Starting from a reflection on the fast pace of contemporary reality, the attention span deficit, the dwindling depth of communication, and the diminishment of attentive listening, the group exhibition The Sounds of Silence explores the power and multiple facets of silence through works by nineteen contemporary Greek artists, most of which have been created specifically […]
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The Virtuous Spiral installation consists of over a hundred handcrafted ceramic vessels arranged in a spiral formation, evoking the enigmatic Phaistos Disc and serving as a morphological and conceptual analogue. The vessels, designed by the artist and crafted by a community of artisans in Thrapsano, Crete—a place with a long-standing tradition in ceramic art—transcend their utilitarian function […]
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The Virtuous Spiral installation consists of over a hundred handcrafted ceramic vessels arranged in a spiral formation, evoking the enigmatic Phaistos Disc and serving as a morphological and conceptual analogue. The vessels, designed by the artist and crafted by a community of artisans in Thrapsano, Crete—a place with a long-standing tradition in ceramic art—transcend their utilitarian function […]
Announcement of the 2025 G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation Art Prize We are delighted to announce that Danae Stratou is the winner of the 2025 G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation Art Prize with her proposal Virtuous Spiral. This year’s open call invited artists from around the world working in the fields of land art, environmental and […]
This is Danae Stratou’s first solo exhibition in Athens, Greece. The project was a site-specific double installation comprising the works Breathe and Water Section installed at an old warehouse in Athens, near the docks. This is a very interesting, industrial area, which is a natural junction between the city and the sea. Both the installations […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Concentric is a kinetic water installation by Danae Stratou. This is the 1st edition of the work as a permanent installation located at Nirox Sculpture Park. The lake in which it is situated is approximately 100 metres in diameter and about 2 metres in depth at the central point. Concentric utilises a simple, underwater device […]
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