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| Danica I. J. Knezevic |
Danica I. J. Knezevic is a performance artist who lives on Dharug Country in Western Sydney. She works across endurance performance, video, audiovisual installation and photography. Her practice lead research investigates her autobiographical experiences through psychology, in particular the negotiation between self and other through caregiving. Danica's work and practice also analyse gender, cultural identity and queer theory. She finds meaning by using her body and actions as a metaphor to bridge the gap between the self and the other.
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| Danica I. J. Knezevic, Caregiving: Making Meaning: Art as Acts of Care, 2020, Performance |
Danica has recently completed her PhD at Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney. Her research focuses on her role and experience as a carer, titled: Holding space: The negotiation of Self and Other in Performative Art Practice as a site of Caregiving. In 2013 she completed a Master of Fine Arts at Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney and was the co-recipient of the Dominik Mersch Award. She completed her Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design with Honours at Australian Catholic University, Strathfield, where she was awarded the Arts and Science award for the video installation, Bermuda, 2009. Over the last five years Danica has exhibited at University Technology Sydney, Bus Projects Melbourne, Verge Gallery Sydney, Trocadero Melbourne, Modern Art Projects Blue Mountains, AirSpace Projects Sydney and Articulate Project Space Sydney. She is currently a contemporary art, sessional lecturer at Australian Catholic University at Strathfield and University of Technology, Sydney.
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| Danica I. J. Knezevic, Dissolution Line, 2017, video duration 07:54. https://www.dijk.com.au/Dissolution-Line |
During my Gunyah residency, I will be focusing on two works. The first are some experimental gestural performances that investigate care in relation to my cultural upbringing, specifically Croatian/Slovenian Diasporic experience. and secondly, I will be filming models for care equipment that I have made for a work called "Body says, No".
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| Danica I. J. Knezevic, Maintaining Rhythm, 2019, Video/Performance. https://vimeo.com/356553057 |
