Creative outputs

We have a long history of working with creative practitioners including writers, artists, musicians, performers and others to explore the way that the arts can help illuminate human experiences which might otherwise be hidden.

This list includes some of the highlights from our creative projects.

Black Lung

IMH and New Writing North are delighted to mark the 2024 research cabaret with the publication of this short story.

Old black and white photograph of a coal mine. At the forefront of the image is a bridge, across which a group of miners walk.

Research Cabaret

Funded by the Being Human Festival, ‘Landmarking’ brought together researchers and performers from the Institute and the local area.

Amy Pearson sat on the floor at the beginning of an aerial performance with ropes.

In Memoriam

In Memoriam was a touring artwork by Luke Jerram. The installation was a temporary memorial for the public to visit and remember those lost from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Art installation, with flags in a field with a sunrise

Sleep Circus

A game curated and built by Lucie Treacher, who took part in the Threshold Worlds project.

Neon coloured graphic image of sting rays swimming, with the text in hot pink 'The night is ours!'

Dialogues from Babel

Dialogues from Babel is a stage play about how we live with the voices in our heads.

Photograph of a group of actors performing in a rehearsal in a theatre space.

Writer's Inner Voices

A study of literary creativity that explores the ways in which writers experience the presence, agency and voices of the characters they bring to life in their work.

Catch Your Breath Exhibition

An exhibition created to tell the story of the Life of Breath project and to explore our relationship with and understanding of the breath.

The Breathe In exhibition space entrance lined with posters

Hearing Voices: Suffering, Inspiration and the Everyday

The world’s first exhibition to explore voice-hearing from personal, scientific, cultural, literary and theological perspectives.