March 24, 2025
Swimming Through Life
Library Chat: Kate Daudy and Colombe Schneck

Boys Bathing (1896) by Edvard Munch. Original from The Art Institute of Chicago
Kate Daudy, 2024-25 Abigail R. Cohen Fellow, visual artist, and avid swimmer, spoke with her neighbor, the author Colombe Schneck, about swimming as a means of connecting with the mind, body, and universe.

Kate Daudy
Kate Daudy is a British conceptual artist internationally recognised for her public interventions and large-scale outdoor sculpture, who works across a wide variety of media. Kate recently swam across the Hellespont, a swim of 6.5 kilometers made famous by the mythological love story of Hero and Leander.