Caterina Davinio (B. Foggia, IT, 1957). Italian Multimedia artist, writer, poet. Painter and poetry performer in the 80s, in 1990 she was pioneer of Italian digital art and poetry. In 1998 she was the initiator of Italian Net-poetry , a development of net-art related to multi-located events, based on line and in real spaces. Her work has been presented in more then 200 exhibitions in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, Australia, six times in the Venice Biennale and Collateral Events, where she collaborated also as curator. Other international biennials: Biennale of Sidney (Online Venue 2008), Athens Biennial (2007), Liverpool Biennial (Independents 2006 and 2008), Biennales de Lion (1999 and 2007), Biennale de Paris (2004), New Media Art Biennial (Merida, Yucatan/Messico, 2003), and others. Among her publications: Color color (novel, 1998), Techno-Poetry and Virtual Realities (It - Engl., essay, 2002), Serial Phenomenologies (poems collection in the review "Tellus", Sondrio, 2003).
The First Poetry Space Shuttle Landing on Second Life by Caterina Davinio, video, 2010
On the Centenary of Italian Futurism, on the 40. Anniversary of the First Lunar Landing, The First Poetry Space Shuttle Landing on Second Life. Landing of the poets: July 20-21 2009.The poets have form of spheres and colorful prisms which donate a poem file. The guest book of the shuttle "Welcome on Board" contains more then 300 poems by 230 authors from various continents, countries, and planets... Virtual installation in the framework of 53. Venice Biennale - Eventi Collaterali. June 4 - November 22 2009. A video-poetry report by Caterina Davinio with music by Mirko Lalit Egger.
