Alexandre Alagôa (1994) is a portuguese experimental filmmaker and multimedia artist based in Luxembourg.
Alagôa’s film and video work investigates the fundamental mechanical, material, and durational properties of the audiovisual medium, unveiling its physical and kinetic impact on the viewer’s nervous system.
Drawing on conceptual art, the Fluxus movement, Op Art, and the Structural Film tradition, his practice intertwines scientific studies of physiology and psychology with the raw plasticity of moving images, often shattering the senses of vision and hearing into new sensible, obscure realms. By emphasizing the formal elements of film (film grain, flicker effects, the plain surface of the celluloid and the canvas, the use of rhythm and repetition, the manipulation of the still-frame, and camera movement) in a constant dialogue with optical phenomena (after-images, phosphenes, purkinje trees), Alagôa’s films destabilize and reorganize the core mechanics of perception.
Alagôa is graduated in Multimedia Arts (2015), Master in Audiovisuals (2018) and Post-Graduated in Sound Art (2019) from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon. From 2017 to 2018 he works at the Multimedia Art Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon as a Technician and Assistant, supporting the Audiovisual students in the development and presentation of film, video and installations.
Invited lecturer for Cultural and Educational Portuguese Institutions such as Atelier de Lisboa (Alvalade, Lisbon) and CineReactor (S. Sebastião, Lisbon), giving speeches on Experimental Film, mostly focused on the Structural Film approach. Also collaborated as a video and sound technician for portuguese Cultural Associations such as Associação Gandaia (Costa da Caparica, Portugal) and Gerador (Lisbon, Portugal).
Alagôa’s films have been presented in international festivals and exhibitions, such as the Filmmaker's Coop (New York, US, 2024), the Luxembourg Film Festival (Luxembourg, 2023), IndieLisboa (Portugal, 2023), Bogotá Experimental Film Festival (Colombia, 2023 & 2022), Go Short (The Netherlands, 2022), Videoformes (France, 2022), Monstra (Portugal, 2022), Vienna Shorts (Austria, 2022 & 2021), Festival Tous Courts (France, 2023 & 2021), among many others.
