The light acts as corona light radiating from behind the figures. The turquoise cobber relates to the many patinated cobber roofs and sculptures in the city.
The concrete wall in the garden of the women’s shelter in Copenhagen is decorated with a number of figures in a sequence that could in fact continue indefinitely. It is a rebus without a fact. It is poetic and opens up imagination, stories and memories. The figures are kind of timeless, but points towards a domestic universe. The institution functions as a home to the women living there, for shorter or longer periods. The wall is being used as the starting point for conversations and reflections between the staff and the residents about what a home is, and what it should be – essential issues for the battered women living in the shelter.

Photo: Morten Kamber Jacobsen.