PLAYING IN NATURE: Thora Dolven Balke

Ludo Sounds on Entrée Radio

This summer I ventured to Kvalnes in the north of Norway to visit Thora in her mother’s studio to talk about her unique approach to art making. Dancing between film, photographic images and sound, Thora seems to experience the world with her eyes wide open–constantly capturing the narratives immediately around her. Helping shape the direction of the series, we decided that there sound be more focus on experimentation rather than creating without an end goal. Thora shared her current investigations into radio plays, hiked mountain tops to record rocks and natural reverb, and discussed the surreal contrast of city life with the silence of the Arctic. Some of these explorations into sound are covered here in an interview staged in early September 2015, with recordings and sketches further developed for an exhibition curated by Thora at the Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival in Xiamen in November 2015. http://entreeradio.com/episode-1-playing-in-nature/