I’m Rebekah Reilly, a Fine Art graduate working primarily with film and video. My practice is rooted in storytelling, memory, and emotional narrative. I am interested in how history and imagination can overlap, particularly around Witches in historical accounts and contemporary media.
My work takes inspiration from found footage and fragmented storytelling. Aesthetically, I am intrigued by gothic imagery, abandoned spaces and the blurred nature of memory. Film is my preferred medium as it allows me to create a visceral and emotionally driven narrative that is immersive. Through this, I aim to create work that resonates personally with the viewers, creating a space of reflection, connection and conversation around grief, memory and the unseen.
Haunted by Your Memory
‘Haunted By Your Memory’ is a five-minute video that follows a mother grieving the loss of her daughter, who was taken during a witch hunt. The mother is never seen on screen, only heard through voiceover, as she writes and reads a letter to her absent child. The video moves through her memories of her daughter, but they are blurred, unstable, and obstructed; like something half remembered rather than fully known.
Shot on a digital camcorder, the image is imperfect and fragile, holding onto a sense of distance and decay rather than clarity. The work draws from early modern accounts of accusation and execution, but it doesn’t try to reconstruct history. Instead, it sits with what is missing from it.
The piece is designed to feel close and intimate, allowing viewers to sit with the work and bring their own feelings into it.
