practical exercises

During a guest stay at Nordiskt Konstnärscentrum Dalsåsen, Kristin Tårnesvik was able to carry out a daily work routine in the studio without deadlines and purposes; spend time with the materials and simply see what happened.

“I start with a picture with a simple line on the paper and continue from there. The lines meet each other, collide with each other, form new directions and different shapes, hold each other together. Such experiments form the basis of practical exercises. "

“In recent years, I have had many guest artist stays in different cities and environments. Here I have explored variations of slow and almost mechanical work techniques, where wood and especially paper, pens and pencils, stamps and ink have been the central materials. Repetition of lines, characters and shapes in drawing and print. Collection and cleaning of roots. Nailing in wood. At a time when new technology is taking a large place in our lives and societies, and also in art, these analogue media are based on old innovation.”

It is about exploring a production process with a minimum of elementary materials and techniques, where my manual work is rooted in a routine and in a here-and-now. It includes a calculated margin of error and a tolerance for deliberate and unforeseen interventions that affect the product. Practical exercises are the title of my work process.”

These exercises have been transferred to screen frames and printed in small editions at Trykkeriet in Bergen.