Eruptions: a lecture-performance by Giovanbattista Tusa

Giovanbattista Tusa (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

Philosopher Giovanbattista Tusa's "Eruptions: a reading-performance" engages in an interrupted dialogue with Alexandre Estrela’s "RedSkyFalls". May 10, 2026 at the Opening of the Public Programme Portuguese Pavilion, 61st International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia.

"Now it is as if an earthly upheaval is linked to the turbulence of time, which is changing. It is as if immemorial depths are rising up to us again, making our time uncertain and perturbed. These upheavals make it impossible today to separate the technical from the cosmic, the terrestrial from the celestial. It is also becoming impossible at this time to distinguish the personal from the common, our time from that of others." From: Giovanbattista Tusa, Terra Cosmica: Traces of Georealism (Tenement Press, Bristol and London 2024)