Seu trabalho artístico interroga os modos hegemônicos de existência e de subjetivação da história. Por meio de filmes ensaios e experimentais, instalações, intervenções no espaço público, pintura caligráfica, escrita asêmica e poesia experimental, Antoine de Mena problematiza a branquitude, a dimensão fascista da linguagem assim como a fábrica do consentimento a destruição do alheio, seja humano ou não-humano.
Frente as injunções sensoriais, libidinais e cognitivas das produções narrativas industriais contemporáneas, quais são as formas, situações, sonhos, silêncios que parasitam, alteram e se opunham a racionalidade sobre as quais estas injunções se sustentam?
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Nascido na França em uma família de imigrantes espanhóis e italianos, cresceu em Lyon e Barcelona, entre as línguas. Fator biográfico que o situou num espaço-limiar, numa forma de permanente existência-tradução.
Estudos universitários em História (Sorbonne/Paris IV) e Línguas Orientais (INALCO, Paris e Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) levaram ele até o Japão, obtendo um Mestrado em História do cinema japonês. Depois de concluir um segundo Mestrado em Realização de Cinema Documentário no Créadoc/Ateliers Varan (formação fundada pelo cineasta Jean Rouch), frequentou durante anos a cena do cinema documentário e experimental parisiense, prosseguindo com o sua pesquisa na realização de curtas e média-metragens e na escrita poética plurilíngue em francês, espanhol, catalão, português e japonês.
Residente no Rio de Janeiro desde 2021. É membro do Grupo de pesquisa Eiras-Paracambi, coordenador do xow.rumi (apoio Capacete), espaço independente de arte e política na Glória, Rio de Janeiro, e integrante do coletivo de artistas do referido espaço. Também colabora com Selvagem, Ciclo de Estudos, como editor (ciclos Memórias Ancestrais e Ayvu Pará) e tradutor para o francês e o japonês.
EXIBIÇÕES & PRÊMIOS
2023
Encruzilhadas Poéticas, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (grupo)
Glória#2 - encontro de águas barulhentas, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (grupo)
Glória#1, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (grupo)Tropigalpão: presente!, Tropigalpão, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (grupo)
Alumbramento, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (grupo)
Grupo de pesquisa Eiras-Paracambi / Encontro #1, #2, #3, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (grupo)
Um dia a gente viveu junto, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (grupo)
Rebento, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (grupo)
Fantaisies #1, La Centrale 22, Paris, France (solo)
Découdre des patrons #3, Pauline Perplexe, Arcueil, France (grupo)
Rio de ma fenêtre: journal pandémique en quatre temps, Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (solo)
PAN #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 (grupo, online show)
LEBABEL #6, Librairie portugaise et brésilienne, Paris, France (grupo)
Home and Journey around the Globe, 2nd International Colloquium in Contemporary Philosophy and Culture of the Society for Philosophy as Global Conversation, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (grupo)
Union des poètes et des boulangers / Atelier « Pain en chantier », Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (grupo)
2017
Thérapoètes, Nuit Blanche, Paris, France (grupo)2016
Silence Project, l'Etna, Paris, France (solo film projection)
2013
Yamanaka Sadao, l'atérité en face, Festival de l'histoire de l'art, Fontainebleau, France (solo film projection)
2012
"Art & Caméra" Premiação, Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art (INHA, France), por um projeto de filme sobre o diretor de cinema japonês Sadao Yamanaka (1909-1938)2011
Cellules, l'Etna, Paris, France (solo film projection)
2009
America's Game, La Société de Curiosités, Paris, France (solo film projection) 2008
Reliefs, Ateliers Varan, Paris France (solo film projection)Mestrado (Master 2) em Realização de Filme Documentário na Université de Poitiers, CRÉADOC, Pôle Magélis, Angoulême, France
Mestrado (D.E.A.) em Língua e Cultura Japonesa no Institut National des
Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris, France ; com período sanduíche na Tokyo University of Foreign Studies 東京外国語大学, Japan
Bachelarado em História na Université Sorbonne - Paris IV, France
BIO
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro.
Experimental and documentary cinema, installation, calligraphic painting, drawing, visual and experimental poetry configure his set of practices.
Born in France in a family of Spanish and Italian immigrants, he grew up in Lyon and Barcelona, between languages. A decisive factor in his formation, that placed him in a form of permanent existence-translation.
University studies in History (Sorbonne/Paris IV) and Oriental Languages (INALCO, Paris and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) took him to Japan, obtaining a Master's degree in History of Japanese cinema. After completing a second Master's Degree in Documentary Cinema Directing at Créadoc/Ateliers Varan (training program founded by Jean Rouch), he frequented the Parisian experimental cinema scene for years, while continuing with his formal research in directing shorts and medium-length films and with his multilingual poetic writing in French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Japanese.
Resident in Rio de Janeiro since 2021, he continues his artistic work by interrogating the modes of subjectivation of history, the fascist dimension of language and the fabrication of consent to the suffering and destruction of others.
He is a member of the Eiras-Paracambi artistic and historical research group, coordinator of xow.rumi (Capacete support), an independent art and political space in the Glória neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, and a member of the artists' collective at that space.
Experimental and documentary cinema, installation, calligraphic painting, drawing, visual and experimental poetry configure his set of practices.
Born in France in a family of Spanish and Italian immigrants, he grew up in Lyon and Barcelona, between languages. A decisive factor in his formation, that placed him in a form of permanent existence-translation.
