Rachel Louise Doughty
Rachel Louise Doughty is an internationally exhibited artist and filmmaker. Her works are largely influenced by our connection to the environment, focusing on moving the viewer from a passive 'observer' stance to actively engaged in the media.
Influenced by a poetic documentary filming style, her focus is evoking the feeling of a place or time, over an objective view. Colour, light and form inform her work, breaking down the basic building blocks of cinema to discover the ins and outs of the medium. LOOK AROUND, NOT AHEAD (2020) is a narrative piece, combining footage of the city with footage of the ocean. The viewer scrolls at their own pace, discovering snapshots and images, combined with text exploring our perspectives towards sight, sensations and environmentalism, and how much these influence each other.
She hopes her work will inspire curiosity in her audience, encouraging them to explore and respect our natural playground, and one another.
DO WE LOOK FOR, DO WE SEE, ONLY WHAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND AND COMPREHEND?
WE CANNOT PROTECT WHAT WE DO NOT NOTICE.
FIRST STEP IS TO NOTICE;
TO WATCH PATTERNS EMERGE;
TO FIND SIMILARITIES AMONG SNAIL SHELLS, PINE CONES AND GALAXIES.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU, TRULY, STUDIED SOMETHING OUT OF PURE CURIOUSITY?
THE GAZE HOLDS POWER. YOU, NOW ARE COMPLETING THIS ARTWORK. WITHOUT YOU, NOW, READING THESE WORDS AND EMBRACING THESE IMAGES, THIS WOULD BE A MEANINGLESS BLUR.
YOUR GAZE HOLDS POWER.
WE MUST BECOME CURIOUS; ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES FOR THE MEANS, NOT FOR THE END.
IT IS TIME TO LOOK AROUND, NOT AHEAD.
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