‘I Want To Ask A Question’ exhibition launched
Artist David Parnell pictured at the opening with Rhona McGrath, Roscommon County Council Arts Officer, Catherine Lee, manager Roscommon Arts Centre, Holly Márie Parnell, film maker and David's sister, and curator Alan James Burns. Pic:
Roscommon Arts Centre, in partnership with Disrupt Disability Arts Festival, last week launched ‘I Want To Ask A Question’, a solo exhibition by David Parnell. This is a recent collection of digital, rhythmic poetry by David.
The artworks utilises eye gaze technology to craft original arrangements that visually compose words: the pace invites viewers to think things through with the artist.
A further key work in the exhibition is the film ‘Cabbage’ by Holly Márie Parnell created in collaboration with David. An intimate work, it considers the relationship between empathy and the politics of care. It centralises David’s writings and their mother’s reflections on having to prove her son’s humanity.
David is based in County Wexford. He is a non-verbal and non-mobile person who uses eye tracking technology to communicate. This technology tracks the movement of his retinas to become the mouse on a computer screen. In this way, his eyes are his voice, and he uses this technology to write poetry.
