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August, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Idun Baltzersen’s Bl\u00e5 timmen (The Blue Hour) <\/em>from 2018 was on view at Magasin III in the spring and fall 2021 as part of the exhibition A Quiet Spring Wanders Through the Apartment<\/a><\/em>. Below you can read a short interview with the artist about the work.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Question:<\/strong> In <\/em>Bl\u00e5 timmen, as in many of your other works, the characters you depict are shown with their backs turned toward the observer. Can you tell us more about these figures?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Idun<\/strong> Baltzersen:<\/strong> I think the back is interesting because it is a part of your body you can\u2019t see yourself. There\u2019s something unfamiliar about backs. The turned-away characters are also unfamiliar to the observer; they are ignoring the observer or are busy with something and therefore cannot meet the observer\u2019s gaze. They are also often young women. Braids and ponytails are well-suited to woodcuts. When I created this artwork, I was particularly interested in equestriennes and how the riders\u2019 braids were often reflected in the horses\u2019 tails, and when these are done in woodcuts, they begin to look increasingly similar. The stable is also quite difficult as a setting. I am also interested in recreating a social structure or hierarchy. The characters can be depicted in groups, but they don\u2019t interact with each other; they look quite alone. I am often inspired by popular culture, film, and television, and I collect visual references by doing things like taking screenshots or finding my own ways of recreating interesting gestures or characters I find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Q:<\/strong> How would you describe the process of creating <\/em>Bl\u00e5 timmen?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IB: <\/strong>I always collect a number of characters before doing a work like Bl\u00e5 timmen<\/em>. I then make simple sketches based on these characters, which I use as the foundation, projecting them onto plywood. I follow the factory format (most often 122 x 244 cm) and select the type of wood carefully because some are softer and others can give a very woody texture to the finished print. Birch, which I used in Bl\u00e5 timmen<\/em>, is soft and doesn\u2019t have a particular texture, which allows me to carve freely in all directions. I carve a single character into each plywood sheet, which is painted black so I can see what I\u2019m doing as I carve the lightness from the picture. When the picture is finished, it is time to print, which I do by hand on textiles in different dyes. After I\u2019ve done about five prints of each character, I sort the different colors into piles and try to figure out which ones fit together. Then I cut the prints and lay them on the floor in my studio, moving the different figures around and trying to find a good composition, almost as if they were paper dolls. When I\u2019m pleased with how it looks, I sew everything together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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