Internationally renowned Greek artist, Danae Stratou, unveils major site-responsive artwork at The Farm Margaret River.
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 walk from 15:30.
Developed over the course of an eight week residency at The Farm Margaret River, WATER TRACES making the invisible visible explores the hidden water streams that run beneath the 80 acre property, merging into rivers above and below the earth and flowing out to sea. Using digital maps and an audio guide of field recordings, Stratou invites the public to walk these creeklines and discern the previously indiscernible.
Danae Stratou
Danae Stratou was born in Athens, Greece. She studied Fine Arts and specialised in sculpture and installation at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London (1983–1988). She taught as Adjunct Professor at the Post-Graduate Programme of the Athens School of Fine Arts (2007–2013). Her work consists of large-scale site-specific art installations and audio-visual environments. She uses a variety of media, ranging from digital and audio technology, video, photography to metal and natural materials and elements. Stratou uses a minimal, geometric visual language and engages in contemporary issues such as the climate crisis, migration, life in contemporary cities, population growth, our relation to the environment, as well as political and social tensions worldwide. From 1997 on, she has been featured regularly in major solo and group exhibitions internationally.
Projects (selection): Desert Breath (1997), one of the largest land art installations worldwide, located in the Sahara Desert; The River of Life (2004), a video installation that captures the ebb and flow of the world’s seven largest rivers; Cut – 7 Dividing Lines (2007), a photographic installation that investigates the connections between politically or religiously divided parts of the world; Upon the Earth Under the Clouds (2017), her largest site-specific installation in Greece, conceived for the Old Mill and the ancient city of Eleusis. She has exhibited widely, including at the 48th Biennale Arte (Venice 1999); the 1st Valencia Biennial (Spain 2001); La Verriere, Fondation d’entreprise Hermès (solo show, Belgium, 2010); Istanbul Culture Capital of Europe 2010 (Turkey 2010), Adelaide International Festival 2012: Restless (Australia 2012); and at Ιcastica international art festival in Arezzo (Italy 2015).
Website: danaestratou.com
The Farm Margaret River
The Farm Margaret River is a working rural property and home to artist studios dedicated to exploring our connection to land through art.
The Farm comprises several studios and a workshop, providing access to both agricultural farming land and natural bushlands. The property sits atop rich, mineral-dense soils and is home to diverse flora and fauna. The Farm is situated on the ancestral Country of the Wardandi people, a cultural group of the Noongar nation who have lived on and from the land, the rivers that run through it and the ocean it meets in harmony for tens of thousands of years.
Every year, local, national and international artists and collaborators are invited to The Farm’s ever-changing, ancient piece of land to create site-specific artwork informed by this unique place. Their contributions form part of an ongoing collective inquiry.
Opening Event
Exhibition Opening will take place on Saturday 18 November, 15:00-19:00 at 343 Burnside Rd, Margaret River. Dress accordingly and bring mobile devices and headphones.
Exhibition Duration: Sunday 19 November – Sunday 17 December, by appointment only. Appointments can be made via email to hello@thefarmmargaretriver.
Free admission.
Images & Enquiries
Promotional images and event invitation here.
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