About
I falter at the edge, the trick of the eye light fading unnoticed
suddenly in the dark. Liminal fabric waving in the window, the breeze
casting seas sounds from out place. Through the doorway light blinks
off, then on, shadowing the angles and negative corners. A body steps
through, is speaking:
³àŠ rom the assumed beginning. The corpus callosum is instead the
longitudinal strand of white matter, the knot that ties the independent
halves of our brain. But if it is the subtle go-between, the humble
questioner, between our ever-now right and calculating left sides, its
very transitory nature is surely more defining than either hemisphere
might impoàŠ ,² before fading.
Dublin-based artists David Beattie and Karl Burke together present
their first exhibition in London at studio 1.1. Open-ended and playful,
their lo-fi sculptures and installations are material meditations on
the phenomena we take for granted. Their careful constructions act as a
mirror, an attentive plane on which we can become aware of our own
movement and sensation. The artists share a passion for natural
philosophy, a wide-eyed experimentation that predates the scientific
method, seeking to re-know our surroundings and address the
possibilities inherent in experiences of the present.
Curated by Chris Fite-Wassilak
David Beattie is an artist currently based in Dublin, Ireland. Recent
exhibitions include Futureworld, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray (2008), The
Important Thing Is That Tomorrow Is Not The Same As Yesterday, Pallas
Contemporary Projects, Dublin (2007), and Sculpture at Kells, Kilkenny
(2007). Recent curating projects include Lighthouse, London (co-curated
with Chris Fite-Wassilak) and Homemade, Dublin, as part of House
Projects (2007). www.david-beattie.net
Karl Burke is an interdisciplinary artist and active musician based in
Dublin whose practice includes sculpture, sound, installation works,
photography and film. Winner of the 2007 Irish Emerging Visual Artist
Award, recent solo exhibitions include àŠSpaces¹, Wexford Arts Centre,
Wexford (2008), Common Place, Dublin (2007), and Gallery For One,
Dublin (2006). www.karlhim.com
Chris Fite-Wassilak is a writer, freelance critic and curator. He is
the former editor of Dublin-based collaborative comic This Way Up, and
a regular contributor to Frieze, Circa Contemporary Irish Art, and
Artforum.com. Curatorial projects include Lighthouse, a caravan cinema
parked in Truman Brewery co-curated with David Beattie in June 2007 as
part of the wider House Projects set of exhibitions, as well as àŠQuiet
Revolution¹ a group show in association with Hayward Touring opening in
Milton Keynes Gallery in July 2009. www.growgnome.com
Supported by Culture Ireland