Carmen Dusmet Carrasco (b.1991, Gijón, Spain)
Lives and works in The Hague, Netherlands
Influenced by my background in psychology my part-autobiographical, part-fictitious work exposes a complex inner world of characters struggling to find meaning. By working with re-enactment, my goal is to combine individual and collective realities by generating conditions for semi-improvised storytelling. Through collaboration, I complicate colloquial narratives. Personal experience becomes the foundation for challenging roles. A recurring scenario in my work is the mother-daughter relationship. Central themes are mental health, uncertainty, and identity. My mediums include video, sound pieces, and scripts.
Her work has been exhibited at Prospects Art Rotterdam, Trixie (Den Haag), Cas-co (Leuven), Het Hem (Amsterdam), The Grey Space in the Middle (Den Haag), and screened at Filmhuis (Den Haag), Rialto (Amsterdam), The Hague Film Festival, OJO Film Festival Peru, 4th Multicultural Film Festival Toronto, Ficnova Bienal España, Empatheater Copenhagen.
∘˚˳°∘° | Education
2020 MFA Design, Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam, NL
2018 BFA Graphic Design, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL
2012 BS Psychology, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, SP
∘˚˳°∘° | Residencies
2023 CINE:MACA, Moving Arts Center Amsterdam, NL
2023 RRWF 2023, Radio Relativa, Madrid, SP
∘° ∘˚˳° | Exhibitions
2024 Prospects, Mondriaan Fonds, Art Rotterdam, NL
2023 Shortcuts, Fet Film Stockholm, SK
2023 Bermuda Open Studios, The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague, NL
2023 From Dawn to Dusk, cOsMiC eXpAnSiOn, Trixie, The Hague, NL
2022 Bermuda Open Studio, The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague, NL
2022 My Goals are Bigger Than Yours, Cas-co, Leuven, BE
2022 Rialto x Home Cinema, Rialto, Amsterdam, NL
2020 I Swear Time Passed, Het Hem, Amsterdam, NL
2019 WTF Just Happened, Did I Die? Sociëteit SEXYLAND Amsterdam, NL
2019 Nothing To See Here, The Picnic Pavilion, Casa Punto Croce, Venice, IT
2019 SS Thu: launch ISSUE 4, San Serriffe Amsterdam, NL
2019 Ooh, it’s so good, it’s so good it’s so good, i’m in love, Fanfare, NL
2019 From Precarity: PUB Journal #2, Fabulous Future, Amsterdam, NL
2018 Dutch Design Week, Sectie-C Eindhoven, NL
2018 Singularity Now, Athens Digital Art Festival, Athens, GR
2018 Cleansed, Peeled, Liberated, Royal Academy of Art Den Haag, NL
∘°˳°∘˚ | Screenings
2023 ROOTS in Motion, Filmhuis Den Haag, NL
2022 6th FICNOVA Bienal, SP
2022 Rialto Film, Amsterdam, NL
2022 Bermuda Open Studio, The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague, NL
2022 Cas-co, Leuven, BE
2022 Empatheater, online screening, Copenhagen, DK
2021 The Hague Film Festival, NL
2021 First-Time Filmmaker Sessions, Lift-Off Global Networks
2021 4th Multicultural Film Festival, Toronto Film Forum, CA
2021 OJO MÓVIL FEST, Festival Internacional de Cine y Video, Perú
∘˚˳°∘° | Awards and grants
2023 PRO Onderzoek, Stroom Den Haag
2022 Artist Start Grant, Mondriaan Fonds
2021 Nomination Best Documentary Film, The Hague Film Festival
˳˚°∘°∘ | Teaching & Workshops
2022 Film as a Research Field, Faculty of Fine Arts Brno, CZ
2021 Storytelling & Collaborative Video Editing Workshop, IMD Dept, Royal Academy of Art, NL
2021 Personal Archive as Material, Moving Image Department, AKI Academy of Art & Design, NL
2021 Alumni Crit, Design Dept, Sandberg Instituut, NL
2021 Guest Lecture Screening, Moving Image Department, AKI Academy of Art & Design, NL