Il XXXIII canto del Paradiso rappresenta il culmine del viaggio di Dante: attraverso la preghiera di San Bernardo alla Vergine, il poeta giunge alla visione di Dio. Di fronte al mistero divino, tuttavia, la ragione e le parole umane mostrano tutti i loro limiti. La luce, simbolo di verità e amore, diventa la forma con cui Dante intuisce l’unità e la perfezione del divino. Il canto si conclude con la celebre immagine dell’“amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle”, sintesi dell’intera Commedia: l’amore come forza universale che unisce Dio, l’uomo e il creato.

La mostra intende tradurre questa complessa tensione spirituale attraverso il linguaggio della fotografia e dell’ AI ART costruendo un percorso visivo che esplora il rapporto tra l’ineffabile divino e la percezione umana.

L’esposizione è ospitata alla Galleria d’Arte La Zaffera di Firenze dal 10 al 24 ottobre 2026, nasce dall’incontro tra due mondi solo apparentemente lontani: la fotografia, con la sua capacità di fermare e interpretare il reale, e l’intelligenza artificiale, nuova frontiera della ricerca e della sperimentazione visiva.
Il vernissage si aprirà con una lettura espressiva di uno stralcio del XXXIII canto interpretato della poetessa Tamara Colacicco: storica, ricercatrice, scrittrice e poetessa italiana, con una formazione internazionale.

Tre fotografi — Alessandro Colombini, Carlo Midollini e Maria Grazia Dainelli — mettono a confronto il proprio sguardo, la propria sensibilità.

Il gruppo MathemArt – Alessandro Bellini, Massimiliano Bellini, Mario Capurro, WooJeon Park e Andrea Signorini – proietta un video realizzato con il supporto dell’intelligenza artificiale, fondendo competenze differenti in una straordinaria opera collettiva.
L’AI interviene anche come nuovo strumento creativo, capace di trasformare, reinterpretare e dare movimento alle fotografie
Un dialogo tra ciò che è stato catturato dall’occhio umano e ciò che può essere elaborato da una tecnologia capace di generare nuove forme d’ arte.

Al finissage del 24 ottobre è prevista una presentazione critica del Prof. Massimo Seriacopi, sul XXXIII canto del Paradiso e sull’ interpretazione degli autori. Seriacopi docente e studioso e’ uno dei più attivi dantisti e filologi della letteratura italiana moderna, noto per la sua costante collaborazione con il Museo Casa di Dante e socio della Società Dantesca Italiana di Firenze.

Canto XXXIII of Paradiso represents the culmination of Dante’s journey: through Saint Bernard’s prayer to the Virgin, the poet reaches a vision of God. Faced with the divine mystery, however, human reason and words reveal all their limitations. Light, a symbol of truth and love, becomes the form through which Dante intuits the unity and perfection of the divine. The canto concludes with the famous image of “the love that moves the sun and the other stars,” a synthesis of the entire Comedy: love as a universal force that unites God, humanity, and creation.

The exhibition aims to translate this complex spiritual tension through the language of photography and AI ART, constructing a visual journey that explores the relationship between the ineffable divine and human perception.

The exhibition, hosted at the La Zaffera Art Gallery in Florence from October 10 to 24, 2026, is born from the encounter between two seemingly distant worlds: photography, with its ability to capture and interpret reality, and artificial intelligence, a new frontier of visual research and experimentation.
The opening will open with an expressive reading of an excerpt from Canto XXXIII performed by the poet Tamara Colacicco: an Italian historian, researcher, writer, and poet with an international background.

Three photographers—Alessandro Colombini, Carlo Midollini, and Maria Grazia Dainelli—compare their gazes and sensibilities.
The MathemArt group—Alessandro Bellini, Massimiliano Bellini, Mario Capurro, WooJeon Park, and Andrea Signorini —screens a video created with the help of artificial intelligence, blending diverse skills into an extraordinary collective work.
AI also acts as a new creative tool, capable of transforming, reinterpreting, and giving movement to photographs.

A dialogue between what has been captured by the human eye and what can be elaborated by technology capable of generating new art forms.

At the closing ceremony on October 24th, a critical presentation by Professor Massimo Seriacopi on Canto XXXIII of Paradiso and the authors’ interpretations will be held. Professor and scholar Seriacopi is one of the most active Dante scholars and philologists of modern Italian literature, known for his ongoing collaboration with the Museo Casa di Dante and a member of the Italian Dante Society in Florence.

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Photographers

Andrea Signorini – Director

An artist and filmmaker with a background in visual arts, cinema, and theater, he views art as a tool for exploring the human condition. After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and the National School of Independent Cinema, he explored theatrical and lyrical language at the Zeffirelli Foundation, with which he founded the cultural association “Maestro Performing Artist from Zeffirelli Foundation.”

Alessandro Bellini – AI Artist

A classically trained engineer, he holds a PhD in Computer Science and has always been passionate about formal methods for designing complex systems. He began his career at Olivetti and is one of the founding members of Mathema (1987). He has collaborated for over thirty years with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior on voting rights for Italians abroad. He first became interested in Artificial Intelligence in 1990, during his PhD. Since then, he has developed a passion that has led him to work full-time on Artificial Intelligence, both as a designer and as an AI Artwork creator with MathemArt.

Mario Capurro – AI Artist

Born in Imperia in 1964, he graduated in Engineering and worked for several multinationals in technical roles. In 2021, he began exploring Artificial Intelligence, starting a fruitful collaboration with Mathema. He has deepened his knowledge of image generation techniques, particularly those related to philosophy and art, which have always been his great passions. He lives in Prato and dedicates his free time to exploring the virtual spaces opened up by Artificial Intelligence, both to test its unpredictable potential and to find new ways to express his aesthetic sensibility.

Massimiliano Bellini – AI Artist

Born in Florence, he is a Social Media Manager and Digital Marketing Strategist. He earned a Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of Florence. For several years, he has worked in digital content creation and social media management, copywriting, designing and managing advertising campaigns on Facebook, Instagram, and X, as well as marketing funnels, automation, and email marketing.

Woo Jeon Park – AI Artist

Born in Seoul, South Korea, she is a PR Manager and UX/UI Designer with extensive experience in the IT industry. She holds a degree in Clothing & Textiles from Seoul National University. Passionate about AI art, she creates her works using tools such as Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, ComfyUI, and Adobe Photoshop.

Lorenzo Andreaggi – Voice

Born in Florence. From an early age, he cultivated a passion for theater and cinema. From 2000 to 2005, he made over 200 independent short films with various types of cameras. In addition to graduating as a Graphic Designer, he studied acting at the Giuseppe Ferlito Film School and the Adelaide Foti Theater School. In 2010, he landed his first role in Neri Parenti’s film Amici Miei 400. At the age of 17, he wrote his first novel, I trabocchetti del Bandino, published by Sarnus in 2011. He is currently the leading actor of the Compagnia Giovani del Teatro Reims in Florence.

Speakers