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Mel O’Callaghan: Centre of the Centre

Mel O’Callaghan asks us to breathe while she draws us into abyssal depths; pushing the bounds of individual physical and psychological thresholds to provoke transformation, notably altered states of consciousness – vertigos and trances, as well as ecstasy.

In her exploration of the human condition, O’Callaghan traces the origins of life and its regenerative forces by employing breath as a principle medium; transforming this intangible, bodily ritual into material

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