Someone told me, on one of those dusty nights, amidst the incoming drizzles, the smell of silence encrusted on the walls of the stores, someone told me, I said, that a body is made up of all the bodies that one experiences. Those who you meet, in the mist of the drunken night, those who greet each other for brief minutes just to satisfy the violent core, like a clenched fist pushing the chest from the inside, those who exist beyond the skin that covers them. The bodies, all the bodies, leave their mark, beyond the obvious, on the body that knows them.
2021
Book specifications
92 pages
47 images
20 x 25 cm
offset print
print run: 100 — 10 (hardcover)
isbn: 978-989-33-1719-8
conhecer um corpo is a photography book about the intimacy of bodies, the process of self-knowledge and the learning of the self from the other. The photographic process took place between 2017 and 2019, but only in 2021 evolved into an object with a more refined sense and intention. The construction of this book started by going back to my archive to find an intentional narrative line that permeated the photographs taken during that time. Among more than two thousand photographs, the choice fell to about fifty, which communicate a melancholic idea of the search for my identity through the bodies and places I have experienced.
Someone told me, on one of those dusty nights, amidst the incoming drizzles, the smell of silence encrusted on the walls of the stores, someone told me, I said, that a body is made up of all the bodies that one experiences. Those who you meet, in the mist of the drunken night, those who greet each other for brief minutes just to satisfy the violent core, like a clenched fist pushing the chest from the inside, those who exist beyond the skin that covers them. The bodies, all the bodies, leave their mark, beyond the obvious, on the body that knows them.
conhecer um corpo is a photography book about the intimacy of bodies, the process of self-knowledge and the learning of the self from the other. The photographic process took place between 2017 and 2019, but only in 2021 evolved into an object with a more refined sense and intention. The construction of this book started by going back to my archive to find an intentional narrative line that permeated the photographs taken during that time. Among more than two thousand photographs, the choice fell to about fifty, which communicate a melancholic idea of the search for my identity through the bodies and places I have experienced.
2021
Book specifications
92 pages
47 images
20 x 25 cm
offset print
print run: 100 — 10 (hardcover)
isbn: 978-989-33-1719-8
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 transdisciplinary artist working across photography, film, writing, sound and performance. His work often begins with real people, images, events and places, around which he constructs fictional narratives and situations.
His practice explores the distance between what we can observe and what we can actually know, and the desire to approach what remains absent, unknown or inaccessible. Through fiction, montage and recontextualisation, he constructs possibilities for what cannot be fully recovered or known, while exploring how these narratives transform what we see and the meaning we attribute to it.
He holds a degree in Film and Audiovisual from ESAP, Porto (2013), and an MA in Photography from the School of Arts at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto (2022). His film O Meu Amor do Rancho premiered in the National Competition at IndieLisboa in 2026, and in 2021 he published the photography book conhecer um corpo. His practice also extends to collaborations with other artists, developing sound, live video and photography for film, performance and stage works, including projects with João Pedro Rodrigues, Maria Trabulo, António da Silva and Coletivo SillySeason, among others.
He lives and works between Braga and Lisbon, Portugal.
Exhibitions, residencies 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
→ Santa Cruz — Shopyard, Braga25 — Braga, Portugal, 2025
→ O Meu Amor do Rancho — Go Gay With Portuguese Folk Music - Encontros da Imagem — Braga, Portugal, 2025
→ 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
Residencies
→ O Espelho da Alma — All Tomorrow's Parties - SillySeason and A Oficina — Guimarães, Portugal, 2025
Texts and interviews
→ O Meu Amor do Rancho — Canal 180, 2025
→ Tap Juice — Tap Juice — Braga, 2025
→ Arde — Canal 180, 2022
→ 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
| 2026 | |||
| Comission | Live video | Macbeth, by SillySeason | |
| Creation | Film | O Meu Amor do Rancho | |
| 2025 | |||
| Creation | Performance | O Espelho da Alma (work in progress) | |
| Comission | Film | Santa Cruz | |
| Comission | Performance + DJ set | Luscofusco @ PISO | |
| Comission | Live visuals | Darksessions showcase | |
| Programming | Festival | 30 horas 30 anos Grande Prémio de Literatura dst | |
| Creation | Performance | Actos e Omissões (work in progress) | |
| Comission | Workshop | Shopyard: Film Photography Course | |
| Creation | Photography | Procuro-te por toda a parte, mas só encontro paisagem. | |
| 2024 | |||
| Comission | Live visuals | Darksessions & Fuga | |
| Creation | Live radio | Alarido ao vivo | |
| Comission | Music | Pó de Pedra, by Circo Caótico | |
| Comission | Live visuals | Displacing Utopia, w/ Alexandre Centeio (music) | |
| Comission | Music | Hide to Seek, by Júlio Cerdeira | |
| Creation | Podcast / Newsletter | Alarido | |
| 2023 | |||
| Creation | Video | Pega de Fogo | |
| 2022 | |||
| Comission | Video | Ovar Escondido | |
| Comission | Music | Matérias Inúteis, by Banquete | |
| Comission | Video + workshop | Imaginary Cartographies | |
| 2021 | |||
| Creation | Music | PNRM | |
| Comission | Music | Raíz, by Circo Caótico | |
| Creation | Photography | Masc | |
| Comission | Video | Darktraces, by Joana Castro | |
| Creation | Photography book | Conhecer um corpo | |
| 2020 | |||
| Creation | Photography | O mito de Atlas | |
| Creation | Music | Sinfonia do Futuro | |
| Creation | Film | The Kiss | |
| Comission | Music | Por um fio, by Daniel Seabra | |
| Comission | Music | Com(Sequência), by Circo Caótico | |
| Comission | Music | Crisálida, by Daniel Seabra | |
| 2019 | |||
| Comission | Music | [HOSE], by Daniel Seabra (w/ Maria Trabulo) | |
| Comission | Video + Music | Circuito | |
| 2018 | |||
| Comission | Music | Ocupa #3 w/ Dora Vieira and David Machado | |
| 2017 | |||
| Creation | Music | Tundra Fault |
Miguel De (Portugal, 1992) is a transdisciplinary artist working across photography, film, writing, sound and performance. His work often begins with real people, images, events and places, around which he constructs fictional narratives and situations.
