- 1. ME/YOU, US/THEM
DROOG GALLERY, AMSTERDAM
Twenty international artists explore the notion of ME/YOU, US/THEM on various scales: from national border politics to migratory patterns in nature, from the influence of algorithms on our online behaviour to physical interactions between individuals. By valuing and embracing diversity, societies can unlock their potential for innovation, creativity, and social progress. Ultimately, it all starts with our willingness, or unwillingness, to live together in a world full of contradictions. The inauguration will take place on Friday 12 April, the exhibition ME/YOU, US/THEM, curated by Renny Ramakers and Yev Kravt will open @droog, Staalstraat 7B, Amsterdam.
Participation with the project: CUT – 7 DIVIDING LINES
Danae Stratou, participates with the work Cut – 7 dividing lines. A mixed-media photographic installation, the work comprises seven pairs of photographs printed on large transparencies set opposite each other in order to create a visual pathway, as well as a soundscape and text. The artist traveled in seven fault lines around the world capturing on photographic stills the two sides of each division. The trips were realized in the year of 2006 at the following places: Cyprus: Green Line, Kosovo: North- South Mitrovica, Northern Ireland: Belfast, Ethiopia- Eritrea: Badme, West Bank- Palestine: Wall, Indian – Pakistani Administered Kashmir: Line of Control, Mexico- US : Border Fence.
Exhibition Opening:
Date: Friday, 12th April 2024
Time: 17:00 – 20:00 hrs
Speech: 18:00 hrs by Stine Jensen
Venue: Droog, Staalstraat 7B, Amsterdam
Artist’s Talks:
Artist’s talks will take place in the context of the exhibitions’ theme ME/YOU, US/THEM on Saturday, April 13th @droog from 16:00 – 18:00
Presenting Artists: Desire Dolron, Theo Deutinger, Ariane Loze, Danae Stratou, Basel Zaraa
- 2. LECTURE: TRACINGS by Danae Stratou
On March 11th, 2024, in the context of the series of lectures: Art, Urbanisation & History, Danae Stratou presented her work at the Library Amphitheatre of the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA) under the title Tracings. The presentation included the site-responsive works: Desert Breath, Upon the Earth Under the Clouds, and Memory Threads leading to her latest land art project Water Traces – making the invisible visible, completed in the context of her two-month residency at The Farm Margaret River in Western Australia (20th September – 20th November, 2023).
