Residency

Giovanbattista Tusa

Philosopher
Giovanbattista Tusa
Giovanbattista Tusa with Slavoj Žižek. Planetary Conversations, 2021
Giovanbattista Tusa, the book Ecocosmismo: Terrae Incognitae da Filosofia (Cultura e Barbarie, Florianopolis 2024)
Giovanbattista Tusa, the book Terra Cosmica: Traces of Georealism (Tenement Press, Bristol and London 2024)
Giovanbattista Tusa, Masterclass at Wased University as Visiting Scholar at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, 2024
Giovanbattista Tusa, "Cosmic Animism". Invited lecture at The Radical Matter Lab, Royal College of Art, 2024

Giovanbattista Tusa is a philosopher affiliated with the Nova Institute of Philosophy (IFILNOVA) in Lisbon, where he has been the coordinator of the X-CENTRIC FUTURES research seminar on philosophy, art, and climate change. He is the director of the Planetary Conversations, and the founder of ECOPRAXIS at the Galeria Zé dos Bois.

His most recent publications include Terra Cosmica: Traces of Georealism (Tenement Press, Bristol and London 2024), Ecocosmismo: Terrae Incognitae da Filosofia (Cultura e Barbarie, Florianopolis 2024), Ciò che rimane del futuro. Il tempo della decostruzione (Mimesis, Milano 2024) and The End, co-authored with Alain Badiou (Polity Press, Cambridge 2019), translated into French, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian.

During his residency at AiR 351, he will work on the manuscript of his latest book on mysticism and elemental philosophy and will design and lead the research-creation program Rethinking Production: Experimental Program of Philosophy for the Arts.

Date
04.2026 – 07.2026
Support
Direção-Geral das Artes