Francesco Amorosino's 'La Selva e le Stelle' at IIC Belgrade

Francesco Amorosino's solo exhibition 'La Selva e le Stelle' opened on October 18 at the Italian Institute of Culture in Belgrade, as part of the 21st Week of the Italian Language in the World and the Belgrade Photo Month festival. The show draws inspiration from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, marking 700 years since the poet's death. The exhibition begins with 'Il Libro del Comando,' exploring witch hunts in Northern Italy and black magic, evoking Inferno. 'Index Librorum Prohibitorum' focuses on books banned by the Catholic Church. 'Dàimon' addresses soul reincarnation as a transition from darkness to Purgatory. 'Nuovo Rinascimento' presents symbolic church and palace architectures in surreal, static habitats. The site-specific installation 'Tutti gli angeli cadono' features suspended photographs alluding to lightness and elevation, reflecting Paradiso. The exhibition includes music by composer Stefano G. Falcone, with selected excerpts from the Divine Comedy. Amorosino (born 1984) is a photographer, artist, and educator based in Rome, where he founded FotoStudio. He won the Sony World Photography Awards in 2016 in the Still Life category and an artist residency with Magnum photographer Alex Webb in 2015 to document the Langhe region. In 2013, he created 'The Rome guide for terrorists,' a mapping of high-security military zones using Google Maps images.