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Italian media artist and architect, lives and works in Amsterdam. Her work involves the creation of sensorial and perceptual mechanisms in immersive and augmented environments. Over the last years she has been specifically interested in a field of research concerning the ‘Body as Interface’. She was artist in residence at V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media (Rotterdam 2004), Rijksakademie (Amsterdam 2004-2005), STEIM and Netherlands Media Art Institute (Amsterdam 2006), [ars]numerica (Montbeliard 2009). Her interactive installations have been exhibited and presented internationally. She received the Excellence Prize at Japan Media Arts Festival (Tokyo, Japan 2008) and the Honorable Mentions at Prix Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria 2007) and VIDA 9.0 (Madrid, Spain 2006). She has been a member of the jury for Prix Ars Electronica, Interactive Art 2008 and Prix Ars Electronica, Hybrid Art 2009.