Caterina Davinio Explained

Caterina Davinio
Birth Date:25 November 1957
Birth Place:Foggia, Apulia, Italy
Occupation:poet, writer, new media artist
Movement:Postmodernism, Concrete poetry, Visual poetry, Digital art, Digital poetry, Net.art
Notableworks:Karenina.it, Global Poetry, The First Poetry Shuttle Landing on Second Life

Caterina Davinio (born Maria Caterina Invidia; 25 November 1957, Foggia) is an Italian poet, novelist and new media artist. She is the author of works of digital art, net.art, video art and was the creator of Italian Net-poetry in 1998.

Biography

Born in Foggia, Davinio grew up in Rome since 1961. She studied literature and art history (student of Giulio Carlo Argan) at Rome University La Sapienza, where, in 1981, she received a MA degree in Italian Literature. Davinio began to write poetry when she was fourteen years old.[1] In Rome, she came in contact with the international circuit of experimental poetry and art,[2] resulting in a number of collaborations with renowned artists, critics and poets of the avant-garde.[3] [4] Since 1997, she has been living in Monza and Lecco, working at an international level.

From the early 1990s, Davinio was a pioneer of Italian electronic poetry, in the experimental field among writing, visual art, and new media, using computer, video, digital photography and the Internet. She was the first woman artist who utilized the computer and Internet in literature and poetry in Italy.[5] Author of visual and sound poetry,[6] she also created works using traditional techniques, such as painting and photography.[7] She is author of novels, books of poetry, essays, and has received literary awards and recognition in Italy and abroad.In 1997, she collaborated to netOper@, the first Italian interactive work for the web, by the composer Sergio Maltagliati.[8] She also initiated Net-poetry in Italy, in 1998, with the website and network Karenina.it.[9] [10] The participants included Julien Blaine, Clemente Padin, Philadelpho Menezes, Mirella Bentivoglio, Lamberto Pignotti, Eugenio Miccini, and many other new media artists, critics, and experimental poets.[11] [12]

Her art has been featured in more than three hundred international exhibitions and festivals, among them two editions of the Biennale de Lyon, the Biennale of Sydney (on-line events), the Athens Biennial,[13] E-Poetry (University SUNY Buffalo, NY, and Barcelona),[14] Polyphonix Festival (Barcelona and Paris), seven times in the Venice Biennale and collateral events, where she collaborated also as a curator.[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

She exhibited animated digital poetry works - called "Terminal Videopoems" - in the 1997 Venice Biennale, in VeneziaPoesia, a project directed by the poet and writer Nanni Balestrini.[21] In 1999 she participated, as a poet and a video artist, at the events organized by "Progetto Oreste" at the 48th Venice Biennale,[22] where she also curated a video poetry exhibition.[23]

Davinio's net-poetry participated in the Venice Biennale also in 2001 - Harald Szeemann curator - in the context of Bunker Poetico,[24] [25] [26] which was a collaborative installation - involving 1000 international poets and artists - created by the architect Marco Nereo Rotelli in cooperation with Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici of Venice, Massimo Donà, I Quaderni del Battello Ebbro publisher, Caterina Davinio, Milanocosa cultural association, and others.[27] Davinio engaged in this project renown avant-garde poets and organized a virtual happening on-line called "Parallel Action-Bunker", simultaneous with real readings and performances at Orsogrill delle Artiglierie, a venue of the Venice Biennial.[28] [29]

In 2005, she created the net-poetry work "Virtual Island", a web site and poetry network, in the context of the 51st Venice Biennale.[30] Virtual Island involved 500 international poets, among them: Adunis, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Alda Merini, Fernanda Pivano, and many other established writers.[31]

In 2009, she created the virtual installation The First Poetry Space Shuttle Landing on Second Life and other on-line happenings in the 53rd Venice Biennale Collateral Events, engaging more than 200 poets from around the world, to celebrate the centenary of Italian Futurism.[32] [33] In the same project she curated also the event Network Poetico Net-Poetry Reading in Webcam, a poetry reading in Skype videocall with poets from various continents and countries.[34] In the context of the 2009 Venice Biennale Davinio participated also in the exhibition Détournement Venise 2009.[35]

In 2014, she exhibited her net-poetry installation "Big Splash" in the "Master Section" [36] of the international festival OLE.01, dedicated to electronic literature, in the Doric Room of the Royal Palace of Naples;[37] [38] [39] The festival took place in many institutional spaces of Naples in October 2014 and involved some of the main international pioneers of electronic literature and experts and scholars in that field.[40] [41]

Among the literary critics who have written about Davinio's works of fiction and poetry: Francesco Muzzioli,[42] [43] Dante Maffia,[44] Ivano Mugnaini,[45] David W. Seaman; some of the critics who have been interested in her work of digital poetry and electronic art are: Eugenio Miccini, Lamberto Pignotti,[46] Jorge Luiz Antonio,[47] [48] [49] Christopher Thompson Funkhouser,[50] [51] Marco Maria Gazzano, and others.

