Marcel Mrejen (FR/DZ) born in 1994 (Paris, FR) is a visual artist and filmmaker exploring the articulation of technology within living and economic metabolisms. The form of his work spans various time-based media — installations, filmmaking, sound, and machine-learning.
Upcoming:
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2024
Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (screening), Winterthur
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2024
Uppsala ISFF (screening), Uppsala
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2024
Festival du film d’Amiens (screening), Amiens
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2024
Cairo International Film Festival (screening), Cairo
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2024
FIC Monterrey (screening), Monterrey
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2024
Reykjavík Film Festival (screening), Reykjavík
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2024
Indie Cork (screening), Cork
Selected exhibitions:
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2024
Some Strings, La Compagnie, Marseille (read more())
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2024
Prospects, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (read more())
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2023
Panorama 25, Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains
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2022
Panorama 24, Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains (read more())
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2022
Dancing with the Trouble, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (read more())
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2021
Refresh: Future Proof, Paimpol (read more())
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2019
GROWTH, Laurel Project Space, Amsterdam (read more())
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2018
Moonshine Mondays, REDO, Pristina (read more())
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2018
Ant Drop Ant, This Art Fair, Amsterdam
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2018
Graduation Show, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
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2018
No Pain, No Gain, Short-Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand
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2017
ISOLA 3000, ISO, Amsterdam
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2017
$wiss Llif3, Studio Laurenz Brunner, Zurich
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2017
Always in Risk, yet never in Danger, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
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2017
Tentaculum (Rietveld Uncut), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
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2017
Self is Plural, Het Finjout Theater, Amsterdam
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2017
Foam Fusion Festival, FOAM, Amsterdam
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2017
Tentaculum (Rietveld Uncut), KunstRAI, Amsterdam
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2016
Dotclope.com (Rietveld Uncut), De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
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2016
R. Stayfunny, fanfare, Amsterdam
Selected screenings:
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2024
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (read more())
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2024
Visions du Réel, Nyon (Jury Prize for Best Short Film) (read more())
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2024
São Paulo International Short Film Festival, São Paulo (API Award) (read more())
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2024
The Mosaic Rooms, London
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2024
Dokufest, Prizren (read more())
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2024
États généraux du film documentaire, Lussas (read more())
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2024
Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
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2024
25 FPS, Zagreb (read more())
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2024
FID Marseille, Marseille (read more())
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2024
Syncro Film Festival, Buenos Aires (read more())
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2024
Rencontres Cinématographiques de Béjaia, Béjaia
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2024
Sign of the Night, Bangkok
Grants & Awards:
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2024
Jury Prize for Best Short Film, Visions du Réel, Nyon
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2024
API Award, São Paulo International Short Film Festival, São Paulo
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2023
Amsterdam Fonds voor de kunst, project grant
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2023
Creative Industries fund NL, Digital Culture Fund
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2022
Mondriaan Fonds, Kunstenaar Start
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2021
Creative Industries fund NL, Talent Development Fund
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2020
Mondriaan Fonds, project grant for Ecologies of the Non-Living
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2020
The Best Dutch Book Design 2020 (Student jury selection)
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2019
Creative Industries fund NL, grant for L’Europe c’est Deutshland quand tu rate laba tu est foutue mon frère, le reste c’est du fouma-fouma
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2018
Creative Industries fund NL, grant for Le Trouble at REDO
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2018
Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst, grant for Le Trouble at ISO
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2017
The Best Dutch Book Design (Student jury selection)
Residencies:
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2023
Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing
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2023
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice
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2019
Overtoon, Brussels
Curatorial:
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2021
Refresh: Future Proof, Paimpol (read more())
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2019
GROWTH, Laurel Project Space, Amsterdam (read more())
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2018
Le Trouble, ISO, Amsterdam (read more())
Publications:
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2021
Deep Scroll, Anne de Vries, Onomatopee, Eindhoven
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2020
Kichta, Témoin, Brussels
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2019
L’Europe c’est Deutshland quand tu rate laba tu est foutue mon frère,
le reste c’est du fouma-fouma, Jungle Books, St. Gallen -
2018
GRAPHIC #38, Seoul
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2018
Diorama, Paris
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2017
*See Also, Amsterdam
Teaching, Workshop, Talks:
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2023
Workshop for 2nd year students, 3IS, Paris
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2022
Relating to Land(scape), Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
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2022
Artist talk and guest-teacher, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
Education:
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2015
BA Arts & Design, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
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2013
BTS Graphic design, ÉSAA Duperré, Paris
