“The point of my work has been to explore the degrees to which you can test that boundary and entertain the possibility of becoming something else”.
Through performance and film Marcus Coates takes his audiences on a dark and humorous journey in an attempt to explore the full potential of imagination, while simultaneously questioning the artists role within society.
Coates has an extensive knowledge and understanding of British birds and mammals and continually draws parallels to examine how we perceive human-ness through imagined non-human realities.
These ornithological observations have led Coates to develop a unique method of interpreting the natural world and its evolving relationship with society.
