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LA ROSA CHE SVANISCE (MORTE DI OFELIA)
| category | Photography |
| subject | Political / Social |
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| base | 141 cm |
| height | 212 cm |
| depth | 0 cm |
| year | 2021 |
Photo 2021
Ophelia was a beautiful girl of the Danish court in the Middle Ages and had an enormous influence on women in European feudal society.
The upbringing and restraint of Ophelia's patriarchal family made her utterly docile and ignorant. She was suppressed by such lessons imparted to suppress her youth, passion and love. Absolutely docile and uneducated girls were not uncommon in the society of the time. Feudal morals inexorably suppressed women's desires and they were considered family property by men. Ophelia was just one of them and Shakespeare considered her to be a typical European woman in the Middle Ages.
Ophelia, a simple and beautiful girl. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, she is fragile because of love, and tamed and ignorant because of the European feudal patriarchal system. In the end, she died magnificently because of the development of the plot.
Appearing in full bloom, Ophelia, a rose that died before it bloomed.
What I mean is that the concept of control and possession of women still exists in modern times, and indeed more secret and subtle almost invisible to our eyes. When the control and possession of women occurs in intimate relationships, it is easy for the abuser to think that it is a 'proper' way of getting along with the victim. In the eyes of the abuser, the victim is not a 'person', she is his property. Likewise, the act of controlling and possessing in an intimate relationship can hardly be defined as a criminal act. It is difficult to detect and judge hidden crimes in intimate relationships and it is impossible to provide effective help to victims. Over time, the victim has shown docility and obedience to the perpetrator, just like a withered rose.
From this point of view, I started to take pictures. I want to photograph his being bound and his 'death'.
Ophelia was a beautiful girl of the Danish court in the Middle Ages and had an enormous influence on women in European feudal society.
The upbringing and restraint of Ophelia's patriarchal family made her utterly docile and ignorant. She was suppressed by such lessons imparted to suppress her youth, passion and love. Absolutely docile and uneducated girls were not uncommon in the society of the time. Feudal morals inexorably suppressed women's desires and they were considered family property by men. Ophelia was just one of them and Shakespeare considered her to be a typical European woman in the Middle Ages.
Ophelia, a simple and beautiful girl. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, she is fragile because of love, and tamed and ignorant because of the European feudal patriarchal system. In the end, she died magnificently because of the development of the plot.
Appearing in full bloom, Ophelia, a rose that died before it bloomed.
What I mean is that the concept of control and possession of women still exists in modern times, and indeed more secret and subtle almost invisible to our eyes. When the control and possession of women occurs in intimate relationships, it is easy for the abuser to think that it is a 'proper' way of getting along with the victim. In the eyes of the abuser, the victim is not a 'person', she is his property. Likewise, the act of controlling and possessing in an intimate relationship can hardly be defined as a criminal act. It is difficult to detect and judge hidden crimes in intimate relationships and it is impossible to provide effective help to victims. Over time, the victim has shown docility and obedience to the perpetrator, just like a withered rose.
From this point of view, I started to take pictures. I want to photograph his being bound and his 'death'.
