The History of Velocity

The History of Velocity is a series of sculptures, photographs and performances based on a collection of car hood ornaments from the early to mid 20th century. These ornaments embody a time when technological progress was assummed and glorified in relation to lines and vectors: the line of the highway, the path of a rocket, the tracks of a train, etc.

This series takes these highly fetishised symbols, often animals, and applies contemporary temporal dynamics onto them (networked relations, multi-directional speed, and blurred distinctions between organic and inorganic).

ArtBo, Bogotá, 2018

Art Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2018

Meteor Festival, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, 2015  

Prosjektrom Normanns, Stavanger, 2015

"...The dream of velocity is like being caught between the desire to glide in beautiful speed, and the paralysing possibility of the accident. There’s something erotic and monstrous about velocity..."

From:  Interview with Heather Jones in Contemporary Arts Stavanger

Music: adapted fragments from Ogives I, II, III and IV by Eric Satie
Performers: Marco Herløv Høst, Snorre Jeppe Hansen
Dramaturgical Advisor: Bojana Bauer
Development Advisor: Anne-Cécile Sibué-Birkeland
Text: Pedro Gómez-Egaña

Co-produced by BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen, and Prosjektrom Normanns, Stavanger and The Arts Council Norway.

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