PROGRAMME

19 OCTOBER - 13 NOVEMBER 2020

Programme

Week One

PresenterTitleDate
Antony KaminjuBreath From Archives / MemoriesMonday, October 19, 2020
12:00
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Beth ValeKaroo Sanatorium: a speculative fiction based on many true stories’Tuesday, October 20, 2020
12:00
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Presentations

Antonia PontBreath’s Times: Stillness, Waiting, IntentionalityTuesday, October 20, 2020
13:00 – 14:30
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Gcobani QambelaBreathing Through the Wounds: Senses, Pleasure and Intimacies in the Lives of amaXhosa Men and Boys in a Rural and Peri-Urban ContextTuesday, October 20, 2020View Presentation
Jess AuerbachThe Air of Ethnography: breath, work and class in a small Angolan cityTuesday, October 20, 2020View Presentation


Workshop

Firdose Moonda“I can’t breathe,” – The Triad of Pandemics Facing us in 2020Wednesday, October 21, 2020
13:00 – 15:00
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Panel

Deirdre Blackie (Dee)A sense of breath – autism and boxingWednesday, October 21, 2020
15:00 – 16:30
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Mia Jansen van RensburgOn breathing, PPE, and other inconveniences Wednesday, October 21, 2020View Presentation
Kasuzi C. MbalukoConceptions on Breathing in Malawi: Inspiring and Expiring Wednesday, October 21, 2020View Presentation


Upile ChisalaThe Healing Journey and PoetryThursday, October 22, 2020
12:00
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Workshop

Michal GeorgeGateways to Presence (Mindfulness in the time of Covid)Thursday, October 22,2 020
10:00 – 12:00
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Bongi BenguThe Healing power of breath and meditation visualisedFriday, October 23, 2020
12:00
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Renee van der WielResuscitation fascination: Ethnographic reflections with Covid19 recalibrationFriday, October 23, 2020
12:00
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Programme

Week Two

PresenterTitleDateType
Gabriela CarolusHou jou bêkMonday 26 October 2020, 10:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Natasha KannemeyerThe Lockdown: Community ExperiencesTuesday 27 October 2020, 10:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Victoria HumeThe Singing HospitalTuesday 27 October 2020, 10:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Sara MatchettBreath(e)senseTuesday 27 October 2020, 10:00Creative WorkView Artwork


Workshop

Siân WilliamsIntegrating dance to enrich breathing rehabilitation globallyWednesday 28 October 2020, 10:00WorkshopView Presentation


Ana Laura FunesThe Power of Shared BreathWednesday 28 October 2020, 13:00Transformative BreathView Presentation
Arthur RoseRefiguring Breath in the Early Post-ApartheidWednesday 28 October 2020, 13:00Transformative BreathView Presentation
Giuseppe Capalbo“I would wake up choking, unable to breath”: Breathing and Breathlessness in Louise DeSalvo’s ‘Breathless: An Asthma Journal’Wednesday 28 October 2020, 13:00Transformative BreathView Presentation
Steve ReidBreathing and Singing through COVID-19Wednesday 28 October 2020, 15:00Life-BreathView Presentation
Neusa Torres“They need to breathe properly”; the practice of self-medication with antibiotics for viral respiratory tract infections.Wednesday 28 October 2020, 15:00Life-BreathView Presentation


Public Lecture

Ela MangaThe Art and Science of Conscious BreathingFriday 30 October 2020, 15:00Keynote LectureView Presentation


Naledi HoltmanCompositions for the Breaths We Take – Video-seriesFriday 30 October 2020, 15:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Boipelo KhunouDIPHUKAFriday 30 October 2020, 15:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Hermann ReuterReading of book extract: “Get Up! Pick Up Your Mat and Toyi-Toyi”- A Country Living with HIVFriday 30 October 2020, 15:00Creative WorkView Artwork

Programme

Week Three

PresenterTitleDateType
Makhosazana Xaba, Malika Ndlovu & Gcobani QambelaPoetry WellMonday 2 November 2020, 10:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Elthéa De RuitersASPIRATION : A Diffractive PerformanceMonday 2 November 2020, 10:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Malika Ndlovu
Coming Up for AirMonday 2 November 2020, 10:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Tessa WareInfused with me’: Interviews with Swati singers on singing and the breath
Monday 2 November 2020, 10:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Neil Overy
Breathing in Zones of Dissonance: Cape Town, Koeberg and Nuclearity
Tuesday 3 November 2020, 10:00Creative WorkView Artwork


Workshop

Cressida Bowyer et al.Music and Digital Storytelling as both Methods and Outputs for Research and Action on Air Pollution
Wednesday 4 November 2020, 10:00WorkshopView Presentation


