What’s your name?
My name is Danno, it’s spelled D-A-N-N-O. Most of the people doesn’t get it, because I have Italian pronunciation. I have to make the spelling. In real life, they get confused.
Where are you based?
I’m based in Berlin. I have a little apartment there, in the outskirts. I’m Italian.
Your age?
I’m 30, I just turned 30 on the 23rd of May.
What’s one thing that you think is lame and one thing that you think is dope?
Interviews are really lame…
Okay, that’s funny, give me a real answer.
No, I think, lame…. is uh… serious, yep. For me, to be lame is to be selfish, and what is dope is umm… like flowers, I like flowers.
You want your clients to give you flowers?
No, I like to buy flowers.
For other people?
Yeah, or for myself. But I like it because it’s just like, it’s beautiful, no? And it’s , like,nfucking pointless, it’s like a plant, it’s like such this beautiful thing… and it’s nice… it smells good, it’s nice color. Red rose is my favorite.
Are there any other artistic media that you care about?
My most favorite is performance, writing, and music. I love music. I’ve done some [performance] in Berlin, and I was just basically staring at the people. No, like, there was this little toilet, I was locked in there for five hours, and there was this looping audio playing, and I just let people in… and we get to meet, but without speaking. It was all work about fear, because when they get in, they are super fearful, because there is like lights, and I’m just in the corner like staring at them like this (stares). And the more time they spend in the toilet, they actually start feeling the energy, and they let go of the fear, and get to such amazing moments. Everybody feels really relieved and, yeah, and there is the connection. There is an exchange, just by the looks.
How do you create your best work? In what state do you feel the most inspired?
When I forget about myself and I just do something that is myself. But the more you think about what you are doing, then the less it’s communicating yourself.
(A truck goes by.) HEY! We are doing an interview! Fuck you!
What matters the most to you during a tattoo appointment?
Um… to not be bothered. When people are too picky, yeah… I hate it. Because what the fuck are you coming for, you know? Like, to be given like, a psychology session or to get a tattoo? And if you want to get a tattoo, you have to like my art, you have to trust what I’m doing… and this is the best tattoos that I do, no? And that everybody does.
What are your big 3 astrological signs?
I think my rising is Capricorn, my sun is Gemini, and the other one was? Moon? I don’t know. Maybe it’s Sagittarius. But I have quite a, umm, you know when you do this lithographic thing? (birth chart) I’m, like, everywhere. I can be whoever I want to be, and just change my mind a million times in a day.
What’s your favorite city that you’ve been to?
Napoli. Napoli and Venice. I love Italy, you know?
And what’s a city that you most want to travel to where you’ve never been?
I have a list, I think Tokyo is something that I want to live, also not only travel but settle there for a while, like a couple years. But visit, umm many places, like I like spiritual places like Tibet or these where you cannot like easily get into. Or, I would like to go visit like, tribes in the fucking jungle, and spend some time with them. And see what’s life like, to live like, in the more, like, honest way. That’s it.
Finding your truth?
I have my truth. I just wanna know also like, other truth. There is not only one, no?
What’s something that you think everyone should try once in their life?
Uhh… umm.. in a general point of view, I would say like, to do something that you would never imagine on doing. Something like, you don’t see yourself doing that, and you do it.
What’s something that you enjoy that you think nobody knows about?
People. (laughs). Yeah. I think nobody expects it, but I enjoy people. Yeah. I love people.
What is the most important part of your self-care routine?
I don’t have one.
It can be spiritual.
Mm. Just do, like, every day what I feel like doing. Oh yeah, follow my instincts. It’s spiritual, yeah yeah. No but like, to do the first thing that comes to your mind always.
What’s one item in your house that you can’t live without?
Probably at this point of my life, my tattoo machine, because, well. But other than that, probably the bed. I also like to be in bed a lot. It’s nice. The shower, no, I don’t need it. Kind of like, I live in Berlin one and a half year without a shower, so I feel like I don’t have the urge to… yeah I used to go to the sauna like every day.
If you were God for a day, what would you do?
I would change, like, um… your nose with a carrot. I don’t know, something like this. Something funny, probably.
Is there a life lesson that you want to leave here for the readers?
Fuck up. Keep fucking it up. Please… do it for me.
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