{"id":788,"date":"2024-07-30T18:27:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T16:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.rifugiodigitale.it\/mostra\/isa-rus-birthmark-eng\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T18:04:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T16:04:15","slug":"isa-rus-birthmark-eng","status":"publish","type":"mostra","link":"https:\/\/lab.rifugiodigitale.it\/en\/mostra\/isa-rus-birthmark-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Isa Rus. Birthmark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"375\">The exhibition <em data-start=\"15\" data-end=\"26\">Birthmark<\/em> by Spanish photographer Isa Rus marks the sixth chapter of <em data-start=\"86\" data-end=\"98\">Homecoming<\/em>, the exhibition cycle dedicated to contemporary photography, conceived by Irene Alison and curated by Irene Alison and Paolo Cagnacci. The event is organized in collaboration with Forma Edizioni and Associazione InFoto Firenze, with the support of Gruppo AF and Banca Ifigest.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"913\">There is a carnal, primal dimension to the idea of \u201chome\u201d that Isa Rus explores in her work\u2014a home as body, as breast, as root, as mother. The title <em data-start=\"526\" data-end=\"537\">Birthmark<\/em> evokes not only the literal sign of birth\u2014what we commonly refer to as a \u201cmark\u201d or \u201cbirthmark\u201d\u2014but also the profound transformation that comes with motherhood. \u201cThis project,\u201d says Rus, \u201creflects a blend of personal and universal experiences, capturing the raw and intimate moments of motherhood and the deep connections we form with our surroundings and the people we love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"915\" data-end=\"1535\">The maternal body\u2014transformed by pregnancy, inhabited by the newborn, burdened by expectations and judgments\u2014has long been the site of a quiet struggle. In Rus\u2019s images, however, it is portrayed in a state of complete freedom and communion with nature, to the point of dissolving into the landscape. Examined through an intergenerational lens, layered with the idea of <em data-start=\"1284\" data-end=\"1292\">Patria<\/em> (Rus emigrated from Spain to Germany, and her work also reflects the nostalgia of her migrant condition), and intertwined with natural elements, the motherhood she portrays resists stereotypes and defies visual clich\u00e9s or cultural constructs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1537\" data-end=\"2068\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Her work aligns with the trajectory of the <em data-start=\"1580\" data-end=\"1593\">mother gaze<\/em>\u2014a visual inquiry that seeks to offer an authentic representation of motherhood, moving away from the flat, iconic depictions of mothers to reveal their complexities, contradictions, and shadows. Isa Rus photographs other mothers to understand who and what she herself has become through the metamorphosis of having a child. This act of reflection reads as both a poetic and political reclamation: of one\u2019s identity, of one\u2019s body, of one\u2019s condition, and of one\u2019s narrative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":789,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"ciclo":[47,43],"class_list":["post-788","mostra","type-mostra","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ciclo-homecoming-en","ciclo-photography"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lab.rifugiodigitale.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mostra\/788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lab.rifugiodigitale.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mostra"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lab.rifugiodigitale.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mostra"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lab.rifugiodigitale.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lab.rifugiodigitale.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ciclo","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lab.rifugiodigitale.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciclo?post=788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}