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visions of prosperity ~ segundas na z

— Henrique Loja with Tiago Biscaia

Mon29.06.2610:00PM
Galeria Zé dos Bois


'visions of prosperity' by Henrique Loja
'visions of prosperity' by Henrique Loja
'visions of prosperity' by Henrique Loja

visions of prosperity (2020–2026) is a film by Henrique Loja that interweaves images of forest fires with footage of tourist parties off the Algarve coast. Drawing on the artist’s experience during the Monchique fires, when ash from the blazes fell on participants of a booze cruise, the film establishes a connection between hedonism, mass tourism, and ecological collapse.
Through a fragmented and violent montage, visions of prosperity brings together festive rituals, extreme landscapes, and images of destruction, prompting a reflection on self-destruction, non-reproduction, and extinction.
Originally presented without a soundtrack, a new version of the film features musician and designer Tiago Biscaia, who was invited to develop a live sound performance to accompany the screening, further exploring the connections between euphoria, violence, and collapse present in the work.

Henrique Loja

Henrique Loja (b. 1992, Lagos) is a visual artist and curator based in Lisbon. He graduated with a degree in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Lisbon and completed a Master’s degree in Contemporary Artistic Practices, the Work.Master programme at HEAD Genève, in Geneva. In 2020, together with Sofia Montanha, he founded Supermala, a curatorial platform and space for experimentation that combines artistic practices with exhibition and editorial formats.
His work has been presented in various exhibition contexts, including ‘wall work’, Cosmos.CAC, Lisbon (2026); ‘Âmbar’, Galeria Mais Silva, Porto (2025); ‘Housewarming’, Monitor Gallery, Lisbon (2023); Open Studios, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2023); NO GLOVO PRO BONO, Spirit Shop, Lisbon (2022); Le protocole, La diode, Clermont-Ferrand (2022); Swiss Art Awards, Messe Basel (2021); Wie zu Hause wo ich nicht bin, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva (2020); Fridges Are Not Frigid, Archivio Conz (2019); and Exercises in Futurology, Galeria Quadrum, Lisbon (2016). He was awarded the Kiefer Hablitzel Stiftung prize as part of the Swiss Art Awards (2021) and was a finalist for the NOVO BANCO Revelação Prize / Serralves Foundation (2017). He has also received several grants, including support from Culture Moves Europe (2023) and the Bourses Déliées from the Fonds Cantonal d’Art Contemporain de Genève (2021).

Tiago Biscaia

Noise and industrial sounds are at the forefront of Tiago Biscaia’s live performances. Using the venue as an extension of his performance, the Lisbon-based artist seeks improvisation and physicality, both presented and absorbed. These ideas take shape in a dissonant form through Biscaia’s processing of feedback, high-pitched drones, bass, harsh noise, and distortion.

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