Exhibitions
29 Jan - 29 Mar 2026
09:00 - 17:00
Estufa Fria de Lisboa

The Garden of Earthly Delights

A site-specific installation in the gardens of Lisbon's Estufa Fria that takes alchemy as a method rather than a belief

Through glass and ceramics, the project works with empirical processes - floating, firing, accumulating, fossilizing - where knowledge is produced through doing and direct observation of matter.

Between vernacular science and hermetic symbolism, the exhibition activates the garden as a living system, proposing a sensory experience of attention, transformation and time.

Author: Giovanni Blandino
Curator: Dela Christin Miessen
Production: Invertebrados

Program

  • Vernissage with Performance, by Giustino Kabiro and the Nave Pirata Soundscapes collective, by Arianna Zini and Arthur Molard (Invertebrados);
    january 29 at 18:00 (free admission);
  • Visit mediated by the Italian Cultural Institute (IT). Reading Ceremony with opening ritual by Gabriele Longega (IT/EN) followed by a talk with the artist and the curator (IT/EN);
    february 22nd at 11:00
  • Finissage with Performance On bird posture, by Giulia Longoni. Soundscapes, by Arianna Zini and Arthur Molard (Invertebrates).
    march 29 at 15:00

Participation

Free entry, subject to the conditions of access to the Lisbon Cold Greenhouse

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