On 9 September 2021 at the Società delle Belle Arti "Casa di Dante", as part of the Settembre Dantesco initiatives, the book of poetry "Promethéus. Il dono del fuoco", author Roberto Mosi, publisher Giuliano Ladolfi. The meeting was held in person and was also broadcast online at the Society's Facebook address (address: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=1043494529727806&ref=notif¬if_id=1631199586507689¬if_t=live_video_explicit ).
The book was commented on by Silvia Ranzi and Nicoletta Manetti; Virginia Bazzechi G. sent a contribution which was read out. The author recalled that the myth of Prometheus is one of the most evocative myths, it concerns the theft of fire as a gift for the salvation of men: starting from the words of Aeschylus in the tragedy of Prometheus in Chains, he recalled that the gift can be interpreted as the gift to men of Art (the intertwined signs) and Science (the calculation).
In the work presented, starting from these assumptions, an articulated path is imagined that is covered with the cadence suggested by the Russian composer Mussorgshij in the composition "Pictures of an Exhibition", referring to a visit to the Moscow Gallery where the paintings of his friend the painter Victor Hartmann are exhibited, with passages from one room to another marked by the well-known motifs of the promenades. In the book 'Promethéus. The gift of fire', the art salon is represented by our cities and the urban landscapes offered today by the streets, houses and walls painted, increasingly, by street artists.
In the final section, the last passages are dedicated to Science (calculation), yesterday and today, "painted" in poetic pictures animated by hope and anguish, at the same time, by the expectation, in the terrible times of the pandemic, of salvation from science.
Renato Simoni read, with Roberto Mosi, some of the most emblematic poems from the collection: Angiolo Pergolini accompanied the reading of the texts in a masterly manner on his guitar, interspersed with the rhythm of the promenades suggested by Mussorgsky's music. The painter Enrico Guerrini made four drawings in the print, casting an original eye on the work presented and on the works of famous street artists, recalled in the book, starting with Banksj.
The meeting was also an opportunity to recall the value today of street art in denouncing forms of violence and oppression in different parts of the world. In this regard, a tribute was paid to the young artist Shamsia Hassani and her artistic commitment to defending the rights of Afghan women.