Anna Utopia Giordano — Artist, Poet & Performer

Biography

Anna Utopia Giordano is an Italian contemporary multidisciplinary post-digital and new media artist working across poetry, generative AI, digital art, performance, video and new media. Her practice explores the intersections between technology, language, sound and visual culture, informed by her background in philosophy and her practice of visual philosophy.

She earned a degree with honors in Philosophy from the Università Statale di Milano, with a thesis on Network Science. She previously attended a scientific high school in Milan, graduating with top marks. Her philosophical background encompasses epistemology, logic and gnoseology.

Alongside her artistic practice, she has worked as a graphic and web designer and developed a career as a freelance creative director, collaborating with private clients and agencies. Her multidisciplinary practice brings together conceptual research, visual experimentation, language, sound and digital technologies.

Post-digital and new media artistic practice

She currently collaborates with the episodic editorial project Wails Papers , curating Poiesis, a visual column where she publishes her AI-assisted and digitally post-produced artworks.

Her AI-assisted digital illustration ZER0 , conceived for the homonymous musical composition by Leonardo Barilaro, was launched towards the International Space Station on March 15, 2023 (00:30 UTC) with Maleth III , a biomedical research coordinated by Prof. Joseph Borg at University of Malta (in collaboration with MCAST and MG2i - MCAST Gateway to Industry), aboard the SpaceX CRS-27 mission ( NASA and SpaceX ), part of the NASA's Commercial Resupply Service program. The illustration and the musical composition were presented during a live stream from the ISS on April 11. Subsequently, the SpaceX CRS-27 mission safely completed its journey, returning to Earth on April 16, 2023.

Utopia conceived the series ἐκγραφῆς (2022), blending her poetry with artificial intelligence and digital post-production. This collection was showcased during the seventh edition of Fuori Visioni Contemporary Art Festival (15-17 November 2022, Piacenza).

Poetry, sound and video

In March 2021, she released her first spoken-word poetry album titled Fogli d'ombra , followed by the music video Entelechia (o sul senso del dovere) at the end of July 2021. Entelechia earned a place in the official selections of numerous national and international festivals, including the Venice Film Week (Italy, 2022, where it was awarded Best Music Video), Magmart, OttobreInPoesia, Bologna In Lettere (mentioned in its video poetry section). The video was also featured at the ADAF Athens Digital Art Festival (Greece, 2021), the 10th International Video Poetry Festival (Greece, 2022), The Wrong Biennale N.5 - Essence / Absence Pavillon #10 - Second Wave (NewArt City), the Interface Video Art Festival (Croatia, 2021), and the Brussels Independent Film Festival (Belgium, 2022), among others.

Digital art

Earlier in her career, Utopia conceived a series of digital art collections, including My Social Generation , Venus , PopBottles and #BornToBeVirtual . These art series have garnered global recognition, having been featured in prominent newspapers, school textbooks, and across hundreds of websites and blogs. Furthermore, these collections have been featured prominently in solo and group exhibitions worldwide, including renowned institutions such as Museum Het Valkhof (Nijmegen - Netherlands), MAC3 Museum (Caserta), Museo Irpino (Avellino), FraC Museum (Salerno), among others.

Writing and performance

Utopia's poetic style finds expression in the Rapsodie , a collection of hermetic and cryptic poems distinguished by their use of technical, scientific, and philosophical language. The Rapsodie have earned their place in anthologies, magazines, e-zines, and cultural blogs (including Il Cucchiaio nell'orecchio, Le reti di Dedalus, Atti Impuri, Mirkal, Catrame, Undu Palermo, Elllin Selae). Her poetic creations were also presented as part of the Thanateros exhibition, a collaborative project alongside Luca Catellani and Andrea Ropes.

In 2011, she published her poetry collection "WYSIWIG" (What You See Is What I Got) , and then the 2012 e-book "Fotogrammi- Ideas Depiction" (Ed. Siska), in collaboration with Enrico Santus Aversano. Utopia curates a variety of performances, merging the realms of theater, literature, and rhapsodomancy. She oversees all stages, from conceptualization to execution, ensuring a harmonious synthesis of creative elements. These performances have been showcased in concerts, exhibitions, and cultural events.

Other projects

Additionally, Utopia has brought to life the projects Land in Eden (2012), in support and in collaboration with Edenlandia (Naples), and Animă (2019) to promote the Fontanelle Cemetery in Naples (with the support of the Assessorato alla Cultura e al Turismo, Ufficio Cinema - Comune di Napoli and the Film Commission Regione Campania). Utopia also starred in short films, music and educational videos. When working as a photomodel, she often personally takes care of makeup, hair styling, concept and production design. Beyond her creative pursuits, she has been the mentor of Naked Truths Project (2013) conceived by the American choreographer Bianca S. Mendoza.

Editorial and curatorial work

She is the creative director and founder of the aperiodic e-zine Glimpse (currently paused). In February 2020, Utopia launched the digital art gallery Morphrame , which is part of the broader White Page Gallery Network .