Joelle McTigue (b. 1984, USA)
Bitter Orange, 2022
Video / 1:00 / loop / color / 3840 x 2160 px
Curated by Dalbin / Minted on Foundation
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The file resolution is 3840 x 2160 px (4K UHD).
Over centuries, mariners returned to the Mediterranean with seeds and plantlings. In The Mediterranean Botanicals Collection: Bay of Kotor, I examine how the pursuit of empires, trade, legacy, medicine, religion, and aesthetics forged the coastal landscape of the UNESCO-protected site.
The bitter orange (origin India, Myanmar, and China border) is a winter fruit that arrived in the bay after being cultivated in Seville, Spain. It's a recipe staple for jams, pastries, cakes, juices, arancini (candied orange peel), and particularly marmalade. In the Orthodox Christmas tradition, known locally as Badnjak (Christmas Eve), a bitter orange with a small oak branch adorns front doors to symbolize St. Nicholas' gift of gold.
The photograph is of a bitter orange tree in Herceg Novi, Montenegro (2022).
About the artist
Joelle McTigue
Born in 1984, USA
Lives and works in Montenegro
As an interdisciplinary artist working with photography and design, I explore how power dynamics and influences of identity flatten, amplify, and distort communal narratives and histories. By altering my street photography with mathematical influence, I encapsulate the idea of historical and cultural shifts while leaving remnants of a specific moment. My work is a part of the permanent Rubell Family Collection, The John Paul Getty III-founded Siena Art Institute Library Collection, and the NFT NYC 2022 Diversity of NFTs Art Collection. Raised in the Caribbean, I currently live and work in Montenegro.
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