Abstract

In this article I wonder whether the non-breath in-between inhalation and exhalation and inherent to breathing equals what Hannah Arendt calls a space of appearance. Can the non-breath be considered as a place where human plurality and the self emerge? Or in other words, can a daily and habitual movement like breathing provide the space for action to appear? Can our breathing act? And if so, do we speak through our breathing? Through listening to the breathing bodies in Grey, Toute une nuit and Rendez-vous d’Anna I search for answers to these questions.