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PER DYBVIG Hunter Hare Dog 2009/2010 Storyteller: Craig Whitson / Text: Per Dybvig / Technic: Andreas Joner / Duration: 6:51 min Per Dybvig`s (b. 1964) drawings are usually produced spontaneously, with a sense of urgency and almost feverishness that results in a comedic cosmos of bizarre figures and creatures. The majority of the works emerge out of specific situations and in rapid sequence. In 2009/2010, Per Dybvig transposed his drawings into his first film: Hunter Hare Dog. In this film Dybvig takes a step into a universe that revolves against a classic storytelling tradition. The title of the animation, Hunter Hare Dog, refers to Georg Pencz graphic print "The Hunter Caught by the Hares" (1534-35), but we also find clear references to the Norwegian folk tales. Folktales are free ranging and imaginative stories which have passed from storyteller to storyteller from time immemorial. They depict the relationship between people, expressed in fantastic and symbolic terms. The structure of these adventures follows a fixed pattern and the different sequences of the plot have their predetermined positions. The animation Hunter Hare Dog does however not follow the specific set of epic rules that characterize the folk tales. The story is told in fragments, new stories are emerging from the actual story, dialogue is suggested by charts and text bubbles, which we recognize from the world of comics. A narrator is reading a story that gives us clues about what is really going on, but does not necessarily always follow the course of the events. The animation is done in sequences where the drawings are made frame by frame. Dybvig does not correct or edit the frames, no «in between» drawings are added or digitally conducted. The line in movement is erased and new lines are applied to the already existent drawing.

Per Dybvig (b. 1964, Stavanger) lives and works in Stavanger, Norway. Per Dybvig is a renowned graphic artist whose publications and illustrations have won a number of awards. His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions and museums ? among them the Lillehammer Art Museum and the Stenersen Museum, both in Oslo, Norway ? and is represented in several public collections: the National Gallery in Oslo, the Rogaland Museum of Fine Arts in Stavanger and the Arts Council Norway. In 2008 Per Dybvig showed drawings at Priska Juschka Fine Art, New York. In 2010 the artist took part in the Drawing Biennale, Moss; in 2011 he will be presenting new work in a solo-show at Christine König Gallery in Vienna.