Helen Kohl is a German sculptor and installation artist based in Oxford, with a keen interest in poetic writing and philosophy, and a background in biology and education. Her work spans a wide range of different mediums, from more traditional materials and techniques, such as casting and glass work, to writing, performance, and installation. The carrying vessel shape, the receiving and giving funnel, the idea of shared waters, and listening to silent spaces are thereby re-occurring themes in her practice. In response to what Donna Haraway describes as Troubled Times, Helen Kohl’s work emphasises what Ursula Le Guin would call the life story — the subtle, often unnoticed sensations and sounds of life itself that are embedded in moments, materials, and history.