Orla Forrest

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 outcomes of developing film to echo the unruliness of the English landscape. With a background in performance, having worked both solo and collaboratively across the UK, Forrest brings a subtle theatricality to all the mediums she works with. Through this performative lens, she creates a sense of the uncanny in everyday objects and landscapes, inviting audiences to experience the haunted otherworld that lies beneath the soil.