In 2022 Insightshare led an internationally coordinated collaborative project called BREATHE.

BREATHE! enables young Black and ethnically diverse people to explore colonial histories, diaspora identities and heritage through studying African collections in European museums.
The project aims to address inequalities in cultural and creative participation by centring Black voices and knowledge in conversations about African heritage and colonial histories.

In August 2022, twelve young people from Oxford and Vienna took part in a ten-day workshop focused on Zimbabwean and Nigerian objects in the pittriversmuseum in Oxford. Participants undertook independent and facilitated research on three objects - an Ekpo mask (Ibibio), a carved ivory tusk from Benin (Edo) and an mbira (Shona).

This research embraced intangible histories, discussion of identities, and technical aspects of the objects. Grassroots knowledge was at the heart of learning: African and Afro-Caribbean educators led ‘transmission’ workshops, in which they shared stories and histories connected to the objects through conversation, music, song, movement and art. BREATHE! embodies historical resistance to the loss of languages, practices and narratives that have been historically passed down through oral traditions.Through this, BREATHE! reactivated knowledge present within diaspora communities that is valuable for future generations.InsightShare and @kulturhausbrotfabrik both specialise in participatory art processes that underpin this creative production. The films and music produced through BREATHE! was created by the participants themselves, meaning they were empowered to have control over the representation of the project and research while gaining film and music production skills. The short films and a music piece gave voice to their emotional responses, interpretations, and connections with their research.