Silvia Bigi: And So Very Alive

Silvia Bigi: And So Very Alive
20. 6. - 21. 7. 2026
Kuratorka / Curator: Francesca Lazzarini
Odprtje razstave / Exhibition opening:
20. 6. 2026, 19:00
(Ogled razstave s kuratorko in umetnico/Viewing of the exhibition with the curator and the artist).
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Obrazstavni program / Exhibition programme:
20. 6. at 19.00:
Ogled razstave s kuratorko in umetnico – ogled bo potekal v angleščini. / Viewing of the exhibition with the curator and the artist – in English.
20. 7. at 19:30:
A Very Alive Protocol – participatorni performance / participatory performance
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[SLO]
Razstava In tako zelo žive_, italijanske umetnice Silvie Bigi, združuje dela, ki raziskujejo presečišča spola, spomina, tehnologije in odpora.
V središču razstave so ženske, katerih glasovi in zgodbe so bili utišani zaradi institucionalnega, družbenega in intimnega nasilja. S pomočjo umetne inteligence, tehnologije deepfake, sinteze govora, performansa, tekstila, vonja in gibljive podobe Bigi ponovno aktivira potlačene pripovedi ter odsotnost spreminja v prostor mnogoterosti, povezovanja in novih oblik prisotnosti.
Med osrednjimi deli je klepetalni robot, zasnovan na besedilih italijanske umetnostne kritičarke Francesce Alinovi, umorjene leta 1983, ter projekt posvečen Irmi – pozabljeni družinski članici, katere življenje je bilo prikrito zaradi duševne bolezni. Druga dela sledijo marginalizaciji žensk skozi generacije ter ponovno obravnavajo zgodovino preganjanja, zdravilstva in ekološkega preživetja skozi prepletene zgodbe žensk, obtoženih čarovništva, in zdravilnih rastlin.
Namesto da bi zgolj predstavljala nasilje, praksa Silvie Bigi preoblikuje telesa, tehnologije in zgodovino v prostore transformacije. Razstava In tako zelo žive_ obiskovalce vabi k srečanju z alternativnimi oblikami prisotnosti, spomina in kolektivne skrbi ter v ospredje postavlja glasove, ki še naprej odmevajo skozi čas, medije in vrste.
[ENG]
And So Very Alive, an exhibition by Italian artist Silvia Bigi, brings together works that explore the intersections of gender, memory, technology, and resistance.
At the heart of the exhibition are women whose voices and stories have been silenced through institutional, social, and intimate forms of violence. Through the use of artificial intelligence, deepfake technology, speech synthesis, performance, textiles, scent, and moving image, Bigi reactivates suppressed narratives, transforming absence into a space of multiplicity, connection, and new forms of presence.
Among the exhibition’s key works is a chatbot based on the writings of Italian art critic Francesca Alinovi, who was murdered in 1983, as well as a project dedicated to Irma—a forgotten family member whose life was concealed due to mental illness. Other works trace the marginalization of women across generations and revisit histories of persecution, healing practices, and ecological survival through intertwined stories of women accused of witchcraft and the medicinal plants associated with their knowledge.
Rather than merely representing violence, Silvia Bigi’s practice transforms bodies, technologies, and histories into spaces of transformation. And So Very Alive invites visitors to engage with alternative modes of presence, memory, and collective care, foregrounding voices that continue to resonate across time, media, and species.
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Razstavo podpirajo / Supported by: Ministrstvo za kulturo Republike Slovenije, Mestna občina Ljubljana – Oddelek za kulturo
ter Italijanski inštitut za kulturo v Sloveniji.