This summer at Great North Run Culture we're very pleased to launch our 11th year of cultural programming which is inspired by the Great North Run. At Great North Run Culture we explore and celebrate the areas where sport and art meet, through art exhibitions and installations, films and moving image, workshops, events and community activities and we're always on th look out for new ways to give a different perspective on the world’s largest half marathon.

One such take comes from artist filmmaker Layla Curtis, who in 2014 was commissioned to create a moving image work inspired by the Great North Run. The series of short films, which have been almost 12 months in the making, premiere at The Gallery, Tyneside Cinema on 10 September in a multi-screen installation called Heatscapes. Filmed entirely using a thermal imaging camera at last year’s Great North Run, Heatscapes follows the runners and tracks their body heat as they move along the run, their warmth leaving temporary invisible imprints across the 13.1 mile route. A series of workshops and events with Children North East will also support the Moving Image Commission project.

Layla's work will be exhibited at The Gallery, Tyneside Cinema from 10 September - 4 October and you'll also be able to meet Layla and talk to her about her films on Wednesday 23 September during Layla Curtis in Conversation with Andrew Brown. 

Find out more here.