Caitlin Doherty is a Wolverhampton based Artist, born in Birmingham UK. Caitlin’s working-class background and intersectional feminist perspective has directly contributed to her criticism of right-wing politics and capitalism. The negative social and political impact of a capitalist society is identified through issues such as poverty, gender inequality, marginalisation, and institutionalised racism; subjects which are constantly re-examined within her practice. The concepts for New Horizons emerged from an emotional response to yet another governmental failure towards society's most vulnerable people as well as the scandalous financial and political corruption highlighted throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Caitlin’s research ranges from film, environmental art and photography. Mark Fishers book “Capitalist Realism: Is there no alternative?” opens with a line which reads “It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.” Key concepts for New Horizons began to take shape after discovering this book. This was a turning point within her practice. She began questioning and reflecting on the priorities of the Tory Government right now in the UK and re-imagining them in a future setting. John Carpenter’s 1988 Sci-fi/action/social thriller film “They Live” also played a huge role aesthetically in developing the dark dystopian visual language seen across the images. It is politically charged and utilises social commentary to address notions of surveillance and brainwashing. The film questions whether the decisions we make are truly our own, or if television and advertising are coercing us. This was the premise for creating a body of work that seeks to ask questions and challenge the power structures that are currently failing us; with these broken systems in place now, what does that mean for our future?