A slow movement through a residential neighbourhood, with empty streets, plain facades, as though all is artificial. A man recounts his story about the first time; the attraction, the desire, dizziness of the ignition, forgetfulness, and then complete blackout. The monologue is composed from transcriptions of psychotherapeutic sessions with arsonists, from the period 1960-1980.
Paul Heintz was born in 1989 in Saint-Avold (France), a Fine Arts graduate at Beaux-Arts de Nancy, Arts Décoratifs de Paris and Le Fresnoy, studio national des arts contemporains. He is currently living and working in Paris.
His work goes through object, sound, film and installation has been presented at contemporary art events and film festivals such as FID Marseille, IFFR Rotterdam, Paris Nuit Blanche, Circulation(s).
In 2019, he won the contemporary art price Révélation Emerige.
