Alexandre Estrela

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Wednesday 23 September · until 21 Nov

On the occasion of his piece RedSkyFalls, on display at the Portugal Pavilion in Venice at Biennale 2026, Alexandre Estrela presents at Galeria Zé dos Bois a Réplica in which fruit flies act as sentinels, reacting in real time to nearby and distant seismic activity. The exhibition can be visited Monday to Saturday, 6 pm to 10 pm.

On the occasion of his piece RedSkyFalls, on display at the Portugal Pavilion in Venice at the Biennale 2026, Alexandre Estrela presents a series of Réplicas. These Réplicas are characterised by alerting to high-risk seismic activity in geographically distant locations. For Galeria Zé dos Bois, a Réplica was conceived in which fruit flies, or sentinels, respond in real time to nearby and distant seismic activity through a pre-digital sensitivity. Under close observation, we can recognise in the behaviour of these artificial sentinels the infra-signals of the subterranean disturbances that, from time to time, erupt in this ecosystem. The sentinel flies, enclosed in appropriate logos of Wlademir Dias-Pino, the precursor of the process-poem, wander and react in synchrony with the seismic activity of planet Earth whenever it declares a tremor. Monday to Saturday, 6 pm to 10 pm. Technical sheet: Curated by Ana Baliza and Ricardo Nicolau.