
LOCARNO 2026. INTERVIEW WITH EDGAR PÊRA: “WE DO NOT WANT TO PRODUCE ANOTHER ALGORITHM OF ART”
by Martin Kudlác
Portuguese underground filmmaker Edgar Pêra presented his latest work, Asphalt Guerrilla, at the 79th Locarno Film Festival. A regular presence at the Swiss festival, Pêra returned after showcasing Telepathic Letters there in 2024. While that film stages a fictional dialogue between Fernando Pessoa and H. P. Lovecraft through generative AI, Asphalt Guerrilla resists such a straightforward description.








