I make site unique Flickers journeys navigated with photographic flick books. Animated by hand, these short filmic sequences lead the participant through the real environment, layering it with a hyper-real visual narrative. Themes are developed through time spent walking and observing the site. 

I use the act of walking by myself, often through unmade places (off- limits buildings, waste ground, countryside at the edge of the city), as a catalyst for an alertness that charges a location. To lead participants through a site I draw on adventure game like ways of navigating a space - flying, leaping over buildings, breathing under water.

Collaborators: Neil Manuell - animation, compositing, colour, Miriam King, Kate Genevieve, Eva Dauros, Lorena Rivero de Beer - filmed performance

Rachel Henson is a Supported Artist at The Basement