This film explores the relationship between Irish Travellers and Modernism
It specifically explores the relationship between Irish Travellers and the Irish State as it is played out between the traveller and settled communities in the middle part of the last century. The film’s narration in five song sections adopts the theatrical structure of a Greek Tragedy and is performed partly in English and partly in Shelta (de Gamon /Cant), the language of the Irish Traveller. These songs, written by the artist, act as a poetic response to Ireland’s complex relationship to land and land ownership, and the relationship between the peoples who share this land.
Cinematography: Padraig Cunningham; music composition: Sean Carpio; voices/singers. Max Carpio, Sean Carpio and Nina Hynes
Running time: 12 minutes, 3 seconds
Mark Garry
An Lucht Siúil (The Walking People)
Mark Garry
An Lucht Siúil (The Walking People)
Mark Garry
An Lucht Siúil (The Walking People)
Mark Garry
Mark Garry is an artist, curator, writer, educator and occasional musician. His practice is research driven and each body of work engages with a new form of conceptual criteria with each exhibition opportunity. Mark’s practice is multifaceted and incorporates a variety of media, mechanisms and material interests. In many instances a number of these elements are combined to form installations. Mark has held exhibitions at museums and art venues in Europe, North America, Australia, East Asia and he represented Ireland at the 2005 Venice Biennale.
