Barnet College   2006/2007

Orly Orbach

My work explores how stories mutate and transform as they are passed from one person/generation/culture to another. My work is inspired by the written word as well as visual imagery and performance. In my work I use ancient and modern myths, fables, poetry and plays, which I reinterpret and incorporate into my own visual narratives.

I am interested in the connection between illustration and theatre, or drawing and action. I am currently working on a series of prints based on observed and imagined sketches of rehearsal and plays. Together, the prints will form a broken narrative which the viewer will be able to thread together, a 'Theatre on Paper'.