His practice explores the distance between what we can observe and what we can actually know, and the desire to approach what remains absent, unknown or inaccessible. Through fiction, montage and recontextualisation, he constructs possibilities for what cannot be fully recovered or known, while exploring how these narratives transform what we see and the meaning we attribute to it.
He holds a degree in Film and Audiovisual from ESAP, Porto (2013), and an MA in Photography from the School of Arts at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto (2022). His film O Meu Amor do Rancho premiered in the National Competition at IndieLisboa in 2026, and in 2021 he published the photography book conhecer um corpo. His practice also extends to collaborations with other artists, developing sound, live video and photography for film, performance and stage works, including projects with João Pedro Rodrigues, Maria Trabulo, António da Silva and Coletivo SillySeason, among others.
He lives and works between Braga and Lisbon, Portugal.
Exhibitions, residencies 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
→ Santa Cruz — Shopyard, Braga25 — Braga, Portugal, 2025
→ O Meu Amor do Rancho — Go Gay With Portuguese Folk Music - Encontros da Imagem — Braga, Portugal, 2025
→ 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
Residencies
→ O Espelho da Alma — All Tomorrow's Parties - SillySeason and A Oficina — Guimarães, Portugal, 2025
Texts and interviews
→ O Meu Amor do Rancho — Canal 180, 2025
→ Tap Juice — Tap Juice — Braga, 2025
→ Arde — Canal 180, 2022
→ 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
| 2026 | |||
| Comission | Live video | Macbeth, by SillySeason | |
| Creation | Film | O Meu Amor do Rancho | |
| 2025 | |||
| Creation | Performance | O Espelho da Alma (work in progress) | |
| Comission | Film | Santa Cruz | |
| Comission | Performance + DJ set | Luscofusco @ PISO | |
| Comission | Live visuals | Darksessions showcase | |
| Programming | Festival | 30 horas 30 anos Grande Prémio de Literatura dst | |
| Creation | Performance | Actos e Omissões (work in progress) | |
| Comission | Workshop | Shopyard: Film Photography Course | |
| Creation | Photography | Procuro-te por toda a parte, mas só encontro paisagem. | |
| 2024 | |||
| Comission | Live visuals | Darksessions & Fuga | |
| Creation | Live radio | Alarido ao vivo | |
| Comission | Music | Pó de Pedra, by Circo Caótico | |
| Comission | Live visuals | Displacing Utopia, w/ Alexandre Centeio (music) | |
| Comission | Music | Hide to Seek, by Júlio Cerdeira | |
| Creation | Podcast / Newsletter | Alarido | |
| 2023 | |||
| Creation | Video | Pega de Fogo | |
| 2022 | |||
| Comission | Video | Ovar Escondido | |
| Comission | Music | Matérias Inúteis, by Banquete | |
| Comission | Video + workshop | Imaginary Cartographies | |
| 2021 | |||
| Creation | Music | PNRM | |
| Comission | Music | Raíz, by Circo Caótico | |
| Creation | Photography | Masc | |
| Comission | Video | Darktraces, by Joana Castro | |
| Creation | Photography book | Conhecer um corpo | |
| 2020 | |||
| Creation | Photography | O mito de Atlas | |
| Creation | Music | Sinfonia do Futuro | |
| Creation | Film | The Kiss | |
| Comission | Music | Por um fio, by Daniel Seabra | |
| Comission | Music | Com(Sequência), by Circo Caótico | |
| Comission | Music | Crisálida, by Daniel Seabra | |
| 2019 | |||
| Comission | Music | [HOSE], by Daniel Seabra (w/ Maria Trabulo) | |
| Comission | Video + Music | Circuito | |
| 2018 | |||
| Comission | Music | Ocupa #3 w/ Dora Vieira and David Machado | |
| 2017 | |||
| Creation | Music | Tundra Fault |
