Dazno is based in Athens, Greece and is active in socially semi-acceptable acts of vandalism. Most of the stencils on the streets are unsigned but the artistic discourse is thematically and illustratively recognizable. Stencils, sprays and acrylics are also applied on canvas, in a constant artistic effort, to express critique on current issues of state, sociability, culture and to confront Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s eroded social contract. The pseudonym Dazno is used as a depersonalizing act. In this way the desire to subtract unnecessary parts from the equation is expressed and the focus lies exclusively on the visual commentary on socio-political and cultural issues. So, Dazno could be anyone and no one at once. The work was described by the artist’s mother as a minor urban aberration.