Karenina.it

Net-poetry project Karenina it (1998)[52] was the first art-poetry-communication project presented on the web in an Italian context; the website was not a simple cultural on-line journal, but a "space of aggregation", which hosted an ongoing discourse, involving emerging and established experimental artists, critics, and visual poets. The communication aspect was treated as an artistic medium that goes beyond the contents or the quality of the words: borders among art, critic, and communication, in Davinio's own concept, were cancelled. The flow of words and information became art in itself, transcending the necessity to view art in traditional terms of form.[53] The suffix ".it" present in Karenina.it title is a geographic locator for the origin of the website. The value of the site resides within the conceptual framework of the Fluxus art movement."[54] Karenina.it won MAD03 Award (section Net-Zin) in 2003, Madrid.[55]

Other Net.art works

Other Davinio’s net-poetry and net.art performances and events are based on the evolution of the multi-located structure experimented with Parallel Action-Bunker, mentioned before: beyond the simple presence of the performer on stage, performance is considered a collaborative, decentralized, multi-located action; poetry is conceived as "social structure, e-communication, real/virtual interaction", and "e-communication" is assumed as a new material for the artist.[56] [57] Among them:

Exhibitions

Caterina Davinio participated in more than three hundred international art exhibitions in the world, among them: Biennale de Lyon (two editions), Poliphonyx (in Barcelona and in Paris), Liverpool Biennial (Independents, Online Venue), ParmaPoesia, VeneziaPoesia (Nanni Balestrini curator), RomaPoesia, Biennale di arti elettroniche, cinema e televisione of Rome (Marco Maria Gazzano curator), Le tribù dell'Arte, Tribù del video e della performance (Rome, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Achille Bonito Oliva curator),[62] Artmedia VII (University of Salerno, Mario Costa curator),[63] E-Poetry Festival (University of Barcelona, University SUNY Buffalo, NY),[64] Interactiva, New Media Art Biennial, Merida, Mexico, Hong Kong Artists' Biennial, and many others.

Selected publications

Novels

Poetry books

Essays

Other publications

Personal life

Student at the Faculty of Humanities, University La Sapienza of Rome, in 1977, she participated in the Movement of 1977 and in the occupation of the faculty.[65] Davinio lived a turbulent young life marked by heroin addiction and abuse of drugs and alcohol; this experience emerges in many of her literary works, particularly in Il libro dell'oppio 1975 – 1990 (The Book of Opium 1975 – 1990).[66] [67] [68] [69] In 1980 she married the Turkish entrepreneur Levent Muharrem Sergün in Rome, moving to Munich and Istanbul; in 1982 their son Leonardo was born in Rome. After the divorce in 1984, Caterina married Claudio Preziosi in Romein 1986.[70]

