My fist claws the mattress, violently, potent with desire. I wish this mattress was your body, those rock-hard arms, those hands, big enough to wrap around my neck while you have me. I am fire, and it is in me. Calm me down with your water, your humidity, your sweat and your spit, control this burning revolution in my stomach, turn me yours in the middle of the burnt woods, everything in ashes, my body still clamoring for more.
2022
Arde is a photographic series made during the filming of João Pedro Rodrigues' film Fogo-Fátuo, which premiered in the Director's Fortnight of Cannes Film Festival, in 2022. Set mostly in a fire station, the series explores the fetishistic side of "the fireman," all while imbuing a deeply masculine environment with a queer gaze and eroticism. Arde is a play of words: the portuguese word means "burns" as in something burns, and also sounds like the english word "hard," giving it a double sense of burning desire, of fiery looks and hard bodies. The series, entirely made on medium format film, tells a loose story of sexual tension, desire, and the queer experience of an unintentionally camp setting.
My fist claws the mattress, violently, potent with desire. I wish this mattress was your body, those rock-hard arms, those hands, big enough to wrap around my neck while you have me. I am fire, and it is in me. Calm me down with your water, your humidity, your sweat and your spit, control this burning revolution in my stomach, turn me yours in the middle of the burnt woods, everything in ashes, my body still clamoring for more.
Arde is a photographic series made during the filming of João Pedro Rodrigues' film Fogo-Fátuo, which premiered in the Director's Fortnight of Cannes Film Festival, in 2022. Set mostly in a fire station, the series explores the fetishistic side of "the fireman," all while imbuing a deeply masculine environment with a queer gaze and eroticism. Arde is a play of words: the portuguese word means "burns" as in something burns, and also sounds like the english word "hard," giving it a double sense of burning desire, of fiery looks and hard bodies. The series, entirely made on medium format film, tells a loose story of sexual tension, desire, and the queer experience of an unintentionally camp setting.
2022
Texts
— Bodybuilding and the future of gender
room sheet of the Cineclube EA's showing of the film Pumping Iron, 2021
— 'The Kiss': The obscene off the scene
published on the Journal of Technology and Science of the Arts, 2021
Texts
— Bodybuilding and the future of gender
room sheet of the Cineclube EA's showing of the film Pumping Iron, 2021
— 'The Kiss': The obscene off the scene
published on the Journal of Technology and Science of the Arts, 2021
Miguel De (Portugal, 1992) is a multidisciplinary artist, who works with photography, writing, performance, music and video. He has a master's degree in Photography from Escola das Artes da Universidade Católica Portuguesa (2022) and a degree in Cinema and Audiovisual from Escola Superior Artística do Porto (2013). He lives in Braga.
He published a photography artist book in 2021, “conhecer um corpo”. He has already exhibited his photographic and videographic work in Lisbon, Porto and Braga. In 2022 he was featured on the list of Best Portfolios, in an international portfolio reading promoted by the IMAGO Lisboa Photo Festival. He regularly collaborates with the Braga Media Arts and Braga’27 projects, promoted by the Municipality of Braga.
In addition to visual work, he is part of Circo Caótico with Daniel Seabra and Mafalda Gonçalves, where he is the author of the music and sound design for the collective's performances. He collaborates with BANQUETE – Association for Research and Creation in Performing Arts, also with the creation of music and soundscapes for performance. From 2015 to 2017 he produced electronic music as Tundra Fault. He also DJs as Miguel De Jay.
He collaborates with artists from various fields, such as João Pedro Rodrigues, Maria Trabulo, Antonio da Silva, Daniel Seabra, Joana Castro, Júlio Cerdeira, Dora Vieira, David Machado, Distorted Vision, Rui P. Andrade (Canadian Rifles) and Lola Rossi.
Exhibitions and press
Solo exhibitions
→ Procuro-te por toda a parte, mas só encontro paisagem. — Lugar.Landescape — Ovar, Portugal, 2025
→ Masc — Livraria aberta — Porto, Portugal, 2022
Group exhibitions
→ Masc — Too Much of a Good Thing, a ilha / XYZ Books — Lisbon, Portugal, 2023
→ Pega de fogo — ACTUM, Palácio do Raio — Braga, Portugal, 2023
→ Masc — Amor em Tempos de Cólera - ACTUM — Braga, Portugal, 2021
→ Masc — Panorama21 - Escola das Artes da Universidade Católica Portuguesa — Porto, Portugal, 2021
→ The myth of Atlas — ACTUM — Braga, Portugal, 2020
Texts and interviews
→ Tap Juice — Tap Juice — Braga, 2025
→ Arde — Umbigo Magazine, 2022
→ Falar Fazendo: Media Arts — Braga'27 — Braga, Portugal, 2022
→ Vamos Falar? Onde vês arte? — Rádio Universitária do Minho — Braga, Portugal, 2021
→ The Kiss: The obscene off the scene — Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts (Vol. 13 Nr. 2) — Porto, Portugal, 2021
→ Bodybuilding and the future of gender — Cineclube EA — Porto, Portugal, 2021
