Programme
Mark
Mark is an exhibition about rhythm.
As we stand here firmly rooted to the ground, the Earth turns (or wobbles) about half a kilometer per second on its axis. Thankfully, gravity stops us from being flung into outer space. We inherited this counter-clockwise rotation from the solar system and continue to spin because of inertia, a natural tendency for objects to resist change in their state of motion. We do not feel this movement but we can track it by observing the sun and the changing paths of light, as shadows extend and retract gradually throughout the day.
There is no need for time-wasting however – to pause or to linger – as fantastically speedy technologies process datasets at a rate incomparable to the capacity of the human brain. Although widespread media threatens to flatten all communication onto a single homogenous surface, we might feel a sense of relief that the dust-cloud of psychological states – our daily life, our unpredictable changes of mood, our despairs and moments of illumination – might soon be reduced to a system of ones and twos.[1]
For now, we can generally keep our stresses and beats organized along the lines of ‘1-2-3-4’ or in trochaic tetrameter ‘Tell me | not in | mournful | numbers’.[2] We may not feel the Earth move but we can each choose a pace for living. This exhibition seeks to mark our remarkable differences, in physical space, through objects, images, sound and text. Four artists – Mark Clare, Mark Garry, Mark Joyce and Mark Leckey – present work here with distinct interests and approaches to time, rhythm and movement.
Special thanks to the artists; Cabinet Gallery, London; Cobblestone Joes, Limerick; Cork Film Centre, Cork; Green On Red Gallery, Dublin; Kerlin Gallery, Dublin.
[1] Borrowing heavily here from Italo Calvino, Quickness, Six Memos for the Next Millennium, 1993
[2] Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, Yale Book of American Verse, 1912
Admission is free and all are welcome.