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External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.dols.it/2015/03/26/tra-scrittura-lineare-e-digitale-caterina-davinio/
  2. (2007.) "Interview: Caterina Davinio." http://jip.javamuseum.org/?page_id=44 . Accessed August 24, 2015.
  3. Caterina Davinio, Tecno-Poesia e realtà virtuali (Techno-Poetry and Virtual Realities), essay with English translation. Preface by Eugenio Miccini. Collection: Archivio della Poesia del 900, Mantova, Sometti Publisher, 2002, pp. 239-270.
  4. http://xoomer.alice.it/cprezi/electronie-inglese.html
  5. "D'Ars", review directed by Pierre Restany, anno 43, n. 175-176, December 2003, Milano, . p. 98. See pp 89-98.
  6. Web site: Artwaveradio.net - athens' online art radio . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090106191042/http://www.artwaveradio.net/en/Playlists/2007/w0018_aug20-26.html . 2009-01-06 . 2008-11-23. Athens Biennial, 2007. Accessed August 24, 2015
  7. AAVV, Davinio, Roma, Parametro, 1990.
  8. http://www.visualmusic.it/netopera netOper@
  9. http://www.ontherundesign.com/Artists/Caterina_Davinio.html Digital Visions, UBC
  10. http://rccs.usfca.edu/bookinfo.asp?ReviewID=287&BookID=240 RCCS, review by Jorge Luiz Antonio
  11. Caterina Davinio, Tecno-Poesia e realtà virtuali (Techno-Poetry and Virtual Realities), essay with English translation. Preface by Eugenio Miccini. Collection: Archivio della Poesia del 900, Mantova, Sometti, 2002,, pp 86-88.
  12. http://xoomer.virgilio.it/kareninazoom/kareninarivista.html Karenina.it Experimental
  13. http://www.artwaveradio.net/en/Playlists/2007/w0018_aug20-26.html Athen Biennial Artwaveradio
  14. http://epc.buffalo.edu/e-poetry/2011/bios.html E-Poetry 2011
  15. Tecno-Poesia e realtà virtuali, cited essay, pp. 244-247, 251-254.
  16. AAVV, VeneziaPoesia 97, catalogue of the exhibition, Edimedia, Venezia 1997.
  17. Oreste at the Venice Biennale, Charta, Milano 2000. Documentation of the events by Progetto Oreste at the 48th Venice Biennale, 1999.
  18. 49ª Esposizione internazionale d'arte Platea dell'umanità La Biennale di Venezia, Electa 2001. Project: "Bunker Poetico", by Marco Nereo Rotelli.
  19. La Biennale di Venezia, 51ª esposizione internazionale d'arte, Partecipazioni nazionali - Eventi nell'ambito, catalogo Marsilio, . Project: Isola della Poesia, by Marco Nereo Rotelli, Achille Bonito Oliva curator.
  20. 53ª Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte La Biennale di Venezia Fare Mondi Partecipazioni Nazionali Eventi collaterali, p. 254 Project: Mercury House One_Save the Poetry curated by Fondazione Mare Nostrum and Marco N. Rotelli.
  21. AAVV, VeneziaPoesia 97, catalogue of the exhibition, Edimedia, Venezia 1997.
  22. Oreste at the Venice Biennale, Charta, Milano 2000 .
  23. Caterina Davinio, Tecno-Poesia e realtà virtuali, Collection: "Archivio della poesia del 900", Preface by Eugenio Miccini, Sometti, Mantova 2002, a book sponsored and supported by the city of Mantua .
  24. See the catalogue of the 49ª Esposizione internazionale d'arte Platea dell'umanità La Biennale di Venezia, Electa 2001. Project: "Bunker Poetico", by Harald Szeemann and Marco Nereo Rotelli.
  25. Marco Nereo Rotelli, Bunker Poetico. La poesia come opera. Porretta Terme - BO, I Quaderni del Battello Ebbro, 2001, p. 81 and 245-246.
  26. Web site: Parallel Action-Bunker, Davinio's event and web site for Bunker Poetico, 2001 . 2010-10-09 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20060131163428/http://geocities.com/kareninarivista/interventi.html . January 31, 2006 . .
  27. 49ma Esposizione internazionale d'arte Platea dell'umanità La Biennale di Venezia, Electa 2001, p. 395.
  28. Web site: Parallel Action-Bunker, June 7th, 2001, on-line event realized during the Opening of the Bunker Poetico of the 49th Venice Biennale . 2017-04-13 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20040406080657/http://www.geocities.com/kareninarivista/interventi.html . April 6, 2004 . .
  29. Tecno-poesia e realtà virtuali, cited essay, pp. 42-43, 253-254, 290-291.
  30. See the catalogue of La Biennale di Venezia, 51ª esposizione internazionale d'arte, Partecipazioni nazionali - Eventi nell'ambito, catalogo Marsilio, . Project: Isola della Poesia, by Marco Nereo Rotelli, Achille Bonito Oliva Curator
  31. http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cprezi/isola_virtuale.htm Isola Virtuale
  32. In the project: Mercury House One_Save the Poetry by Fondazione Mare Nostrum and Marco N. Rotelli. See the catalogue of the 53rd Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte La Biennale di Venezia Fare Mondi Partecipazioni Nazionali Eventi collaterali, p. 254
