Daniel Josip Kariko
Contact:
Office: FAB 335
850.644.4450
daniel@danielkariko.com
Artwork Link:
Area(s) of Teaching:
Photography, Digital Imaging
School:
Arizona State University
Statement
Cartography
I was born in Yugoslavia. I lived in the town of Novi Sad, Northern Serbia until I was seventeen. Yugoslavia was a communist Eastern European country with strong awareness of Western pop culture. I grew up watching John Wayne and Johnny Weissmuller* on Sunday morning TV. I am a product of combined cultures. In 1994 I moved to Southern Louisiana out of political necessity. I use my Western education and Eastern European heritage to juxtapose the two seemingly opposite cultures and compare sociological, political, and environmental aspects of the modern migrations. This body of work started initially as a form of travelogue, and evolved into search for patterns, trends, and simulacra in order to create a kind of an anchor for the generation adjusting to globalization.
*Born Janos Weissmüller In town of Pardanj, today Northern Serbia in 1904. Daniel Kariko, 2007
Work:
The Storm Season
series, 2006
The Storm Season
series, 2006
The Storm Season
series, 2006
