In the dark hood of my eye

In the dark hood of my eye revolves around a black Citroën BX 16V. Jasmine has been investigating the entangled narratives surrounding this car, and purposefully blending fact and fiction. The car was bought in 1990 by a woman named Britta, who eccentrically decorated it. More than two decades later, the artist’s brother bought the car which he owned until his passing away in 2015. Intertwining these narratives constructs a closeness between herself, her brother and a complete stranger. The car becomes an extension and physical manifestation of these social relations, while it also becomes an object that deals with loss. See the interview with the artist from Bærum Kunsthall here.

Installation views and details from the show In the dark hood of my eye, at Bærum Kunsthall, Norway, 2021.

Mixed Media (Mixed Media.Three painted wood plateaus, square iron metal structures, rear-view and side mirrors, wing-mirrors and other various pieces casted in silicone with car pigments and charcoal, rusty wire, one side-mirror, cutout letters from a black rubber mat, miniature coffepot, and five old and partially rusty metal handles from lost buckets, copper pipe, walletchain, keychain as a measuringtape in the shape of a car wheel, old brown bucket, beach sand and coal, ceramic lemon, three burnt wooden stylized pine-trees, white string attached to an old partially rusty clothespin and a miniature pink bicycle, letter stencil cutout in a black rubber mat, metal wires, copper pipe with black stickytape, an old brown bucket containing beach sand, coal, burnt wood, rubber mat, seashell, keychain in the shape of a wrench tool, broken porcelain plate and a green crab). Dimensions variable.

Photography by Tor Simen Ulstein, and the artist.

Exhibition supported by Kulturrådet and Konstnärsnämnden