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The old blog.

Posts from “44 le blog”, 2014 to 2019, sorted by type: creations, festivals and conventions, training sessions. For recent news, see Instagram.

Last night of Kyiv Fire Fest 2016, the crowd in a circle
“Fire memories”Photo Gwendoline Chopineau

Creations

  1. PhotographyMad Pussy GangThe Mad Pussy Gang is a crew of female performers founded in 2015, combining fire, dance and pyrotechnics. Promo photos lit with a sparkling powder.
  2. PhotographyBlackmilk and FireA fire shoot with the red-haired alternative model Ariel Firestone, dressed in Blackmilk.
  3. PhotographyFire FighterA photo tribute to Fred, a friend who is a firefighter and a biker: photography by Gwendoline Chopineau, fire by me.
  4. Photography · VideoJack Daniel’sA 2016 packshot for Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Fire whiskey, made with FireHood Production: every flame placed around the bottle and the label.
  5. Photography · VideoHoly Mary, Mother of FireA fashion film by FireHood Production with model and designer Evie Calypso: religious imagery and the graphic texture of flame.
  6. PhotographyTour de France PhotoTour de France Photo 2015: fire shoots and shared projects with photographers, make-up artists, hairdressers, stylists and models from all over France.
  7. VideoBreath of FireBreath of Fire, Roger Vidal’s short documentary for the 2014 My RØDE Reel contest: why I breathe fire, in my own words.

Festivals and conventions

  1. Photography · ShowArtemisia Fire Gathering21 to 24 June 2018: the third Artemisia Fire Gathering, in the mountains near Potenza, and the line-up of its gala show.
  2. Photography · ShowGraülich Convention 2018The first Graülich Convention Feu, Rodemack, 14 to 16 September 2018: the gala show and two days of fire-breathing workshops in the citadel.
  3. Photography · ShowGraülich Convention Feu – AVP Rodemack14 to 16 September 2018, the first Graülich Convention Feu in Rodemack: I’ll be performing at the gala and running two days of fire-breathing workshops.
  4. Photography · Show · VideoFire Life Fest 2018My second Fire Life Fest in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, in pictures, alongside Krista Palm, Zerg, Vojta Stolbenko and East Fire.
  5. ShowFire Life FestAnnounced in March 2017: my first Fire Life Fest, the fire festival held every May in Uzhhorod, Ukraine.
  6. ShowGomel Fire FestGomel Fire Fest 2016 in Belarus: my part in “Check this”, a fire breathing and pyrotechnic effects show on the stage of the Belarusian festival.
  7. ShowKyiv Fire FestivalKyiv Fire Festival 2016: the open stage, passings with Zerg, several days at the fire camp outside Kyiv, and the festival’s artist certificate.

Training videos

  1. VideoFire breathing: tricks 2019Tricks 2019, “Control, Adapt, Move”: a year of research on sustain, direction and movement, filmed by Gwendoline Chopineau and edited by Roger Vidal.
  2. Photography · Show · VideoJUMP – Training fire-breathing tricks“JUMP”: a training session on the Palais de Tokyo esplanade in Paris, working on jumps with the flame.
  3. VideoFire breathing: training tricks 2016 by Quarante QuatreA June 2016 training session at Le Chêne, working on new tricks: filmed and edited by Gwendoline Chopineau, to music by Ereez.