Caterina De Nicola is a visual artist and musician born in 1991 (Ortona, Italy) and based in Zurich.
After a BFA at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, she moved to Berlin to carry out a research project. Her work involves fiction, writing, sound and object investigation. She seeks to shape formal and discursive patterns by developing an analysis of symbols and motifs, as well as their circulation in a larger cultural system.
In her practice a post-postmodernist skepticism becomes a recurring mechanism through which generic images-symbols allow us to feel part of a common and undifferentiated social environment. De Nicola's noise music draws inspiration from diverse sub-genres, and it is characterised by fast and violent staccato rhythms, that push the boundaries of «no-fi aesthetics» to their extreme. Embracing the term «no-fi» as a deliberate lack of fidelity, her approach transcends the conventional perception of noise, creating a space where elements considered wrong become choices. Rejecting conventional professionalism, she fosters a place for sonic abstraction and tangible, physically noisy experiences, allowing individuals to engage with the space on their own terms.
Caterina De Nicola lives and works in Zurich.

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Caterina De Nicola is a visual artist and musician born in 1991 (Ortona, Italy) and based in Zurich.
After a BFA at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, she moved to Berlin to carry out a research project. Her work involves fiction, writing, sound and object investigation. She seeks to shape formal and discursive patterns by developing an analysis of symbols and motifs, as well as their circulation in a larger cultural system.
In her practice a post-postmodernist skepticism becomes a recurring mechanism through which generic images-symbols allow us to feel part of a common and undifferentiated social environment. De Nicola's noise music draws inspiration from diverse sub-genres, and it is characterised by fast and violent staccato rhythms, that push the boundaries of «no-fi aesthetics» to their extreme. Embracing the term «no-fi» as a deliberate lack of fidelity, her approach transcends the conventional perception of noise, creating a space where elements considered wrong...

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