Images Courtesy Ella Littwitz & Harlan Levey Projects
Pivotal to her practice is the constant desire of humans to create sovereign ideologies by drawing limits, borders, and frontiers, sometimes even controlling nature and moving soil. Littwitz’s interest in a specific stretch of land – namely Israel and Palestinian territories – stems from its status as a crossroads of religions, geography, and politics; water, soil, and sky; mythologies, beliefs, and momentous transitions. Her works echo its biblical and modern narratives, presenting us with diverse examples of transition, transfiguration, and the formation of political constructs through acts of belief.
1. Rust from ex-territorial water
2. Rust from water from a buffer zone
3. Rust from water where two states demand sovereignty
4. Rust from water where two states did not want to impose sovereignty
200 x 100 cm (per piece). Marguerite Hoffman Collection
Installation view Ella Littwitz - Red Mercury, curated by Christin Müller, basis, Frankfurt, 2023. Photo: Bernd Euring
