Reference: DALOISO007
Title: Ulïètu
Date: 2021
Author: Francesca Daloiso
Details: Ulïètu is a collection of panels reflecting the traumatic effect of Xylella Fastidiosa, one of the most dangerous plant-pathogenic bacteria worldwide which infected and killed 21 millions olive trees in Apulia, Southern Italy.
Media: Material
Credit: Courtesy of the artist

Description: This project aims at intelligent and sustainable wood carcasses recovering avoiding combustion and taking advantage from the material residual properties in large-scale contexts which preserves what remains of Apulian olive trees, giving them a second chance of life.

Reference: DALOISO008
Title: Ulïètu [Process]
Date: 2021
Author: Francesca Daloiso
Details: Ulïètu is a collection of panels reflecting the traumatic effect of Xylella Fastidiosa, one of the most dangerous plant-pathogenic bacteria worldwide which infected and killed 21 millions olive trees in Apulia, Southern Italy.
Media: Photographs
Credit: Courtesy of the artist

Description: This project aims at intelligent and sustainable wood carcasses recovering avoiding combustion and taking advantage from the material residual properties in large-scale contexts which preserves what remains of Apulian olive trees, giving them a second chance of life.

Reference: DALOISO002
Title: Xylella Fastidiosa
Date: 2020
Author: Official Journal of the European Union
Details: The document is related to the official normatives and procedures to follow when an olive tree is infected by Xylella Fastidiosa bacteria.
Media: Academic Paper
Credit: eur-lex.europa.eu

Description: In these regulations, it explains how to do a phytopathological treatment: when the bacteria is detected on a tree, it must be immediately eradicated and devitalized with an herbicide. After 15 days from this treatment, if the tree is completely devitalized, the wood trunk is certified to be moved out from the infected area and being cut into wood chips (processed for biomass).

This document confirmed to me that I couldn't use solid wood, but I had to start directly from wood chips.

Reference: DALOISO001
Title: My Favourite Spot
Date: 2021
Author: NA
Details: NA
Media: Text
Credit: Courtesy of the artist

Description: My favourite spot in my grandparents’ countryside. I used to watch my grandparents growing up fruits and vegetables sitting on that stool under that olive tree.

Reference: DALOISO003
Title: Machine Press
Date: NA
Author: Francesca Daloiso
Details: A forming press, commonly shortened to press, is a machine tool that changes the shape of a work-piece by the application of pressure.
Media: Tool
Credit: wikipedia.org/Machine_press

Description: The most important tool used during my whole process was the machine press at the ground floor at CSM. Without that machine, this project couldn’t be real today. That press is one of the oldest tools in our workshops and it’s still perfectly doing its job. When I asked to work with that press everyone of the workshop tutors told me nobody had used that machine for a long time.

Reference: DALOISO004
Title: Mr Giovanni Melcarne
Date: 2015
Author: Mr Giovanni Melcarne
Details: A picture taken by Mr Giovanni Melcarne, agronomist and olive oil mill owner, in Gagliano del Capo, Italy
Media: Photograph
Credit: Courtesy of the artist

Description: His area is completely deserted since 2015, when he took this picture. In that moment, some of its olive trees were processed into wood chips.

Reference: DALOISO005
Title: Olives
Date: NA
Author: Francesca Daloiso
Details: This picture was taken one month ago in my house garden. Xylella bacteria is still not here yet, but me and my family are monitoring our olive trees every day.
Media: Photograph
Credit: Courtesy of the artist

Description: There isn’t an actual object which inspired me, it’s more a good: olives. In my region we used to give olives for guaranteed, but since 2013 those became a