Les 24 Heures du Mans

Produced within the framework of sociological art
Fred Forest analyses the behaviour and motivations of spectators who spend 24 hours on site. He identifies three main criteria:
The mechanical eroticism of the racing cars, a definite vector of attraction, the speed that intoxicates the spectators' imaginations and the morbid expectation of death from the ever likely accident that everyone dreads... and wishes for at the same time! In the 80s, as the interviews with Forest reveal, the car still retained all its power as an ideal substitute for women. 
The 24 Hours of Le Mans as a mass sociological event perfectly reflects what the artist seeks to illustrate critically through sociological art.

Many thanks to Harout Bezdjian for his unfailing and ongoing support, who, as head of the audiovisual department at the Centre Pompidou, is the only person in that institution to have given Forest permanent personal support.