Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence

Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence

Sarah Forrest
September 1st - September 23rd 

SUPPLEMENT     31 TEMPLE ST    LONDON   E2 6QQ

Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence, a new HD video work filmed and developed during a six-week residency on the Orkney Isles.

Sarah Forrest was awarded the inaugural Margaret Tait Residency, funded by Creative Scotland’s Creative Futures Programme and run in partnership with the Glasgow Film Festival, The Pier Arts Centre and LUX. Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence is the artist’s initial response to the residency which will lead to the premier of a new film at the Glasgow Film Festivals in 2013.
  
Sarah Forrest (b. 1981 Dundee) is an artist based in Glasgow, she graduated from the MFA Programme at Glasgow School of Art in 2010. During which time she studied in Piet Zwat Institute, Rotterdam as part of the Erasmus exchange programme. Recent awards and exhibitons include: Margaret Tait Residency, Pier Arts Centre, Orkney (2012); Magic Love Trade Objects, curated by Jan Verwoert, Geneva (2012); In the Shadow of the Hand, collaborative exhibition with Virginia Hutchison, Glasgow International (2012); P is for Protagonist (Solo), Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Glasgow (2011); The Spectator (Solo), Intermedia Gallery, CCA, Glasgow (2011)