The second, smaller circle echoes the larger one, but uses the lower right corner of the wall as its center point, the junction to all of the foot paths of the street. One acts as a halo around the center of the design, bringing a feminine form to contrast the linear forms, and creating another point of convergence here. Two partial, transparent, circular forms weave through the mural.
Another point of convergence can be found at the foot of the mural, where the lines all seem to bounce downward toward a confluence, a meeting place. Structurally complimenting the angles of the home's rooftop, the 4 triangles are supported by several transparent level squares, which in turn echo the bottom part of the building. They come together like the multiple paths that converge upon the site. I also took into consideration the community of rooftops of neighboring homes that seem to echo down the block.Įkkolokation is an abstract composition that highlights 4 triangular shapes echoing each other near the top of the wall, all shadowing one another, lit up from different angles by varied light sources. I created a hand-drawn illustration incorporating the architecture of the building, its windows, the triangular rooftop and rectangular base. It was a unique location, with its confluence of paths, pedestrian walkways, one-way roads and a train line system all intersecting at the foot of the wall. When Lene proposed the mural’s location, I did my usual research via Google maps to locate the wall and observe its multiple vantage points onto the neighborhood. I was first approached by the gallery to contribute to the festival over a year ago, but Covid postponed my travel until August 2021. "“I am very pleased to present Ekkolokation, my contribution to the Out In The Open 2021 mural festival curated by Kirk Gallery. Aalborg Apartments, Jan Højer Pedersen and Scheelsminde Helen’s work can be seen adoring walls across the globe from Brazil to India to the USA & Europe where she has participated in various notable projects and festivals.īig thanks to all the partners helping to realise the project // Using traditionally influenced techniques in figuration, she works with both her own images and collects from the vast pool of ever expanding found imagery, to embrace paintings role and ability to provide a contemporary social narrative.
Helen Bur (b.1990) is a British artist currently based in London, working between the UK and on the road. This piece is a homage to those women whose contributions to engineering maybe have been restricted, unwritten or erased due to systematic barriers and obstacles of prejudice.” However, as soon as the war was over, in the interest of men having jobs to return to, women were swiftly removed from these positions through media propaganda, closure of childcare and discrimination. The First World War provided a gateway for women into the industrial and engineering workforce as they were offered higher salaries, government-sponsored childcare and specialised training.ĭuring this period many women gained economic independence, more personal freedom and a greater sense of their own worth. Jørgensens Maskinfabrik in Aalborg, an old machines factory that first opened in 1918. It was such a pleasure having Helen here, and we are very happy to present her new mural ‘Barrier’.Ībout the mural the artist tells the following: Just finished mural from the amazing Helen Bur as the first one of the 8th edition of ‘Out in the Open’ of KIRK Gallery.
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