Correspondence Series: Kalt, Weathering and Lar
by Freya Copeland and Youvalle Levy
Kalt is a visual conversation between the photographic artists Freya Copeland and Youvalle Levy, exploring the existential dread, boredom and isolation experienced in many northern European cities, in particular Berlin. The artists communicate, as if in written correspondence, the longing for their native lands’ warmth and light, while at the same time fi ghting against their native lands in order to fi nd comfort in their adopted city.
Weathering is the second in a series of visual conversations between the photographic artists Freya Copeland and Youvalle Levy. The artists communicate, as if in written correspondence, over the great distance forced upon them during international lockdowns and border closures as a result of the 2020 pandemic. Views are confi ned by window frames and through chain link fences, stray cats stare back at the viewer with piercing eyes. Weathering is a creative endeavour to bridge physical distance, and by chance, the two artists, though at complete antipodes from each other, make many analogous observations.
Lar is the third book in the ongoing photographic conversation> Correspondence.
From Spanish: Lar, m. god of the home and household ; (fig.) home, homestead.
In the third book of the series Copeland and Levy explore the meaning of Home, the way in which the feeling of home can change and the difficulties of acquiring the belonging to a new home.