Two Ways of Reading My Artwork: Place or Composition First?
People tend to read my artwork in two different ways. Some look first for the subject and the place, while others respond more directly to color, rhythm and graphic structure.
About
Resonance
Who Is My Art For?
My work speaks to people who find inspiration in transformations of space and color. Perhaps, like me, they are looking for a balance between stability and evolution, calm and excitement.
They may seek the energy of nature to ground themselves, or feel drawn to a colorful society in which different ways of living and diverse minds can coexist and evolve together.
The works range from contemplative and poetic — art for calmer minds — to geometric and bold — art for evolving minds. This interplay also finds a parallel in my electronic music.
Technique
In-Camera compositions
Technically, I work with long exposures and intentional camera movement (ICM), occasionally with in-camera double exposures. I set familiar places and existing forms in motion, or create new, often repetitive patterns through rhythmic camera movement. Depending on the subject and situation, I alter color and form to varying degrees — all directly in the camera. In post-production, I adjust cropping and color saturation.
Limited Editions
Printing and Materials
Using different printing processes and materials, I create wall-based works and installations that range from more abstract to more representational.
Selected works are developed in collaboration with printing specialists, using processes such as screen printing, textile printing and photo-etching. All artworks are available exclusively as signed editions limited to ten.
In addition, collectors can choose their preferred paper, size and frame in the Dani Kiwi Art Shop and order their selected work online.
Music
From Image to Sound
I also compose and produce electronic music. Sometimes a composition begins with one of my own photographs; at other times, it starts with an image in my mind. I translate its atmosphere into rhythm, texture and sound.
Like the kiwi bird, I find my rhythm close to the ground, often after dark — moving with the Earth, not flying away from it.
Dani Kiwi Art Journal
Whats In My Mind
Why My Work Moves Between Architecture and Landscape
I live and work between mountains and sea, nature and urban culture, stillness and movement. This way of life shapes my art and the media I choose. Reflections on the tension between being and moving come naturally to me and are expressed throughout my work.
What Happens When Art Makes Disaster Visually Compelling?
What I first thought was Sahara sand in the sky over Palamós seemed like a fascinating source of colour and atmosphere for my photography. Until I realised that the unusual sky was caused by a nearby wildfire.
Why I Move the Camera: Atmospheric Photographic Art
I am curious by nature — an explorer drawn to movement, change and different ways of experiencing the world. For me, moving the camera is an intuitive response to what I encounter in the moment.
In the mountains. Along the coast. Wherever the light leads.
