Ella Littwitz

In the work Longing, Littwitz uses a crack that she has extracted as cast from the landscape. This crack isn’t tied to any specific place; instead, it represents an emotional rupture that emerged after October 7th. The bronze sculpture captures this tear, symbolizing the deep trenches that can open up in both our inner and outer worlds. The emptiness of the broken ground is filled by the bronze material, creating a reversal: what was once a void now becomes solid. Littwitz thus expresses the tension between the stable, solid structure of the metal and the fragility of the crack, revealing the fundamental emotional and geological rifts that shape us. Longing reflects the evolving relationship with the earth—soil that now feels unstable and unfamiliar to Ella Littwitz. What if a visible crack on the surface indicates a much larger deep, hidden crack within? Through "Longing," Littwitz expresses this profound sense of dislocation and the anxiety that arises when the familiar becomes alien, and when the very ground beneath us no longer feels secure.