Smoke hat, 2022
Stereo sound transferred to LP, 5’56’', turntable, speakers and stick rocket launched at the opening and closing of the biennial
Courtesy of the artists

This work will be activated hourly from 10:30 am onwards or upon request at reception

Musa paradisiaca is an artistic project by Eduardo Guerra (Lisbon, 1986) and Miguel Ferrão (Lisbon, 1986). Founded in 2010, with the presentation of a set of podcasts at www.musaparadisiaca.net, Musa paradisiaca’s practice has been pluralized since. Within either discursive, participatory or in exhibition contexts, Musa paradisiaca can be seen to produce sculptures, films, drawings and performative actions, among others. While gathering different entities, practitioners, experts or references, be they collective or individual, Musa paradisiaca establishes an affinity of thinking that shares and reveals many voices.

Recent solo exhibitions include “New People”, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon; “An animal with a backpack”, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon; “The I of the Beeholder”, Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon (2020); “Cavazaque Piu Piu”, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Porto (2019); “Curveball Memory”, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto (2018); “Man with really soft hands”, Galeria Murias Centeno, Lisbon (2017), and Frieze, London (2017); “Masters of Velocity”, Dan Gunn Gallery, Berlin (2016); “Alma-bluco”, Crac Alsace, Altkirch (2015); “Machines’ audition”, Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon (2014); “Flowers’ audition”, 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon (2014).

Their work has been presented in different contexts, including Frac des Pays de la Loire, Nantes (2022); CAC Torres Vedras (2022); Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, Paris (2002); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2019); MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon (2018); Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2017); BoCA – Biennial of Contemporary Arts, Lisbon (2017); Vdrome, online (2017); ISELP, Brussels (2017); Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (2017 and 2013); José de Guimarães International Art Centre, Guimarães (2016); Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto (2016 and 2015); Videoex Film Festival, Zurique (2015); Malmö Art Academy – Moderna Museet, Malmö (2015); Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard, Paris (2015); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2013); Cinemateca Portuguesa, Lisbon (2013).

Musa paradisiaca is represented by Dan Gunn Gallery, London and Galeria Quadrado Azul, Porto / Lisboa.