It, Heat, Hit constructs a story through a quick sequence of written comments and fragments of daily incidents and images filmed by the artist. Innocent and pleasant images, such as a snowy bean or a snowy street scene, are followed by declarations of love and implicit violence, which are gradually interspersed with strange and disconnected images, such as the first plate of flowers, parts of the body or food.

The mood of the film becomes progressively more fossilized and disturbing, although nothing is said directly. The growing intensity of the film is reinforced by the oppressive rhythm of a drum that accompanies sections of music and speech.

As in other Prouvost films, the rhythm tests the limits of perception and makes it difficult to understand each image and commentary. The repeated visualization subtly changes what is understood each time, bringing to the fore once again the fugacity of meaning and notions of reality.

2010

© the artist. Courtesy of the artist and carlier | gebauer (Berlin/Madrid)

Laure Prouvost (b. 1978 in Croix, France) is currently based in Brussels.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Central Saint Martins and a Master of Fine Arts from Goldsmiths College in London and took part in the LUX Associate Artists Programme. She received the Max Mara Art Prize for Women in 2011, the prestigious Turner Prize in 2013 and represented France 2019 at the 58th Biennale Arte in Venice.
Her most recent solo projects include: A Flying Grandma in Oslo, Esmé Blue in Busan, Helsinki, and Madrid, An Elastic Arm Hold in Tight in Copenhagen, A Swallowing and Breathing in Eindhoven, A Smoking Mother in Copenhagen, A Melting Into Another in Lisbon and Sonsbeek, An Occupied Paradise in Aalst, Deep See Blue Surrounding You in Venice, Toulouse, and Lille, A Waiting Room with Objects in Minneapolis, A New Museum for Granddad in Milano, a Tearoom for Grandma in Derry, A Karaoke Room in Brussels, A New Octopus Ink Vodka Bar for Gregor in Rotterdam, A Travel Agency for an Uncle in Frankfurt, A Lobby for Love Among the Artists in the Hague and Luzern ... tea bags, and wet floors and tentacles.