"Bērzkalni, which translates as ‘birch hills’, is a location in the Alsunga district of Latvia, not far from the town of Kuldīga. There are no hills, in fact, and not a lot of birch-trees, either. It is a dense forest in front of Granddad’s house and the wetland area beyond it. It should have been the edge of the world where the wetlands came to an end; but then I grew up and, to my bitter disappointment, found out that there was actually an ordinary village beyond the wetlands."

Inga Meldere lives and works in Helsinki, her recent exhibitions among other include “There and Back Again - Contemporary art from Baltic Sea region” Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, 2018– 2019.

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