Orla Forrest

Biography

Orlanda Forrest is a multidisciplinary artist from Devon whose practice spans film, sculpture and performance. Her recent work explores the ghosts of Britain’s past. Drawing on site specific myths, folklore and anecdote, a central question to her work is who or what haunts England today. These narratives inspire the characters and protagonists in her films, sculptures and occasional puppets, which blend found stories with invented mythologies. Shooting and processing Double-8 and Super-8 film has become central to her exploration of the eerie. Forrest uses the unpredictable and ghostly outcome…