Outshift work with places: recovering or contested land, or locations undergoing seasonal or climatic changes. We involve people who know the place, or who feel they don't belong, creating interactives and temporary installations to reveal what's there. 

​​Outshift is the creative practice of Rachel Henson. Her lens-based practice began when she noticed changes in attention state while solo walking from her door. She began making journeys navigated by paper flick-books as a response to the way we read the world by moving in relation to it. Running with the idea of looking as dynamic and relational, she co-designed digital versions of this interaction with UI software engineer, Neil Manuell (Escape Velocity, Creative Assembly). Currently she's working with the fluid way our visual systems decide what to attend to, often prioritising movement and light.

Commissions: Discovering Places, National Trust, Natural England and for festivals including: Brighton Festival, ANTI Festival, Finland, Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, and White Night. 

Residencies: The Living Coast Biosphere, ONCA, Fabrica, Blast Theory and Lighthouse.

Background image: Pekka Mäkinen at Puijo Hill for ANTI Festival