sūþ A or the root of south is sun

Nolan Oswald Dennis
sūþ A or the root of south is sun, 2023
Etching with chine-colle and hand drawn details. Arches Cover white 250gsm and Awagami Mulberry 44gsm
Work: 70 x 56.5 cm

The 5th permutation in a series of 6 drawings reflecting cosmic relations spiralling below the surface of everyday language. In this case, the ancient word sūþ refers to the solar origins of the English word south. These drawings recall a solar-lineage in our sense of what makes the global south. There is poetry in this etymology, and politics in our entanglement with the sun.