→ Braga de... — Braga'27 — Braga, Portugal, 2021
All work
2025 | Comission | Workshop | Shopyard: Film Photography Course | see more → |
Creation | Performance | Actos e Omissões | see more → | |
Creation | Photography | Procuro-te por toda a parte, mas só encontro paisagem. | see more → | |
2024 | Comission | Live visuals | Darksessions w/ Fuga | see more → |
Creation | Live radio | Alarido ao vivo | see more → | |
Comission | Music | Pó de Pedra, by Circo Caótico | see more → | |
Comission | Music | Hide to Seek, by Júlio Cerdeira | see more → | |
Creation | Podcast / Newsletter | Alarido | see more → | |
2023 | Creation | Video | Pega de Fogo | see more → |
2022 | Comission | Video | Ovar Escondido | see more → |
Comission | Music | Matérias Inúteis, by Banquete | see more → | |
Comission | Video + workshop | Imaginary Cartographies | see more → | |
2021 | Creation | Music | PNRM | see more → |
Comission | Music | Raíz, by Circo Caótico | see more → | |
Creation | Photography | Masc | see more → | |
Comission | Video | Darktraces, by Joana Castro | see more → | |
Creation | Photography book | Conhecer um corpo | see more → | |
2020 | Creation | Photography | O mito de Atlas | see more → |
Creation | Music | Sinfonia do Futuro | see more → | |
Creation | Film | The Kiss | see more → | |
Comission | Music | Por um fio, by Daniel Seabra | see more → | |
Comission | Music | Com(Sequência), by Circo Caótico | see more → | |
Comission | Music | Crisálida, by Daniel Seabra | see more → | |
2019 | Comission | Music | [HOSE], by Daniel Seabra | see more → |
Comission | Video + Music | Circuito | see more → | |
2018 | Comission | Music | Ocupa #3 w/ Dora Vieira and David Machado | see more → |
2017 | Creation | Music | Tundra Fault | see more → |
Miguel De (Portugal, 1992) is a multidisciplinary artist, who works with photography, writing, performance, music and video. He has a master's degree in Photography from Escola das Artes da Universidade Católica Portuguesa (2022) and a degree in Cinema and Audiovisual from Escola Superior Artística do Porto (2013). He lives in Braga.
He published a photography artist book in 2021, “conhecer um corpo”. He has already exhibited his photographic and videographic work in Lisbon, Porto and Braga. In 2022 he was featured on the list of Best Portfolios, in an international portfolio reading promoted by the IMAGO Lisboa Photo Festival. He regularly collaborates with the Braga Media Arts and Braga’27 projects, promoted by the Municipality of Braga.
In addition to visual work, he is part of Circo Caótico with Daniel Seabra and Mafalda Gonçalves, where he is the author of the music and sound design for the collective's performances. He collaborates with BANQUETE – Association for Research and Creation in Performing Arts, also with the creation of music and soundscapes for performance. From 2015 to 2017 he produced electronic music as Tundra Fault. He also DJs as Miguel De Jay.
He collaborates with artists from various fields, such as João Pedro Rodrigues, Maria Trabulo, Antonio da Silva, Daniel Seabra, Joana Castro, Júlio Cerdeira, Dora Vieira, David Machado, Distorted Vision, Rui P. Andrade (Canadian Rifles) and Lola Rossi.
Exhibitions and press
Solo exhibitions
→ Procuro-te por toda a parte, mas só encontro paisagem. — Lugar.Landescape — Ovar, Portugal, 2025
→ Masc — Livraria aberta — Porto, Portugal, 2022
Group exhibitions
→ Masc — Too Much of a Good Thing, a ilha / XYZ Books — Lisbon, Portugal, 2023
→ Pega de fogo — ACTUM, Palácio do Raio — Braga, Portugal, 2023
→ Masc — Amor em Tempos de Cólera - ACTUM — Braga, Portugal, 2021
→ Masc — Panorama21 - Escola das Artes da Universidade Católica Portuguesa — Porto, Portugal, 2021
→ The myth of Atlas — ACTUM — Braga, Portugal, 2020
Texts and interviews
→ Tap Juice — Tap Juice — Braga, 2025
→ Arde — Umbigo Magazine, 2022
→ Falar Fazendo: Media Arts — Braga'27 — Braga, Portugal, 2022
→ Vamos Falar? Onde vês arte? — Rádio Universitária do Minho — Braga, Portugal, 2021
→ The Kiss: The obscene off the scene — Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts (Vol. 13 Nr. 2) — Porto, Portugal, 2021
→ Bodybuilding and the future of gender — Cineclube EA — Porto, Portugal, 2021
→ Braga de... — Braga'27 — Braga, Portugal, 2021
All work
2025 | Shopyard: Film Photography Course | → |
Actos e Omissões | → | |
Procuro-te por toda a parte, mas só encontro paisagem. | → | |
2024 | Darksessions w/ Fuga | → |
Alarido ao vivo | → | |
Pó de Pedra, by Circo Caótico | → | |
Hide to Seek, by Júlio Cerdeira | → | |
Alarido | → | |
2023 | Pega de Fogo | → |
2022 | Ovar Escondido | → |
Matérias Inúteis, by Banquete | → | |
Imaginary Cartographies | → | |
2021 | PNRM | → |
Raíz, by Circo Caótico | → | |
Masc | → | |
Darktraces, by Joana Castro | → | |
Conhecer um corpo | → | |
2020 | O mito de Atlas | → |
Sinfonia do Futuro | → | |
The Kiss | → | |
Por um fio, by Daniel Seabra | → | |
Com(Sequência), by Circo Caótico | → | |
Crisálida, by Daniel Seabra | → | |
2019 | [HOSE], by Daniel Seabra | → |
Circuito | → | |
2018 | Ocupa #3 w/ Dora Vieira and David Machado | → |
2017 | Tundra Fault | → |