Paul Kermarec is a Paris-based artist currently in his final year at the École nationale supérieure d'art de Paris Cergy. His work explores the themes of coming of age, transmission and identity. His cinematic approach for his first short film, No God No Father, was to combine digital archives, screen recordings and intimate storytelling, seeking to capture the complexity of the links that unite the individual and his or her environment, whether physical or virtual.
_No God No Father_ is a documentary/fiction that explores the intimate relationship a young man has with the Internet. In the absence of a father figure, he turns to Google as an unexpected mentor. From learning everyday tasks like shaving, to discovering deeper knowledge, the algorithm becomes much more than a simple search engine, blurring the boundaries between real and virtual.
_No God No Father_ is a documentary/fiction that explores the intimate relationship a young man has with the Internet. In the absence of a father figure, he turns to Google as an unexpected mentor. From learning everyday tasks like shaving, to discovering deeper knowledge, the algorithm becomes much more than a simple search engine, blurring the boundaries between real and virtual.