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 […]
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 […]
Merimbula was originally presented in the context of Danae Stratou’s solo show titled Burning Issues – Merimbula. Curated by Christoforos Marinos and organised by the City of Athens Culture, Sports and Youth Organisation (OPANDA), the show was hosted at The City of Athens Art Centre, in Parko Eleftherias (Freedom Park), Athens, Greece from 25 May […]
Burning Issues was originally presented in the context of Danae Stratou’s solo show titled Burning Issues – Merimbula. Curated by Christoforos Marinos and organised by the City of Athens Culture, Sports and Youth Organisation (OPANDA), the show was hosted at The City of Athens Art Centre, in Parko Eleftherias (Freedom Park), Athens, Greece from 25 […]
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 […]
A site specific installation by Danae Stratou, realised in one of the old textile factories of PIRAÏKI – PATRAÏKI in Patras, in the context of the wider project: “Patras, the city of factories, Rebetiko and Karagiozis”. This ephemeral installation was realised in an old derelict and hollowed out spinning mill factory within the larger (and […]
Desert Breath is a Land Art project created by D.A.ST. Arteam. The team was founded in 1995 by: Danae Stratou (installation artist & sculptor), Alexandra Stratou (industrial designer & architect), Stella Konstantinidis (architect), for the purpose of creating this project. The project is rooted in our common desire to work in the desert. In our […]
Danae Stratou participated, with the installation Memory Threads, in the international exhibition A Letter to the Future of the EKO 8 triennial, which openned on 21 May 2021. The venue of the exhibition was the former textile factory in Melje, Maribor, Slovenia. Artistic Director: Alessandro Vincentelli. This site-specific installation is based on the first version of the installation Memory Threads which took place […]
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 […]
Upon entering the space, a primal songlike sound attacks the senses. At first it resembles electronic music; or some mysterious voice, like that of whales. It is the sound of icebergs edges, as they move, break, melt or collide against each other. A square, shallow water tank, located centrally in the space, is fully filled. […]