segment of my family tree, made by my grandmother (Polixenia Zografi-Djamo); I photographed it in 2011
I am a researcher, artist, filmmaker, passionate hiker and a decent chef.
I have exhibited/presented in: Louvre Museum (Paris), BOZAR - Palais des Beaux-Arts (Brussels), Volkskundemuseum Wien (Vienna), Arsenale di Venezia (Venice), Belgrade Museum of Contemporary Art (Belgrade), Kunstforum Wien (Vienna), Museum of Moscow (Moscow), OXO Tower Wharf (London), Mori Art Museum (Tokyo), Asia Culture Center and Asia Culture Institute (Gwangju), The History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo), Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten (Marl), MOCAK - Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (Krakow), MNAC - Bucharest Museum of Contemporary Art (Bucharest), etc.
I want to thank: the European Union, the European Parliament, the Joint Research Center of the European Commission (Ispra, Italy), Conseil de l'Europe (Strasbourg), Institut Français, The Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR), Goethe-Institut, Kulturstiftung des Bundes, KulturKontakt Austria & The Austrian Chancellery, Le Shadok: Fabrique du Numérique & Ville de Strasbourg, The Federal Ministry of Education, the Arts and Culture of Austria, ARCUS Project, The Ibaraki Prefectural Government & The Agency for Cultural Affairs of the Government of Japan (Moriya, Mito and Tokyo), Stadt Dortmund Kulturbetriebe, Université Laval (Quebec), Het Entrepot (Bruges), Digital Arts Studios Belfast and Arts Council Northern Ireland, Pekarna Magdalenske Mreže (Maribor), The Federal Government of Styria, The French Ministry of Culture and Communication, OMI International Arts Center (New York), Schloss Plüschow - Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus (Plüschow, Germany), Wei-Ling Gallery & WOLO Bukit Bintang Hotel (Kuala Lumpur), Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Kulturamt der Stadt Köln & RheinEnergieStiftung/Kultur, The Romanian Embassy in Paris, The Romanian Embassy in Tokyo, Ville de Paris and so many other institutions that I have missed
“The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.” (Glenn Gould)
"Mostly, life is a perpetual déjà vu, with everything coming your way in a repetitive manner. You can foresee what is about to happen and what you will be told by the people you know. You stop noticing when the days pass. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday... There are very few the days that offer you something that you really need. Now - do you need this balance?... And have this control over what is about to happen? Fuck no. The only days that count as lived are the ones that brought you the unpredictable. Even the bad things that came unexpectedly in your life... They took you away from your routine. You were challenged. Summed together, maybe you will have 1000 days like this in your lifetime. I would prefer to live 1000 days than to have to sit in this fucking office 9 hours/day. But I have a fucking rent to pay and two kids to raise! Motherfucker..." - This is an excerpt from a conversation that I heard in Cișmigiu park, Bucharest, on January 23rd, 2013 - a 40 year old woman on a bench with her husband/boyfriend. This conversation influenced my life dramatically from that point onward.
mail: dndjamo [at-sign] yahoo [dot] com
I am a researcher, artist, filmmaker, passionate hiker and a decent chef.
I have exhibited/presented in: Louvre Museum (Paris), BOZAR - Palais des Beaux-Arts (Brussels), Volkskundemuseum Wien (Vienna), Arsenale di Venezia (Venice), Belgrade Museum of Contemporary Art (Belgrade), Kunstforum Wien (Vienna), Museum of Moscow (Moscow), OXO Tower Wharf (London), Mori Art Museum (Tokyo), Asia Culture Center and Asia Culture Institute (Gwangju), The History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo), Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten (Marl), MOCAK - Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (Krakow), MNAC - Bucharest Museum of Contemporary Art (Bucharest), etc.
I want to thank: the European Union, the European Parliament, the Joint Research Center of the European Commission (Ispra, Italy), Conseil de l'Europe (Strasbourg), Institut Français, The Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR), Goethe-Institut, Kulturstiftung des Bundes, KulturKontakt Austria & The Austrian Chancellery, Le Shadok: Fabrique du Numérique & Ville de Strasbourg, The Federal Ministry of Education, the Arts and Culture of Austria, ARCUS Project, The Ibaraki Prefectural Government & The Agency for Cultural Affairs of the Government of Japan (Moriya, Mito and Tokyo), Stadt Dortmund Kulturbetriebe, Université Laval (Quebec), Het Entrepot (Bruges), Digital Arts Studios Belfast and Arts Council Northern Ireland, Pekarna Magdalenske Mreže (Maribor), The Federal Government of Styria, The French Ministry of Culture and Communication, OMI International Arts Center (New York), Schloss Plüschow - Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus (Plüschow, Germany), Wei-Ling Gallery & WOLO Bukit Bintang Hotel (Kuala Lumpur), Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Kulturamt der Stadt Köln & RheinEnergieStiftung/Kultur, The Romanian Embassy in Paris, The Romanian Embassy in Tokyo, Ville de Paris and so many other institutions that I have missed
“The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.” (Glenn Gould)
"Mostly, life is a perpetual déjà vu, with everything coming your way in a repetitive manner. You can foresee what is about to happen and what you will be told by the people you know. You stop noticing when the days pass. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday... There are very few the days that offer you something that you really need. Now - do you need this balance?... And have this control over what is about to happen? Fuck no. The only days that count as lived are the ones that brought you the unpredictable. Even the bad things that came unexpectedly in your life... They took you away from your routine. You were challenged. Summed together, maybe you will have 1000 days like this in your lifetime. I would prefer to live 1000 days than to have to sit in this fucking office 9 hours/day. But I have a fucking rent to pay and two kids to raise! Motherfucker..." - This is an excerpt from a conversation that I heard in Cișmigiu park, Bucharest, on January 23rd, 2013 - a 40 year old woman on a bench with her husband/boyfriend. This conversation influenced my life dramatically from that point onward.
mail: dndjamo [at-sign] yahoo [dot] com