University studies in History (Sorbonne/Paris IV) and Oriental Languages (INALCO, Paris and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) took him to Japan, obtaining a Master's degree in History of Japanese cinema. After completing a second Master's Degree in Documentary Cinema Directing at Créadoc/Ateliers Varan (training program founded by Jean Rouch), he frequented the Parisian experimental cinema scene for years, while continuing with his formal research in directing shorts and medium-length films and with his multilingual poetic writing in French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Japanese.
Resident in Rio de Janeiro since 2021, he continues his artistic work by interrogating the modes of subjectivation of history, the fascist dimension of language and the fabrication of consent to the suffering and destruction of others.
He is a member of the Eiras-Paracambi artistic and historical research group, coordinator of xow.rumi (Capacete support), an independent art and political space in the Glória neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, and a member of the artists' collective at that space.
EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
2023
Encruzilhadas Poéticas, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (group)
Glória#2 - encontro de águas barulhentas, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (group)
Glória#1, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (group)
3rd International Colloquium in Contemporary Philosophy and Culture of the Society for Philosophy as Global Conversation, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (group)
Tropigalpão: presente!, Tropigalpão, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (group)
2022
Alumbramento, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (group)
Grupo de pesquisa Eiras-Paracambi / Encontro #1, #2, #3, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (group)
Um dia a gente viveu junto, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (group)
Rebento, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (group)
2021
Fantaisies #1, Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (solo)
Fantaisies #1, La Centrale 22, Paris, France (solo)
Découdre des patrons #3, Pauline Perplexe, Arcueil, France (group)
Rio de ma fenêtre: journal pandémique en quatre temps, Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (solo)
2020
PAN #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 (group, online show)
2019
LEBABEL #6, Librairie portugaise et brésilienne, Paris, France (group)
Home and Journey around the Globe, 2nd International Colloquium in Contemporary Philosophy and Culture of the Society for Philosophy as Global Conversation, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (group)
2018
Union des poètes et des boulangers / Atelier « Pain en chantier », Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (group)
2017
Thérapoètes, Nuit Blanche, Paris, France (group)
2016
Silence Project, l'Etna, Paris, France (solo film projection)
2013
Yamanaka Sadao, l'atérité en face, Festival de l'histoire de l'art, Fontainebleau, France (solo film projection)
2012
"Art & Caméra" Award winning, Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art (INHA, France), for a film project about Japanese Film Director Sadao Yamanaka (1909-1938)
> presentation at Tokyo University (Japan)
2011
Cellules, l'Etna, Paris, France (solo film projection)
2009
America's Game, La Société de Curiosités, Paris, France (solo film projection)
2008
Reliefs, Ateliers Varan, Paris France (solo film projection)
EDUCATION
Master's degree (Master 2) in Documentary Film Direction at Université de Poitiers, CRÉADOC, Pôle Magélis, Angoulême, France
Master's degree (D.E.A.) in Japanese Language and Culture at Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris, France ; with scholarship period at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies 東京外国語大学, Japan
Bachelor's degree in History at Université Sorbonne - Paris IV, France
2023
Encruzilhadas Poéticas, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (group)
Glória#2 - encontro de águas barulhentas, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (group)
Glória#1, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (group)
3rd International Colloquium in Contemporary Philosophy and Culture of the Society for Philosophy as Global Conversation, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (group)
Tropigalpão: presente!, Tropigalpão, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (group)
2022
Alumbramento, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (group)
Grupo de pesquisa Eiras-Paracambi / Encontro #1, #2, #3, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (group)
Um dia a gente viveu junto, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (group)
Rebento, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (group)
2021
Fantaisies #1, Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (solo)
Fantaisies #1, La Centrale 22, Paris, France (solo)
Découdre des patrons #3, Pauline Perplexe, Arcueil, France (group)
Rio de ma fenêtre: journal pandémique en quatre temps, Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (solo)
2020
PAN #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 (group, online show)
2019
LEBABEL #6, Librairie portugaise et brésilienne, Paris, France (group)
Home and Journey around the Globe, 2nd International Colloquium in Contemporary Philosophy and Culture of the Society for Philosophy as Global Conversation, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (group)
2018
Union des poètes et des boulangers / Atelier « Pain en chantier », Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (group)
2017
Thérapoètes, Nuit Blanche, Paris, France (group)
2016
Silence Project, l'Etna, Paris, France (solo film projection)
2013
Yamanaka Sadao, l'atérité en face, Festival de l'histoire de l'art, Fontainebleau, France (solo film projection)
2012
"Art & Caméra" Award winning, Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art (INHA, France), for a film project about Japanese Film Director Sadao Yamanaka (1909-1938)
> presentation at Tokyo University (Japan)
2011
Cellules, l'Etna, Paris, France (solo film projection)
2009
America's Game, La Société de Curiosités, Paris, France (solo film projection)
2008
Reliefs, Ateliers Varan, Paris France (solo film projection)
EDUCATION
Master's degree (Master 2) in Documentary Film Direction at Université de Poitiers, CRÉADOC, Pôle Magélis, Angoulême, France
Master's degree (D.E.A.) in Japanese Language and Culture at Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris, France ; with scholarship period at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies 東京外国語大学, Japan
Bachelor's degree in History at Université Sorbonne - Paris IV, France