Gift of the artist, 2016
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The series 182 positions Dani in the center of each picture. After years of research, he took images in numerous towns in Albania (Shkodër, Burrel, Fier, Korça, Elbasan, Pogradec, Lezha and Tirana), portraying himself under appartment blocks built during the communist dictatorship. Dani compares his height to inevitable heritage these house represent, revealing that the architectural elements are exactly as tall as he is: 182 cm. His self-portraits create a surreal but tangible horizon of coincidence, generating a new understanding of harmony of proportions between people and their built surroundings. BK