Mark Beatty 2020

Mark Beatty
I Can’t See The Paper For The Wood For The Trees
28 September 2020 to 13 January 2021

Copy and paste, peel and stick, fold, cut, repeat, replicate. Press, push, punch, kick, left, right, wrong, right. Performing the same series of tasks, Mark finds himself somewhere between the misery of toil on a factory line and the indomitable joy of dancing. He explores this conundrum using the materials present in his life. He sets off in pursuit of magic and the unknown, it is a search for a way out, an escape from the mundanity of everyday life and expectations.

Biography: Mark had his first solo show in 2016 in the Clonakilty Community Arts Centre, Time. Spent. Drawing. The year following he began a three month residency with Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre working on a project Drift Junkie/ The Things We Threw Away in 2018. This year Mark participated in the Skibbereen Arts Festival.
He is currently living in West Cork.

WCAC acknowledges the financial support of the Arts Council and Cork County Council in making these residencies possible.