On July 14, 2020, I watched the Bastille Day fireworks display at the lake. The noise and cheering of the crowd drowned me out, my head was incredibly empty, and I suddenly wondered who I was. When I got home, I combined the sound of the fireworks exploding with the image of me repeatedly using a lighter to strike a fire. I keep relighting the fires in the darkness so that they mingle with the sounds of fireworks and revelry.
Artist Zhou Zhang, born in 1992 in Lu'an, Anhui Province, graduated from the Hubei Academy of Fine Arts in 2016, majoring in video media. 2023, he accomplished the diploma of DNSEP in ENSA Bourges, France with honors. Zhou shows his interest in the “tourist” identity through his works in video, performance, installation and photography genres.