  33. Web site: VIRTUAL MERCURY POETRY SHUTTLE LANDS ON SL. First installation of poetry on SL . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725175009/http://www.teknemedia.net/pagine-gialle/artisti/caterina_davinio/dettaglio-mostra/38741.html. Way Back Machine archive: arskey magazine d'arte moderna e contemporanea. 2011-07-25 .
  34. http://www.artxworld.com/recensioni_arte.aspx?opera=545db73f-d4b6-411e-9dc6-e053a50b03dc Review Artxworld
  35. http://www.artxworld.com/recensioni_arte.aspx?opera=619f83cb-c333-4605-8d7c-64f836e1234b Review Artxworld
  36. http://www.olefestival.it/master-section/ OLE.01 Master Section
  37. http://www.diariopartenopeo.it/arriva-ole-01-festival-il-primo-in-italia-dedicato-alla-letteratura-elettronica/ Review in the newspaper "Diario Partenopeo"
  38. http://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2014/09/18/news/napoli_diventa_capitale_della_letteratura_elettronica_col_festival_ole_01-96100435/?refresh_ce Review
  39. http://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2014/10/11/foto/arte_multimediale_a_palazzo_reale-97871413/1/#1 La Repubblica
  40. http://www.olefestival.it/master-section/ OLE.01 Master Section
  41. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epViuhb5FYo See the TV report
  42. http://www.poesia2punto0.com/2012/09/05/tra-immagini-taglienti-una-nota-di-francesco-muzzioli-su-fenomenologie-seriali-di-caterina-davinio/ Poesia2punto0.com September 5 2012
  43. http://www.poesia2punto0.com/2012/08/29/caterina-davinio-color-color/ Poesia2punto0.com August 29 2012
  44. http://www.poesia2punto0.com/2015/01/04/caterina-davinio-fatti-deprecabili-poesie-e-performance-dal-1971-al-1996/ Fatti deprecabili. Poesie e performance dal 1971 al 1996, Poesia2punto0.com, January 4 2015
  45. http://samgha.me/2013/05/21/7250/ Samgha.me May 21 2013, Il sofà sui binari di Caterina Davinio
  46. [Lamberto Pignotti]
  47. http://rccs.usfca.edu/bookinfo.asp?ReviewID=287&BookID=240 RCCS, review
  48. Jorge Luiz Antonio, Poesia digital, livro e dvd, Navegar Editora, Luna Bisonte Prods
  49. Jorge Luiz Antonio, Poesia eletronica, livro e dvd, Veredas & Cenarios,
  50. [Christopher Thompson Funkhouser]
  51. Christopher Thompson Funkhouser, New Directions in Digital Poetry, A&C Black, 19/gen/2012
  52. http://xoomer.virgilio.it/kareninazoom/kareninarivista.html Karenina.it Experimental
  53. "CommunicAction and Perspectives on Modern Web Literary Avant-Garde", by Enrico Gianfranchi, in Digital Visions Festival, Sylvia Borda director, University of British Columbia http://www.ontherundesign.com/Artists/Caterina_Davinio.html.
  54. Enrico Gianfranchi, in Digital Visions Festival, Sylvia Borda director, University British Columbia http://www.ontherundesign.com/Artists/Caterina_Davinio.html.
  55. AAVV, MAD 03, Secondo encuentro de arte experimental de Madrid, October 24 to November 16, 2003, catalogue published by AVAM, Artistas Visuales Asociados de Madrid, with the support of Ministerio de Cultura, Concejalia de las artes del ajuntamiento de Madrid, p. 97 and 102.
  56. http://xoomer.alice.it/cprezi/caterinadav.html#net-poetry
  57. About caterina Davinio's net-poetry and video work see also the book with dvd Virtual Mercury House Planetary and Interplanetary Events, Polìmata Publisher, Roma 2012
  58. Web site: Caterina Davinio / Dettaglio evento. www.teknemedia.net . August 24, 2015 . July 25, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725175009/http://www.teknemedia.net/pagine-gialle/artisti/caterina_davinio/dettaglio-mostra/38741.html . dead .
  59. Web site: Caterina Davinio - Network Poetico. Net-Poetry Reading in Web Cam . www.exibart.com . August 24, 2015.
  60. http://www.diariopartenopeo.it/arriva-ole-01-festival-il-primo-in-italia-dedicato-alla-letteratura-elettronica/ accessed August 24, 2015
  61. Caterina Davinio, Big Splash Network Poetico, Fermenti Publisher, Rome 2015
  62. http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2001/09/11/ultima-frontiera-della-poesia-suoni-web.html La Repubblica September 11, 2001
  63. AAVV, Artmedia VII, a cura di Mario Costa, catalogo, Salerno 1999.
  64. http://epc.buffalo.edu/e-poetry/2011/bios.html E-Poetry 2011
  65. Fatti deprecabili. Poesie e performance dal 1971 al 1996, Serrungarina (PU), published by: ArteMuse divisione di David and Matthaus, 2015.
  66. http://intervistadautore.blogspot.it/2012/07/dodici-domande-caterina-davinio.html
  67. http://ellisse.altervista.org/index.php?/archives/612-Caterina-Davinio-Il-libro-delloppio.html
  68. http://www.ilrecensore.com/wp2/2012/07/il-libro-delloppio/
  69. http://italiadautore.blogspot.com/2012/07/caterina-davinio-il-libro-delloppio.html
  70. https://sites.google.com/site/daviniofattideprecabili/caterina-davinio-negli-anni-settanta-e-ottanta Caterina Davinio in the Seventies and the Eighties