{"id":4154,"date":"2015-10-01T13:46:15","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T17:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=4154"},"modified":"2015-10-01T15:49:33","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T19:49:33","slug":"danai-gkoni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-artists\/danai-gkoni\/","title":{"rendered":"Narrating the Surreal & Dystopic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Spotlight on Collage Artist Trading Card Artist Danai Gkoni<\/h2>\n

Architect and artist Danai Gkoni has been narrating surreal and sometimes dystopic urban stories with her digital collage since 2013. A special focus has been on Athens, whose urban condition has always been a strong inspiration for her. She is deeply interested in the dynamics of space and the built environment, the urban lifestyle and its aesthetics, the pleasure of urbanity as a space of togetherness and isolation at the same time.<\/p>\n

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Danai Gkoni is featured in Collage Artist Trading Cards, Pack 5<\/a>. We asked her some questions about her work.<\/em><\/h2>\n

\"All_is_lost-by-Danai-Gkoni\"KOLAJ: Who are you? How do you describe yourself?<\/strong><\/p>\n

DANAI GKONI: I am Danai Gkoni, an architect and collage artist from Greece. I’m quite temperamental and cynical sometimes, I enjoy creating things and spending time with my people.<\/p>\n

KOLAJ: Can you explain the idea behind Snorkeling (Urban_Crisis_Resort#3)<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

GKONI: This collage was created for the\u00a0group exhibition “Art Resident”, which asked artists to visualize their favourite space.\u00a0For me, it’s a balcony in Athens–there you can have the amazing view of the toxic antenna sea of the Greek metropolis.\u00a0In an ironic mood, I named the piece Snorkeling<\/em>\u00a0(part 3 of my “Urban Crisis Resort” collage series). (top image)<\/p>\n

KOLAJ How do you make this work?<\/strong><\/p>\n

GKONI: I work on my collages digitally, using images I collect on the net or photos I take myself on the street.\u00a0I cut, paste, recolour and distort those images to create something entirely new, that’s what fascinates me about collage.<\/p>\n

KOLAJ: Why did you want to make this work?<\/strong><\/p>\n

GKONI: It just happened gradually, as an architect I was constructing images on the computer and little by little I started working on art concepts.<\/p>\n

KOLAJ: What are you working on these days?<\/strong><\/p>\n

GKONI: Several things: A collage for a love story, a poster for a noise festival, a decorative illustration for a new restaurant, and continuing my personal projects.<\/p>\n

KOLAJ: Where or how can people see more (or purchase) of your work?<\/strong><\/p>\n

GKONI: You can see my work on \u00a0my Tumblr page<\/a>\u00a0and my website<\/a>, where you can find also links to my Society6 and Redbubble stores.\u00a0For purchasing my prints, email me directly [click to email<\/a>] or visit my Crowdy House page<\/a> to find some offers. You can also see more of Gkoni’s work on her Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory page HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PURCHASE<\/a>\u00a0Collage Artist Trading C\"Danai-Gkoni-CATC\"ards, Pack 5.<\/h2>\n

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Image (top):<\/strong>
\nSnorkeling (Urban_Crisis_Resort#3) <\/em>by Danai Gkoni
\n19.69\u2033x19.69\u2033; digital collage; 2014<\/p>\n

Image (bottom):<\/strong>
\nThere_is_No_Longer_Outside#3<\/em>\u00a0by Danai Gkoni
\ninspired by Olafur Eliasson’s “Weather Project”
\ndigital collage; 2015<\/p>\n

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Spotlight on Collage Artist Trading Card Artist Danai Gkoni Architect and artist Danai Gkoni has been narrating surreal and sometimes dystopic urban stories with her digital collage since 2013. A special focus has been on Athens, whose urban condition has…<\/p>\n

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