• Episode 30: Rachel Isabel

  • Jan 12 2023
  • Length: 25 mins
  • Podcast

Episode 30: Rachel Isabel

  • Summary

  • Rachel is an illustrator and visual artist, born in Kinshasa and raised in London.



    Rachel is a graduate from the Chelsea College of Arts. Her work experiments with mixed media digital collage, poetry, film, and pop culture. She uses her art to explore the Black female experience, as well as her own identity.



    Rachel is one of our creators for IN THE MIX 2022. IN THE MIX 2022 was developed by BBC Studios TalentWorks and Black Creators Matter, in partnership with the Barbican. If you search ‘BBC Reel Found in Translation’, you can watch all the films produced for this project. 



    In this episode, Helen and Rachel discuss - 



    • Why Rachel was first inspired to subvert the work of artist John Stezaker


    • How Rachel approaches commercial commissions


    • How Rachel has found turning digital collage into documentary for her film for IN THE MIX 2022.




    Rachel’s clips -



    • Early - Rachel’s digital collage ‘Runnin’ Wild’


    • Most significant - Rachel’s poem ‘I Bloomed’ for Instagram’s #YOURSTOMAKE campaign


    • Now - Rachel’s documentary ‘Nalingi Yo’ created for the project IN THE MIX 2022.



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