At a Slight Angle to the Universe

At a Slight Angle to the Universe is a result of work developed during The Fred Conlon Residency Award 2009. This award was established by Sligo Arts Service in partnership with the Conlon Family and the Leitrim Sculpture Centre to honour the late sculptor Fred Conlon, a native of west Sligo, and to pay tribute to his contribution to the cultural life of the region. The artist would like to thank Sligo Arts Service, Leitrim Sculpture Centre and the Conlon Family for their generous support.

David Beattie’s sculptural works combine the use of sound, movement and physics to create unlikely alliances. For his exhibition At a Slight Angle to the Universe, the artist explores notions of elementary physics to illustrate the human desire to comprehend and question what surrounds us. Incorporating an array of found-objects and electrical devices, such as electric motors, metal tubes and computer fans, Beattie transforms these elements into unique arrangements and creations. His reapplication of domestic objects and technologies offer a fresh reading of their use and function and allow a reinterpretation of the specific identity and history of these redundant objects.