Ella Sutherland, A letter, a litter (detail), 2023, letterpress on paper, plastic coated steel; 2 parts, 67 x 43 cm (print); approx. 130 x 150 cm (overall), edition of 5 + 2 APs. Courtesy of the artist and Sumer, Tāmaki Makaurau. Photo: David Brandt.

Writing

Dear Ella

By daniel ward

05.09.2023

In a letter to Aotearoa New Zealand artist Ella Sutherland, Berlin-based poet daniel ward reflects on the sensual role of printing technologies and the passage of queer narratives in Sutherland’s practice during her twelve-month residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin.