Yes, But Do You Care?
a film screening and conversation event, by Marie Brett as part of The West Cork Feel Good Festival 2025

Artist Marie Brett is bringing her acclaimed Yes, But Do You Care? audio-visual art piece to Uillin as part of her national tour.

Yes, But Do You Care? by Marie Brett

A Feelgood Festival 2025 event at Uillinn

The event will run from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm, with refreshments and an accompanying film screening from 1.30pm. Free but booking on Eventbrite essential: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/yes-but-do-you-care-tickets-1710810282609

Yes, But Do You Care? is a compelling audio-visual art piece that creatively reimagines the human right to make a bad decision, the ethics of family care-giving, and Ireland’s new capacity legislation.

Held in IMMA’s National Art Collection, this highly evocative and brave art piece spans the visuals of human body metaphor, moving across open-fields and the domestic, with a collaged sound-scape combining lived-life testimony and judicial readings. Visuals include a muscle-man bravado inside a kitchen, a man spinning with abandon in long grass, and a guy dancing under high rise flats. Tango and waltz combine with intimate shared stories of a silent scream and legal mumbo jumbo.

The artwork was made by acclaimed visual artist Marie Brett and included collaboration with renowned choreographer and dancer Philip Connaughton; many members of the Dementia Carers Campaign Network supported The Alzheimer Society of Ireland; and advisors in law, advocacy and human rights.

This event is part of a national tour Yes, But? Which shares an opportunity for welcome conversation and interesting response at each venue’s different location. The tour was initiated and is being led by artist Marie Brett with the support of a number of arts, community and health-care organisations including The Alzheimer Society of Ireland, and is principally funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

The artist Marie Brett will be present at the event and will talk intimately about making the artwork. This is an opportunity to view the powerful artwork and to hear the artist speak about how the piece was made, her motivation, inspiration and conceptual ideas as well as some behind-the-scenes happenings. There will also be a platform for open audience Q&A and conversation.

Image: Marie Brett, Yes, But Do You Care, (still), 2021. Video. Courtesy the artist (30). In IMMA National Art Collection