{"id":10327,"date":"2019-03-14T14:45:59","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T13:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fondazionedinozoli.com\/installazioni\/silvia-bigi-lalbero-del-latte-installazione\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T12:28:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T11:28:14","slug":"silvia-bigi-the-tree-of-milk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fondazionedinozoli.com\/en\/installazioni\/silvia-bigi-the-tree-of-milk\/","title":{"rendered":"Silvia Bigi &#8211; The tree of milk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">GENESIS OF ARTWORK<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"\"><span class=\"\" lang=\"EN-GB\">The tree of milk<\/span><\/i><span class=\"\" lang=\"EN-GB\"> of Silvia Bigi explores the subject of gender identity mixing reality and fiction, poetic evocations and critical provocations. Photographs and installations, <i class=\"\">objets trouv\u00e9s<\/i> and fictional documents collected between the Balkans and Romagna make up a journey that deals with universal daily, historical and current subjects, to reflect on woman\u2019s role in contemporary society and on social changes.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">THE ARTIST<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;ARTIST BIOGRAPHY&#8221; style=&#8221;flat&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;sm&#8221; link=&#8221;url:http%3A%2F%2Ffondazionedinozoli.com%2Fen%2Finstallazioni%2Fsilvia-bigi-biography%2F|||&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30px&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3594&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The title of the exhibition is taken from the <em>Kanun<\/em> of Lek Dukagjini, an old code of precepts and customs passed down orally in the Balkans since medieval times, and perhaps even earlier, and later collected in written form. In the canon \u2013 which was handed down by the elders of the community and governed the entire social, legal and economic life of the territories where it was applied \u2013 the term \u201cTree of Milk\u201d was defined as the female lineage while the \u201cTree of Blood\u201d indicated the only real lineage, that of the male, the dominant line.<\/p>\n<p>The work of Silvia Bigi starts with an accidental finding, the image of a woman, Vukosava Cerovic, portrayed together with another person, seemingly a man. In reality it is her sister Stana Cerovic, the last sworn virgin of the Balkans. The discovery of the existence of the <em>tobelije<\/em> \u2013 women prepared to become men and remain virgins in order to avoid arranged marriages and gain an independent life in a strongly patriarchal society \u2013 is the starting point of an argument that investigates the relationship between genetic predetermination and cultural construction of identity, passing through traditional themes such as marriage, dowry, sexuality and the perpetuation of dominant social norms.<\/p>\n<p>With an approach that starts from photos to then expand the boundaries to encompass installations, textile works and audio works, <em>L\u2019albero del latte<\/em>, presented here for the first time, looks for answers to a question that has constantly haunted Bigi from the moment she found the photo: Although we live in a different context, are we not all like Vukosava and Stana?<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>They may seem like stories that belong to another time, to another place,<\/em>\u201d observes the artist, \u201c<em>yet today women are subjected to dramatic choices, all over the planet. It is a fact that, in the West, a woman\u2019s childbearing years coincide with her social and professional achievement. It is a fact that she is still and always called to choose, to challenge all the limits. To try to silence, by necessity, both parts of herself.<\/em>\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3596&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3597&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3598&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30px&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] GENESIS OF ARTWORK The tree of milk of Silvia Bigi explores the subject of gender identity mixing reality and fiction, poetic evocations and critical provocations. Photographs and installations, objets trouv\u00e9s and fictional documents collected between the Balkans and Romagna make up a journey that deals with universal daily, historical and current subjects, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":1951,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10327","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Silvia Bigi - The tree of milk - Fondazione Dino Zoli<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fondazionedinozoli.com\/en\/installazioni\/silvia-bigi-the-tree-of-milk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Silvia Bigi - The tree of milk - Fondazione Dino Zoli\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] GENESIS OF ARTWORK The tree of milk of Silvia Bigi explores the subject of gender identity mixing reality and fiction, poetic evocations and critical provocations. 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