Laure Prouvost, It, Heat, Hit, 2010, video, 7 minutes (0:25 exerpt)

Courtesy the artist. Copyright the artist. Laure Prouvost’s It, Heat, Hit is a staccato composition of fragmentary images, abrupt inter-titles and an urgent, whispered voice-over. Organized according to an oblique and shifting logic, the piece weaves a loose narrative of desire and past trauma while pushing the limits of comprehension and coherence. The video is partly a narrative and partly a free, self-referential play with cinematic form and structure. “Smells red,“ Prouvost