Charne Lavery
Breathing Underwater
Wednesday 4 November 2020, 13:00ExhalationView Presentation
Garret Barnwell
Following breath in the Capitalocene and other reflections on environmental-health related psychological distressWednesday 4 November 2020, 13:00ExhalationView Presentation
Bianca MasukuEhwoza: arts and science to engage young people around infectious disease
Wednesday 4 November 2020, 13:00ExhalationView Presentation
Mutsawashe Mutendi
“Ndibile”: Unpacking narratives of breathing in dust underground in South African Mines
Wednesday 4 November 2020, 15:00GaspingView Presentation
Salimah ValianiOxygen and suffocation in South Africa’s Health SystemWednesday 4 November 2020, 15:00GaspingView Presentation
Sozita Goudouna
The Politics of Respiration: Breathe…Breathe Again . . .Breathe BetterWednesday 4 November 2020, 15:00GaspingView Presentation


Marissa Mika
California Burning
Thursday 5 November 2020, 10:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Dirk BahmannInhale – exhale (Axis Mundi)Thursday 5 November 2020, 10:00Creative WorkView Artwork


Joe TurpinPaintings in the theme of Breathing, BREAD OF MY AFFLICTION 2019 – DiptychThursday 5 November 2020, 10:00Creative WorkView Artwork

Workshop

Billy Carr
Oxygen Advantage
Thursday 5 November 2020, 10:00WorkshopView Presentation


Young & CuriousYoung People, Mental Health and COVID
Friday 6 November 2020, 10:00Creative WorkView Presentation

Programme

Week Four

PresenterTitleDateType
Naledi MokoenaThe Dance between Breath & Death
Monday 9 November 2020, 12:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Khulile NxumaloFayaWaNaledi (Fire of Naledi) Monday 9 November 2020, 12:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Chisomo KalingaSongs and Stories as the Key of Life: Understanding the role of narrative in inspiring healthMonday 9 November 2020, 12:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Ziyanda Majombozi“Ndiphefumla Ngenxeba”: Experiences of Mothering in a PandemicTuesday 10 November 2020, 12:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Angelique ThomasSneezing bullets/ Breathing in this lifetime- a letter to my little peopleTuesday 10 November 2020, 12:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Nosipho MngomezuluHold for sixty, none, two and seven: a recipe for disaster managementTuesday 10 November 2020, 12:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Lebohang Masango10 000 StoriesWednesday 11 November 2020, 12:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Thokozani MthiyaneUntitledWednesday 11 November 2020, 12:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Nixon Malamulo
Imagination power
Wednesday 11 November 2020, 15:00Creative WorkView Artwork


Workshop

Deirdre Blackie (Dee)Exhale challenges/Inhale empowermentWednesday 11 November 2020, 10:00WorkshopView Presentation


Megan WainwrightPolicy and practice of home oxygen therapy in public and private health care – case studies from South Africa and UruguayWednesday 11 November 2020, 13:00Loss of BreathView Presentation
Leslie SwartzMy mother’s lungsWednesday 11 November 2020, 13:00Loss of BreathView Presentation
Kate BinnieBreath-Body-Mind integrationWednesday 11 November 2020, 13:00Loss of BreathView Presentation
Lenart ŠkofFrom breath to respiratory philosophyWednesday 11 November 2020, 13:00Loss of BreathView Presentation
Motlatsi KhosiBreathing through the noise: The illustration and practice of Critical race theoryWednesday 11 November 2020, 15:00SuffocationView Presentation
Divine FuhNerds, Bullies and Nannies: Breathing care into the post covid-19 universityWednesday 11 November 2020, 15:00SuffocationView Presentation
Angelo FickBreath, Eyes, Public Memory: representing the basic elements of life in a time of crisisWednesday 11 November 2020, 15:00SuffocationView Presentation
Desiree LewisFood Breath and the AnthropoceneWednesday 11 November 2020, 15:00SuffocationView Presentation


Keynote Lecture

Jane MacnaughtonThe breath of degradation’: why is breathlessness invisible?Thursday 12 November 2020, 16:30Keynote LectureView Presentation


Ilze Mari Wessels

Vuyolwethu Reoagile
WOM{B}_NIFESTOSThursday 12 November 2020, 12:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Matthew HahnTupumue / Let Us BreatheThursday 12 November 2020, 12:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Antony KaminjuLockdown DiariesFriday 13 November 2020, 12:00Creative WorkView Artwork
Dananayi MuwanigwaFighting for BreathFriday 13 November 2020, 12:00Creative WorkView Artwork

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