MELK

I work in poetry and photography, the two being close in principles — a meticulous study of structure that results in an ultimately lyrical outcome. The methodology of it is very impersonal and restrained, never directly human, so the composition is focused very primarily on form, and the sentimentality of it comes from honoring it for what it is. In equal measure, it is a way of pointing and a way of worship. This project, "MELK", was made with the help of the Going Public grant from Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo. It was shot on a specific site on the arctic plateau during the last week of the polar night.