personal examination of breathing – why we breathe, how we breathe and what we breathe – exploring themes of decolonisation, environmental racism, indigenous language, the Impact of war on the environment and breath as meditation.

Taking as its starting point the nature of breath and its vital role in our very existence, the exhibition reflects on the social, political, environmental, and spiritual aspect of breathing, tracking this vital act from the impact of post-industrial air pollution to modern-day wars and the effect on environment, health and how we live; to the suppression of protests of voices from different communities, where breath is a symbol of community and resistance; and the use of breath as personal meditation.

Featuring the work of Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Alex Cecchetti, Ammar Bouras, Belinda Kazeem-Kaminski, Hajra Waheed, JMW Turner, Marina Abramovic, Ana Mendieta and Isabel Nolan, among many others, the exhibition will also explore breath through movement and sound with performances by Okwui Okpokwasili, Maria Hassabi, Isabel Nolan with Belinda Quirke and Camille Norment Trio with Crash Ensemble..

Take a Breath features the work of Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Alex Cecchetti, Ammar Bouras, Belinda Kazeem-Kaminski, Hajra Waheed, Ana Mendieta, Isabel Nolan, among many others.

The exhibition will explore breath through movement and sound with performances by Okwui Okpokwasili, Maria Hassabi and Camille Norment.