MELK is an artist-run initiative for new Scandinavian photography located in Oslo, run by Behzad Farazollahi & Christian Tunge. The aim for the initiative is to raise awareness of the scene of contemporary photographers in the region and the position of the medium today, in a contemporary context.
Thora Dolven Balke explores the slippage between analogue and digital mediums, presenting original and enlarged polaroid photographs, epoxy resin and silicone cast objects in vibrant colors. Across these different media, Balke’s works depict familiar situations in seemingly ordinary places, grown out of her own experiences.
Thora Dolven Balke (b. 1982, Oslo) lives and works between Oslo and Rio de Janeiro, where she completed the Capacete programme in 2016. Recent solo exhibitions include: False Spring, Lydgalleriet (2020); You’re Dead, K4 (2020); FLOW, Cavalo, Rio de Janeiro and Melk (2019); and All that respires, conspires at UKS, Oslo and Ultima Festival (2017).
