Exhibition
Nicolas Provost - Stardust - Haunch of Venison
The video works by Nicolas Provost are characterised by their cinematic language, used in both experimental and narrative short films. He uses the language of film to manoeuvre and influence the interpretation of images and stories. He manipulates time, codes and form, twisting and shaping new narratives and experimental sensations that tightly bind visual art and cinematography. Stardust is the second part of the trilogy where Nicolas Provost investigates the boundaries of fiction and reality by filming everyday life with a hidden high resolution camera and turning the cinematic images into a fiction film by using cinematographic and narrative codes from the Hollywood film language. The first part of the trilogy was the award winning 'Plot Point' (2007) that was shot entirely with a hidden camera and turned everyday life around Times Square New York into a thriller film. This time Provost takes his hidden camera to Las Vegas in 'Stardust' and uses the glorious and ambiguous power of the gambling capital to turn everyday life into an exciting crime story. In order to do this he even filmed real Hollywood stars such as Jon Voight, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson. The third part of the trilogy, which has been filmed in Tokyo, is currently in production. It follows the dark journey of a fictive serial killer, played by an actor, interacting with real people.
