From 22 February to 28 July, Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian presents Ciguatera, a solo exhibition by artist Diana Policarpo at the Project Space, in Lisbon (PT). The exhibition is a co-production between TBA21-Academy, Venice, and CAM, in collaboration with the former Gulbenkian Institute of Science.

In her largest installation to date, artist Diana Policarpo explores multiple media, including audio and film, to create an immersive experience – a sense of being inside the ocean and thinking about it from within.

Ciguatera is a large-scale installation based on a research trip to the Savage Islands. The huge rock-shaped sculptures fill the gallery with voices of the islands and their inhabitants, evoking each person’s place in the stories and mythologies of the archipelago.

The title refers to the poisoning that occurs after eating fish contaminated with ciguatoxins. In this project, the artist draws inspiration from both science and science fiction to create narratives that are both factual and fictional, creating an immersive visual and sound environment.