I like to think of my work as theatrical in essence. One or multiple bodies, frozen or in movement, across a space made of words, music and silence. I try to construct an “inverted semantics” where gestures and facial mimic are the key syllables of my dictionary, whereas words embody the hues and shapes of the visual scenery. In my videos, I explore the infinite possibilities through which objects can give birth to new artistic universes, made of unconventional boundaries, rules, codes and definitions. In “Impronte” , hands are the “villain” of the plot: they unveil lost secrets that do not belong to one but to many or perhaps to nobody. Similarly, in “Invecchiare – Ageing”, the aging process takes place through a large lens that creates a dialogue between the subject and the object, gradually distorting the image as space and time do with the body. The lens is the fogged eye that squeezes the world of my perception: the lens identifies also wit the reality itself that gets bigger and bigger until becoming unintelligible. The lens makes me feel helpless, that world set the world away from me and finally moves away.
Teresa Valentina Caiati is a poet, musician and video artist. Born in Bari, Italy, she obtained two graduate degrees in piano and in organ and composition for organ from the “Conservatorio di Musica “N. Piccinni”, in Bari, Italy. Teresa conducted postgraduate studies at the “Schola Cantorum” in Paris (France), and in others prestigious institutions where she studied with an world- acclaimed artists. Her musical compositions have been recorded and adopted as soundtrack for short-movies and artistic performances. In 2014 her original musical scores ranked among the top four finalists at the International Composition competition for piano composers “Premio Bellagio per pianisti compositori”. Her work as musician naturally intermingles with her activity as poet, in a continuous search to convert sound into words and vice versa. In 2019 Teresa published her first poetic collection “Frange di Interferenza” (2019) - Eretica edizioni. Many of her poems are widely published by italian and international blogs, online and press magazines. More recently, Teresa started integrating the visual dimension inside her artistic universe obtaining immediately a prestigious recognition by the Venice Biennale’s sponsored International Contest “Artefici del nostro tempo”, where in 2020 she ranked third in the category visual poetry with the work “Impronte”, audiovisual 1'26”. Following the contest, her work has been exposed at Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, in San Marco’s square in Venice from 18 June to 31 August 2021, and subsequently from 10 September to 31 December 2021 at Forte Marghera, Venice.
Teresa is professor of music at intermediate school in Bari.
SELECTED PUBLISHED WORKS:
Teresa Valentina Caiati - Frange di interferenza - (ereticaedizioni.it)
Teresa Caiati – Inediti – Inverso – Giornale di poesia (poesiainverso.com)
Sconfinati_Spazi.pdf (rivistadiwali.it)
Teresa Valentina Caiati (Italia) - centro cultural tina modotti caracas (cctm.website)
TERESA VALENTINA CAIATI POESIE INEDITE :: Malacoda (webnode.it)
Sguardindiretti: ECCO, ERA INVERNO di Teresa Valentina Caiati
Ellin Selae - indice degli Autori e dei contenuti
Quarantined - Teresa Caiati - La Seppia
Frange di interferenza – Downtobaker
To know more about the artist, view or contact:
Teresa Valentina Caiati
caiatiteresa85@gmail.com
+39 3477344239
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