Represented Artist
Silvestre Pestana
Born in 1949 (Funchal, Portugal). Lives and works in Porto, Portugal.
Born in 1949 (Funchal, Portugal). Lives and works in Porto, Portugal.
Bio
Photo credits: Dinis Santos
Silvestre Pestana’s work is imposed by the radical nature of the interventions that, since the first moment, rest on an intentional hybridity resulting in the game and permutation between linguistic and not linguistic signs.
The contamination that, in the 60’s and 70’s, derives from the use of different graphic material, will find, in the 80’s, support in the use of video and computer media. At this level, it can be said that his poetry for computer programming opened new routes to experimental poetry. Frequently mixing, intentionally, issues related to materiality and mediation, in his work procedures based on digital systems appear mixed with the analog character representation. His recent work, in the context of performance, in real or virtual spaces as Second Life, are essential to assess how the experimentalist practices interfere with the social practices in which they articulate.
Artworks
Exhibitions
News
Galeria Municipal do Porto with exhibitions by Silvestre Pestana and Mauro Cerqueira
Silvestre Pestana – Um Artista de Contraciclos
Lúcido Devaneio at Galeria Municipal do Porto
Joga o Jogo: Largada… Em torno da Coleção da CGD