Kristian Buus

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Helen Brewer
Hackney, East London

Helen climbed the tripod at the rear of the plane and was the last one arrested after ten hours.

“I was very familiar with the site itself so I was kind of very focused on making sure people knew where we were and what we would be doing. I knew from the previous day that I was more comfortable climbing the tripod without my shoes on so I decided to take my shoes off in the minibus and put them in my back pack and do the thing barefoot because I wanted to be as efficient as possible because I could grip more. So I cut the fence without my shoes and I remember feeling the grass, the slightly wet grass underneath my feet and the gravelly cold tarmac and there was a real sense of purpose and calmness and we need where we were going. We had split into groups and in my group of people we were just like, honestly I am just so proud of them because we just did it so spot on. Nick bent over and gave me a boost, Ruth helped me up as well, she pushed me up, I have got no upper arm strength and I don’t know how I did it. I was so pleasantly surprised I made it to the top. The police were so quick and because I was in that position I could see their vehicles driving towards us and I was shouting “cops!”.”

Helen, 29 is Filipino British, born in Singapore, grew up in Australia, lives in London. She is about to embark on a PHD in research architecture exploring the inherent social and political processes found within certain spaces, mapping spacial violence within the British border regime.

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Kristian Buus
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Contained in galleries
Portraits, Portraits of the Stansted 15
Helen Brewer<br /> Hackney, East London<br /> <br /> Helen climbed the tripod at the rear of the plane and was the last one arrested after ten hours.<br /> <br /> “I was very familiar with the site itself so I was kind of very focused on making sure people knew where we were and what we would be doing. I knew from the previous day that I was more comfortable climbing the tripod without my shoes on so I decided to take my shoes off in the minibus and put them in my back pack and do the thing barefoot because I wanted to be as efficient as possible because I could grip more. So I cut the fence without my shoes and I remember feeling the grass, the slightly wet grass underneath my feet and the gravelly cold tarmac and there was a real sense of purpose and calmness and we need where we were going. We had split into groups and in my group of people we were just like, honestly I am just so proud of them because we just did it so spot on. Nick bent over and gave me a boost, Ruth helped me up as well, she pushed me up, I have got no upper arm strength and I don’t know how I did it. I was so pleasantly surprised I made it to the top. The police were so quick and because I was in that position I could see their vehicles driving towards us and I was shouting “cops!”.”<br /> <br /> Helen, 29 is Filipino British, born in Singapore, grew up in Australia, lives in London. She is about to embark on a PHD in research architecture exploring the inherent social and political processes found within certain spaces, mapping spacial violence within the British border regime.