Kassiani Goulakou
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