Lally MacBeth is an artist, writer & curator based in Cornwall, England. She graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2013 with a First Class Honours in Fashion History & Theory, and has since divided her time between being sensible and silly. Her work wanders the line between the real and the imaginary, taking in history, folklore, performance, ritual, and artifice along the way. She is interested in the links between high and low cultural artifacts and how these lines are often blurred in archives.
Her most recent works include a history of a cult entitled The OTT. The work was born from a lifelong fascination in religious rites, odd cults and clandestine rituals. A retrospective of all OTT artifacts, performances and related items was shown for the first time in March 2018 as part of Ancient Scent: Ireland, and then as The Lone Kinsmen: A History of the OTT in April. The OTT is an ongoing project, for information on the cult, or if you are interested in showing the archive please email [email protected]
And The Fossick, an archival exploration of cryptozoology, myth-making and the mundane. Inspired by library displays, b&w 'historical' pictures and photocopied newspaper cuttings from the 1970s. The Fossick was shown for the first time at Fish Factory, Penryn. He now resides just outside Truro in a secret location until his next outing.
Her most recent works include a history of a cult entitled The OTT. The work was born from a lifelong fascination in religious rites, odd cults and clandestine rituals. A retrospective of all OTT artifacts, performances and related items was shown for the first time in March 2018 as part of Ancient Scent: Ireland, and then as The Lone Kinsmen: A History of the OTT in April. The OTT is an ongoing project, for information on the cult, or if you are interested in showing the archive please email [email protected]
And The Fossick, an archival exploration of cryptozoology, myth-making and the mundane. Inspired by library displays, b&w 'historical' pictures and photocopied newspaper cuttings from the 1970s. The Fossick was shown for the first time at Fish Factory, Penryn. He now resides just outside Truro in a secret location until his next outing.