In the Mouth of the Mother, 2026, single-channel digital video projection, printed organza curtain, 4m 56s loop.
Suspended in the centre of the room, a sheer, printed organza curtain recreates a wall of the dental practice my mother built as a Black Caribbean migrant woman in Spain. Past this boundary, the split-screen film projection is in conversation with itself, documenting my mother performing a wisdom tooth extraction on me. The footage captures a rare blurring of roles, transforming a surgical procedure into an act of maternal love. Through this literal physical severing, the installation unearths the quiet and often painful ways care is administered and sustained, especially in the wake of displacement.
Mouthpiece for Teething, 2026, framed panels including human teeth, an album page, paper, aluminium sheet.
Drawn from my mother's background as a dentist, Mouthpiece for Teething originates from a rediscovered photo album where she preserved my milk teeth. The teeth that were salvageable are reassembled into their original anatomical positions atop the original printed clinical chart and the album page, layered over an aluminium sheet. Exhibited alongside are her handwritten notes documenting how and when each tooth fell. For an immigrant mother working long hours, this physical preservation was a way of archiving care when she couldn't be physically present. By reconstructing this dental record, the work becomes both a late recognition of her quiet affection and my own transition into the role of custodian of care.
Andrea Zarco Jiménez (b. 2001) is a Spanish-Dominican, London-based artist and filmmaker working across moving image and installation. Grounded in the dissection of personal narratives, and archives, her practice investigates the sharp friction between lived experience and captured memory. She frequently handles raw, everyday footage, treating these materials as sites of psychological excavation. By restructuring these intimate artifacts, her work lingers on the quiet, often unspoken ways individuals navigate intimacy and relationships.
www.andreazarcojimenez.com
@ drane_____
Suspended in the centre of the room, a sheer, printed organza curtain recreates a wall of the dental practice my mother built as a Black Caribbean migrant woman in Spain. Past this boundary, the split-screen film projection is in conversation with itself, documenting my mother performing a wisdom tooth extraction on me. The footage captures a rare blurring of roles, transforming a surgical procedure into an act of maternal love. Through this literal physical severing, the installation unearths the quiet and often painful ways care is administered and sustained, especially in the wake of displacement.
Mouthpiece for Teething, 2026, framed panels including human teeth, an album page, paper, aluminium sheet.
Drawn from my mother's background as a dentist, Mouthpiece for Teething originates from a rediscovered photo album where she preserved my milk teeth. The teeth that were salvageable are reassembled into their original anatomical positions atop the original printed clinical chart and the album page, layered over an aluminium sheet. Exhibited alongside are her handwritten notes documenting how and when each tooth fell. For an immigrant mother working long hours, this physical preservation was a way of archiving care when she couldn't be physically present. By reconstructing this dental record, the work becomes both a late recognition of her quiet affection and my own transition into the role of custodian of care.
Andrea Zarco Jiménez (b. 2001) is a Spanish-Dominican, London-based artist and filmmaker working across moving image and installation. Grounded in the dissection of personal narratives, and archives, her practice investigates the sharp friction between lived experience and captured memory. She frequently handles raw, everyday footage, treating these materials as sites of psychological excavation. By restructuring these intimate artifacts, her work lingers on the quiet, often unspoken ways individuals navigate intimacy and relationships.
www.andreazarcojimenez.com
@ drane_____