A Criação

In 1988, Lisbon’s Chiado was ravaged by a fire; now, some of the highest real estate property prices in Portugal are paid for a piece of this Álvaro Siza Vieira-renovated area. Reproduta interdita was one of Pêra’s first (and certainly weirdest) works to deal with the aftermath of this disaster.

What happens when the testimonies of maimed Colonial War veterans meet the visual universe of Marvel comics? Would an alien life form, confronted with the evidence shown here, be able to say what war and peace mean to the members of the race we call human?