Lucie Rachel

Lucie Rachel

ARTIST FILMMAKERDundee, United Kingdom
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Lucie Rachel

Lucie Rachel

ARTIST FILMMAKERDundee, United Kingdom
About me
Lucie Rachel’s practice is somewhat confessional, working with still and moving image to narrate and navigate recurring themes of domestic relationships, gender and the unspoken. Lucie graduated from Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design as one of the Royal Scottish Academy’s New Contemporaries in 2015, recognised for her documentary work observing the complexities of her mother and trans parent’s unusually well documented relationship. Her short film ‘Mother Father’ (2015) continues to be screened at multiple film festivals, while her accompanying book is part of the Dundee Artists Book Collection in the VRC at Dundee Contemporary Arts. Recently she completed a short documentary titled ‘Where We Are Now’ (2016) in the context of the Scottish Documentary Institute’s Bridging the Gap programme, which premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016. She is now working on an experimental art doc about mental health stigma and discrimination for Glasgow Film and See Me Scotland’s Film Fund. Lucie lives and works in Dundee, where she is a current committee member of Tin Roof Arts Collective and supporting member of COLAGE UK.
Projects
  • Let Us Let Go
    Let Us Let GoLet us let go is the story of a couple living with the impact of post traumatic stress disorder on their relationship.
  • Where We Are Now
    Where We Are NowA short documentary about the changing relationship between a young woman and her transgender parent after the decision to transition has been made.
  • Aftermath
    AftermathDocumentation of a performance made in response to a series of diary entries by my Mother, containing highly visual and visceral language. Aftermath is a 58x54cm photographic print, bonded between aluminium and acrylic glass. Visual language is a short edited video documenting the performance with added audio.
  • Hers and Hers
    Hers and HersHers and Hers are two life-size photographs of my Father's clothes in a wardrobe. Referring directly to voice recordings and writings of my parents discussing their previous domestic situation. A visual representation of the nature of my Father's gender dysphoria and in turn, the inadequacy of clothes as representation of gender.
  • MOTHER FATHER (I)
    MOTHER FATHER (I)Mother Father is the title of two pieces of work within this project. The first is a book, and the second is a video, Both pieces work together to tell the story of my parents' relationship with regard to my Father's coming out as transgender, which was kept a secret from their friends, family and children until they were of age. Mother Father (I) is a 146 page hard back book containing diary entries, letters, family photographs, personal online writings and recent photographs which span from the late 70s up until present day.
  • MOTHER FATHER (II)
    MOTHER FATHER (II)Mother Father is the title of two pieces of work within this project. The first is a book, and the second is a video, Mother Father (II) is an art documentary style short that tells the story of my parents' relationship with regard to my Father's coming out as transgender, which was kept a secret from their family, friends and children until they were of age.
Work history
    Moving Image Artist & Filmmaker
    Freelance
Skills
  • Film
  • Visual Arts
  • Art Photography
  • Fine Art
  • Multi-media Artist
  • Digital Artist
  • Documentary
  • Indesign
  • Photoshop
  • Premier Pro
Education
    Fine Art
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Awards
    Film Festivals: Official Selection
    Film: Mother Father (2015) Official Selections: Ickle Film Festival (2015) Aesthetica Short Film Festival (nominated for best artist film) (2015) Underwire Festival (nominated for best under 25 category) (2015) Two Short Nights Festival (2015) Gather Film Festival (2016) Transit Arts with Glasgow Short Film Festival (2016) https://www.lucierachel.com
    RSA NEW CONTEMPORARIES
    Selected artist for the 2016 New Contemporaries Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
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