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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

Os Conviventes
15 April – 5 June, 2021
Neurónios
4 May – 11 June, 2019
Andromeda, Neurónio 11111111
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News

14 March – 28 June, 2026
Colapso by Silvestre Pestana and Comissões #1 with Mauro Cerqueira on display until June
16 October – 30 November, 2025
A new cycle of the exhibition from the Serralves Foundation’s collection
12 July – 12 October, 2025
André Sousa and Silvestre Pestana are part of the group exhibition curated by Hiuwai Chu and Raphael Fonseca.
18 September, 2025 – 4 January, 2026
João Penalva and José Pedro Croft are included in this group exhibition happening in Braga, Portugal.
20 April, 2022
Silvestre Pestana’s new film is directed by Uma Certa Falta de Coerência