A suspended moment before the “sacred”.
An awakening toward an elsewhere, born of a trance that Jésus Baptista experienced through the use of psychedelic substances. During a storm, a flash of lightning struck him like an electric discharge coursing through his body — pulling him out of the cosmos while reconnecting him to the Earth.
8.33, Perception of the Invisible unfolds as a spatial mesh that reveals the presence of cosmic particles in our environment.
Often referred to as “God particles”, these become, for Baptista, a metaphor for humanity: endlessly seeking interaction in its vanity, without necessarily leaving an indelible trace. Faced with what was once invisible and now rendered visible, we encounter an unseen reality that tangibly interacts with our world.
A programme organised by the French Embassy in Portugal and the Institut Français, with the support of patrons Claude & Sofia Marion Foundation, JC Decaux, BNP Paribas, Mexto and WAAU
Jésus Baptista is a Franco-Portuguese visual artist and filmmaker whose work explores the interplay of light, space, and immersive experience. A graduate of the Haute École des Arts du Rhin and Le Fresnoy (2022–2024), he creates installations that merge video, sound, and light, treating them as sculptural materials. Rooted in both cinema and installation, his practice spans from intimate documentaries such as Treze de Maio (2023) to large-scale works like 8.33, Perception of the Invisible (2024). Drawing inspiration from encounters with the Arctic, storms, and lightning, his work engages with memory, transcendence, and the unseen forces that shape our perception of reality. Baptista’s installations have been presented internationally at Nuit Blanche Paris, Constellations Festival in Metz, House of Electronic Arts Basel, Société des Arts Technologiques in Montreal, Athens Digital Arts Festival, and the Fête des Lumières in Lyon, among others. Since 2025, he has been an artist-in-residence at the Villa des Arts in Paris.