Nicolas Provost

Video projection with sound, 4′, 2003

By subjecting fragments from the film Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa to the mirror effect, Provost creates a hallucinating scene of a woman‘s reverse chrysalis into an imploding butterfly. Papillon d’amour produces skewed reflections upon love, its lyrical monstrosities and wounded act of dissappearance.

Credits
Music: The Wrath of Köhn by Köhn AKA Jürgen De Blonde
Producer: Nicolas Provost
Courtesy Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp

Awards
Honorable Mention, Sundance Film Festival 2005, USA
Golden Gate Award, The Best New Visions Work, 47th San Francisco International Film Festival
Grand Prize Experimental Film, Athens International Film And Video Festival, Ohio, USA
Best Experimental Film Award, Nashville Film Festival, USA
Honorable Mention, The Norwegian Shortfilm Festival, Grimstad, Norway
Gus Van Sant Best Experimental Film Award, 42nd Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA
Grand Prize Best Film, V-Art Festival 2005, Sardinia, Italy
Public Broadcasting Award For Best Use Of Music In A Film, 42nd Ann Arbor Film Festival USA
Stimulate My Brain Award, Minnesota Bearded Child Film Festival, USA
Founding Director Award, Cinematexas International Shortfilm Festival, Austin, USA