Kakia Konstantinaki

Kakia Konstantinaki (b. 1986) is an artist based in Athens. She studied architecture at the Technical University of Crete and holds an MA in Communication Design from Central Saint Martins. Using 3D rendering software, Konstantinaki constructs complex augmented reality environments that blur environments of the physical world with computer-generated imagery. Her ongoing research examines the insertion of impossible forms in various landscapes, testing the horizon between the physical and the digital. Employing non-linear female narratives in her short films, she examines ideas of technology, simulation, interrelation, ecology, memory, time, consciousness, and the human condition, seen from a point of view not entirely unburdened of the human element, as a means of understanding the human as part of a system rather than as a stand-alone entity. Her films always lack human bodies, but the human element is constantly present. Konstantinaki’s point of departure is mostly her personal experiences, although her research always expands to interweave her personal memories with the above-mentioned notions. Her explorations aim to shed light on the interconnection between the relation of the human to itself and the relation of the human to the other. She has taken part in group shows, short film festivals, online exhibitions, and public screenings in various cities around the world.

Kakia Konstantinaki is a participant of the Onassis AiR Extended Research Residencies program for 2024/25.