Barriers relate to privacy and security, protection, isolation, the fragility of our existence. Depending on your perspective, barriers engender a feeling of safety and security, or the complete opposite; it is often more about the sensation than the actual physical presence of an obstacle.
Significant to this work is the use of DPC, which is used as a barrier membrane in the construction industry.
Concerned with materialism and throwaway culture, Helen works principally with recycled or found materials, low value building products and organic matter, together with photography.
01: 1a. Barrier, 210 x 190 x 32 cm, DPC, bolts, tape
02: 1b. Barrier, 210 x 190 x 32 cm
03: 2a. Security Blanket, 150 x 150 cm, DPC, Dogwood branches
04: 2b. Security Blanket, 150 x 150 cm - detail
05: 3a. Drape, 185 x 130 x 230 cm (variable), DPC, running water allowed to pull and evolve its form
06: 3b. Drape, 185 x 130 x 230 cm (variable) - detail
07: 4a. Bolthole, 490 H x 300cm, Hazel rods, netting
08: 4b. Bolthole, 490 H x 300cm - detail
09: 5a. Wired, 185 x 213cm, photographs on acetate, recycled screen
- 5b. Wired, 185 x 213cm - detail