Flutter by Iza Kavedžija and Kaori Yoshikawa is a one-day exhibition that explores the creativity of correspondence.
Te-gami, the Japanese word for a letter, is made up of te (hand) and kami (paper). It recalls the materiality of paper and the tactility – of the hand that holds, in the making or in the receiving.
The books, seemingly still and dormant until opened by breathing hands, are a flutter with unspoken stories.
This correspondence in letters, postcards and zines is not instantaneous. It takes time to reach the other; before the tangible sense of touch is felt. This time allows for something unexpected, and for the seeds or chicks of new ideas to germinate and hatch.
Flutter 「フラッター」
鳥が羽ばたく the flutter of bird wings
胸がなみうつ the flutter of the heart
The day will be accompanied by “Ambient Radio”—music for waiting. Music that drifts indistinctly, through guitar and trumpet.
Iza Kavedžija is an anthropologist and printmaker. She is interested in themes of absence and loss, time and hope. She has been making copperplate etchings since 2018 and experimenting with botanical prints, cyanotypes and mixed media in recent years.
Poet, rapper and zine-maker Kaori Yoshikawa produces still and moving works, and sound pieces. Her bilingual, bird-friendly zine “Norarikurari” comes out every month from her studio in Konohana-ku, Osaka. Kaori was born in Japan and raised in the UK.