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Rebecca Farkas

Hereford
A multi-media artist creating animations, projections photographs, videos that touch on memory.
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Rebecca Farkas transforms objects and spaces, creating installations, animations, photographs and videos. Rebecca’s work responds to places, people, their stories and memories, often in site-specific, temporary installations. Whether it’s a 30-foot- high projection onto a castle wall or an installation in an intimate office space, she seeks to produce a point of connection and a shared experience with the audience – always looking for a sense of wonder.

Rebecca’s recent work explores and updates the 17th century Memento Mori/Vanitas painting tradition; artists created paintings that gathered together objects, which could include flowers, fruit, vegetables, insects, skulls, books, clocks and so on. The translation of ‘memento mori’ is ‘remember you must die’ and the idea was to remind people that they should live their lives to the full. It’s a nudge about possessions and materialism that reminds us, ‘You can’t take it with you.’

As well as being exhibited in multiple venues, her work has been commissioned by Meadow Arts, National Trust, Rural Media, Centre for Cultural Value and Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum. In 2022, she was awarded Developing Your Creative Practice funding by Arts Council England.

Rebecca grew up in the circus, moving between towns and being educated on the road: this inspired a fascination with the transformation of different places and spaces and informed her journey into memory. After moving to Herefordshire with her family, Rebecca completed a BA (Hons) Fine Art at Herefordshire College of Arts as a mature student. She is passionate about helping to increase diversity in the arts, believing that art is for everyone.

 

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