Harriet Mena Hill, Concrete Art and London’s Aylesbury Estate
For nearly a decade, Harriet Mena Hill has been drawing and painting on concrete images of the Aylesbury estate in south-west London. In this episode, she talks about how architecture has always been an artistic theme for her, the influence of surrealism on her early work, her fear of infinity, the Aylesbury estate history and community, how and why she came to use concrete as her ‘canvas’, the political aspect to her work and how it is progressing. Harriet Mena Hill talking with Bob Chaundy Accompanying images on consideringart.com Screenshot " data-large-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/back-of-wendover.jpg?w=680" src="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/back-of-wendover.jpg?w=680" alt="" class="wp-image-12136" srcset="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/back-of-wendover.jpg?w=680 680w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/back-of-wendover.jpg?w=100 100w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/back-of-wendover.jpg?w=199 199w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/back-of-wendover.jpg?w=768 768w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/back-of-wendover.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" /> Back of Wendover Screenshot " data-large-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/found-branch-after-grunewald.jpg?w=736" src="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/found-branch-after-grunewald.jpg?w=749" alt="" class="wp-image-12128" srcset="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/found-branch-after-grunewald.jpg?w=749 749w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/found-branch-after-grunewald.jpg?w=110 110w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/found-branch-after-grunewald.jpg?w=219 219w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/found-branch-after-grunewald.jpg?w=768 768w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/found-branch-after-grunewald.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px" /> Found Branch (after Grunewald) Screenshot " data-large-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/waiting.jpg?w=736" src="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/waiting.jpg?w=800" alt="" class="wp-image-12130" srcset="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/waiting.jpg 800w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/waiting.jpg?w=150 150w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/waiting.jpg?w=300 300w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/waiting.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> Waiting Screenshot " data-large-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/plasma-field.jpg?w=714" src="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/plasma-field.jpg?w=714" alt="" class="wp-image-12132" srcset="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/plasma-field.jpg?w=714 714w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/plasma-field.jpg?w=105 105w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/plasma-field.jpg?w=209 209w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/plasma-field.jpg?w=768 768w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/plasma-field.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px" /> Plasma Field (detail) from the series Mapping the Grid Screenshot " data-large-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/soft-concrete-missenden.jpg?w=736" src="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/soft-concrete-missenden.jpg?w=800" alt="" class="wp-image-12134" srcset="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/soft-concrete-missenden.jpg 800w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/soft-concrete-missenden.jpg?w=150 150w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/soft-concrete-missenden.jpg?w=300 300w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/soft-concrete-miss