I am fascinated by an unexplored space between the formal and informal, the visual image and the written or spoken word, the inevitable tension between one language and an other that can be detected in the challenge of translation. The notion of imitation rather then representation of experience is strongly emphasised which links it to the concept of 'mimesis' which 'presumes a continuum between the actuality of the world and the production of signs about that world'.

However there is a destroyed relationship between the signifier and signified. Through the experimental use of language I open up the possibility for new associations within a recognisable frame.

Speaking Italian and German from childhood made language and its 'cause and effect' an important aspect of existential negotiation with the outer world in which I grew up. It was then that language proved to be an inadequate tool to communicate the subtlety and ambivalence of meaning and I aspired to read between the lines and started to pay increased attention to deferred meaning. It is the threshold of perception where metaphor is placed. In particular I explore 'poetics' in relation to notions of alienation, otherness, transience of identity and personal mythology which I express through both the visual image and text, and as fusion of the visual image and text.

Education
Present Professional Doctorate on 'Phenomenology of Metaphor'
University of East London

1998 - 2000 MA Fine Art
University of East London

1995 - 1998 BA Modern Drama / Visual Arts
Brunel University

Work
Exhibitions Solo and Group Shows in various small venues in London\

Published Poems in Magazines: Ambit, Wolf, Poetry Wales, Poetry London, Salzburg Review and a number of Anthologies. More poems on the on-line magazine www.nthposition.com.