Eden’s Red House

Catharenthus roseus 2020 by Antoine Renard

Screened from August 18 to September 18, 2025

Presentation

Catharanthus roseus, commonly known as bright eyes, Cape periwinkle, graveyard plant or rose periwinkle, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native and endemic to Madagascar, but is grown elsewhere as an ornamental and medicinal plant, and now has a pantropical distribution. It is a source of the drugs vincristine and vinblastine, used to treat cancer. I filmed this plant in the outskirts of Tarapoto, in the upper Peruvian Amazon, growing wild in one of the city's neighbourhoods, the background soundtrack is the sound of local life behind the plant. The slow motion of both sound and images enhance the dramatic and hypnotic aspect of the plant, changing it's vegetative nature into a truly active main character.

Biography

Essentially sculptural, the work of Antoine Renard is developed around issues related to the body, memory, intoxication and care. Based on research related to his cultural heritage, he explores the spheres of the digital and the olfactory in order to observe the physical and spiritual consequences of the sensorial hold. He investigates plants and perfumes, focusing on their implication in the psychic, memorial and identital construction of individuals. He is particularly interested in youth, its psychological state and its body in hybridization, as well as in societal evolutions linked to the current technological, ecological and spiritual crises.

Cinema

Num	Film	Date	Lenght	Period	Type
001	Just a good crash by David De Beyter David De Beyter	2016	6 min	08.18. — 09.18.25	Documentary • Art
002	Auto-Sculpture I by David De Beyter David De Beyter	2015	5 min	08.18. — 09.18.25	Documentary • Art
003	Auto-Sculpture II by David de Beyter David de Beyter	2017	3 min	08.18. — 09.18.25	Documentary • Art
004	Auto-Sculpture III by David de Beyter David de Beyter	2017	13 min	08.18. — 09.18.25	Documentary • Art
005	A Greatest Possible Distance by Fred Cave Fred Cave	2015	4 min (Loop)	08.18. — 09.18.25	Experimental • 3D
006	Love: A simulation of the revelation of Simone Weil by Joe Cave Joe Cave	2023	6 min (Loop)	08.18. — 09.18.25	Experimental • AI
007	Thug Roi, Extraordinary Rendezvous with My Brother by Pierre Gaignard Pierre Gaignard	2016	48 min	08.18. — 09.18.25	Fiction • Musical
008	Fingertips by Olivier Jonvaux Olivier Jonvaux	2024	06 min	08.18. — 09.18.25	Experimental • Musical • 3D
009	Pirovano by Olivier Jonvaux Olivier Jonvaux	2020	15 min	08.18. — 09.18.25	Experimental • 3D
010	Illusion by Antoine Renard Antoine Renard	2025	9 min	08.18. — 09.18.25	AI
011	Catharenthus roseus 2020 by Antoine Renard Antoine Renard	2020-	4 min	08.18. — 09.18.25	Experimental • AI
012	Crypto-pharmakopoeia by Antoine Renard Antoine Renard	2020	10 min	08.18. — 09.18.25	Experimental • AI
013	Untitled Performance by Céleste Rogosin Céleste Rogosin	2021	10 min	08.18. — 09.18.25	Performance
014	The Edge of Eternity by Céleste Rogosin Céleste Rogosin	2025	12 min	08.18. — 09.18.25	Experimental • 3D
015	corporating/discorporating by Anhar Salem, Shakeeb Abu Hamdan Anhar Salem, Shakeeb Abu Hamdan	2025	6 min	08.18. — 09.18.25	Experimental • AI
016	Love & Revenge by Anhar Salem Anhar Salem	2022	31 min	08.18. — 09.18.25	Docu-Fiction
017	Grafted-Memory-System (extract I) by Ugo Schiavi Ugo Schiavi	2022	6 min	08.18. — 09.18.25	Archeology • 3D
018	Grafted-Memory-System (extract II) by Ugo Schiavi Ugo Schiavi	2022	8 min	08.18. — 09.18.25	Archeology • 3D
019	One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean by Yuyan Wang Yuyan Wang	2022	11 min	08.18. — 09.18.25	Experimental • Musical