Murals

Bernette Hall and Donald Taylor – Waterfall Mural, London

Listing: Unlisted
Condition: Condition unknown
Material Type: Painted - exterior
Building Type: Housing
Artist / Designer: Bernette Hall and Donald Taylor
Owners: Unknown
Date: 1991
Address: Debden House, Broadwater Farm Estate, London N17 6LF
Local Authority: London Borough of Haringey
County: Greater London
Country: England

The Waterfall Mural was completed in 1991 and can be clearly seen when entering the estate from Gloucester Road. Like the two other murals on the estate –  Equality-Harmony and Peace –  this work  responded to the conflicts of the 1980s. In an interview with Clifford Headley at the Hibiscus Community Centre (2021), artist Bernette Hall explains how the River Moselle runs through ‘The Farm’, “right through the heart of the community” and he reflects on how water is a life-giving force which links people together: “we all drink water”, “we are all part of water”. Water, he continues, also offers a “spiritual cleanse”, it “cleanses what happened”.