Teoria extraterrestre

For almost 15 years now, the two Portuguese artists João Maria Gusmao + Pedro Paiva have been constructing an imaginative journey through films, photographs, installations, and sculptures that encapsulate philosophical, existential, and conceptual issues.

Produced in conclusion to a series of exhibitions-which began in 2011 with "Alien Theory" at frac île-de-france, and le plateau in Paris, by way of Museo Marino Marini in Florence, and ended with "Papagaio", 2014-15 (premiering at HangarBicocca in Milan then moving on to the Camden Arts Centre in London)-Teoria Extraterrestre is the most complete monograph to date on João Maria Gusmão + Pedro Paiva, condensing nearly four years of work and thought that have been compiled into a film cosmogony by the artists themselves. This book has been published also on the occasion of a seminar organized by Fondazione Donnaregina per le Arti Contemporanee / Museo Madre, Naples.