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 […]
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HOME/HOPE is a capsule exhibition centred on notions of belonging, identity and our dreams for the future at the Larnaca Biennale in Cyprus. Curated by Yev Kravt, this exhibition features 30 guest artists, all exploring the intricate theme of “home” from diverse perspectives. Just a single letter differentiates home from hope; but does the notion of home […]
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COMPLETED PROJECT WATER TRACES – Making the Invisible Visible Water Traces – making the invisible visible is now available online on Danae Stratou’s website here. The artist completed the site-responsive land art project Water Traces – making the invisible visible, at The Farm Margaret River in Western Australia. The inauguration of the work took place on the 18th of November […]
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Water Traces – making the invisible visible is a site-responsive land-art work inspired by underground streams and creeks which, like veins coursing under the earth’s skin, flow silently beneath our feet. In a gesture of acknowledgment of people who contemplate the interconnectedness of our planet and its consciousness, the work invites viewers to participate. In a […]
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Danae Stratou, unveils major site-responsive artwork at The Farm Margaret River in Western Australia. The Farm Margaret River presents the opening event for WATER TRACES – making the invisible visible, by 2023 artist in residence, Danae Stratou (Greece) on Saturday 18 November 2023 at 15:00 for an immersive experience that includes an artist-lead talk and […]
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An Installation and performance in collaboration with choreographer Ioanna Parrali – Landscape Dance Company. Technopolis, Athens, Greece. (October 29th- November 2nd 2008). From different points of departure, two Greek authors leave to common destination and deliver the result of their creative cooperation with the form visual art performance. Locating jointly in the operation of breathing, […]
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Lanceurs d’alerte Group Exhibition in La Gaîté Lyrique in Paris, France, 2017. Participation with the Project: It’s Time to Open the Black Boxes! Exhibition Duration: 11th – 29th January 2017 […]
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“Memory Threads” is an audio-visual installation that sought, through an artistic intervention, to bring back to “life” the former Piraiki – Patraiki textile factory. The installation was realised in 2020 in the context of the wider project: Patras, the City of Factories, Rebetiko and Karagiozis. Danae Stratou created a site-specific installation in space Spinning B, […]
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Marking the opening of the Aeschylia Festival, the installation was presented at the Old Oil Mill of Eleusis from June – November 2017. Upon the Earth Under the Clouds is a large-scale site-specific installation conceived for the Old Mill and the city of Eleusis. Using water and soil as its core materials and ceramic pots […]
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The images used in this video were taken by Danae Stratou during her 6 month stay in Istanbul in 2010 for the purpose of realising her project Vital Space (Humanity) – Istanbul. During her stay she regularly flew over the city by helicopter. All the images used in this video were chosen from the aerial […]
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