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Kassiani Goulakou aka Nanuki is a composer and media artist from Athens, Greece. She holds a BA degree in Art History and Theory from the Athens School of Fine Arts, a BA degree in Classical Piano from the Kodaly Conservatory of Athens and a MA degree in Sound Studies and Sonic Arts from the University of Arts Berlin.

In her practice, she creates sonic and visual worlds inspired by her interdisciplinary background, personal narratives and obscure archives.

Her works have been shown at Haus der Statistik (DE), KW Institute for Contemporary Art (DE), Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt (DE), Modular+ Space (DE), SoundsAbout (DE), gallery Kunstarkaden (DE), gallery Kunstbau Lenbachhaus (DE), GOLD+BETON (DE), Circuits and Currents (GR). 

 

Her music is released by the independent label Ribbontail Berlin.

 

In 2019, she founded together with Fausto Mujica Underpaid Mantis an audiovisual studio focusing on documenting and producing artistic works.

She is currently living and working in Berlin.

Education

2010-2015  Bachelor in Classical Piano, Kodaly Conservatory Athens, Greece

2011-2016    Bachelor in Art History and Theory, Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece

2015-2016   Survival Kit, artistic and educational research program with the support from the DAAD: Partnerships with Greek Institutions of                                 Higher  Education 2014 – 2016, A Cooperation between the Academy of Fine Art Munich (ADBK) and the Athens School of Fine                           Arts (ASFA), Athens

2017-2020  Master in Sound Studies and Sonic Arts, University of Arts Berlin, Germany

Releases

2023   Nanuki - Dromoi / Δρόμοι, EP, featuring LFA and Cievil Momo, released by Ribbontail Berlin

2022   Nanuki feat. LFA - Κέντρο, single and music video, released by Ribbontail Berlin

2021    Cievil Momo feat. Nanuki - Temperance, EP, released by Ribbontail Berlin

2021    Cievil Momo feat. Nanuki - Handsome, single, released by Ribbontail Berlin

2020  Kassiani Goulakou - Murmurs, independent release

2019    Kassiani Goulakou - Achronisms, independent release

Exhibitions

2022  Tang Han - Gingko and other times, part of the BPA exhibition, KW, Berlin

2021   Marios Pavlou – disarmed by three giant rosy pebbles, Gold+Beton, Cologne

2019   Let there be Wifi, group exhibition, SoundsAbout gallery, Berlin

2018   Presence at a Distance, group exhibition, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

2018   A/noesis, group exhibition, Modular+space, Berlin

2015   Reality Through Fiction, group exhibition, Circuits and Currents, Athens

COMPOSITIONS FOR FILM

2023 Christina Themeli - The Stranger Inside Her, shortf film, produced by underpaid mantis.

2022 Tang Han - Gingko and Other Times

Grants

2021    Akademie der Künste, INITIAL Special Grant, As part of NEUSTART KULTUR, a Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the                Media programme

2023   Pop Stipendium, Bundesverband Popularmusik e.V.

SPACES

2018-2020  SoundsAbout, gallery, Berlin, Germany

2015-2017   Circuits and Currents, project space of the Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece

Talks/ events

2019   Transmediale Student Forum, transmediale festival Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

2019   1821 Digital Archive conference, Research Center for the Humanities, National Hellenic Research Center, Athens

Publication

2016  Animal of the State, collective publication, with the support from the DAAD: Partnerships with Greek Institutions of Higher Education 2014 –            2016, A Cooperation between the Academy of Fine Art Munich (ADBK) and the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA), Athens

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