Elisabeth Efua Sutherland
Elisabeth Efua Sutherland comes from a background in theatre and dance, with a career that also encapsulates sculpture, performative objects, cultural production, film and storytelling. She is concerned with interactivity, video, sculpture and texture in making performance/performative objects.
Using her body and various elements, she employs a form of myth making to explore the power relationships of our past to our future; our spirit and our material; our elders and our youth; and the idea of custodianship of people, narratives, culture, history, and the future.
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Elisabeth was drawn to the opportunity to work long term on the question of lost archives/archived material hidden archivists/truth-tellers/griots – exploring layered colonial histories, following bodies through different geospatial realities/architectures and their associated spiritualities and dream worlds by diving into leftover images, texts, maps, landscapes, traces of feet and where they once tread. Elisabeth is interested in the theme of Social Inclusion because it’s been one of the big themes and challenges for her to explore – she would like to be more intentional about having different groups of people to meet, commune and exchange with.
The digital reflection titled Sidenotes, created by Elisabeth Efua Sutherland, resonates with and responds to the experiences gained during her one-month residency at D6 Culture in Transit, UK. It not only reflects on the residency itself but also extends into the post-production phase, exploring the ongoing processes and transformations that follow the residency experience.
© Elisabeth Efua Sutherland / CDCD Project, 2025
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