About
Artist Statement
I see the world as poetry, where the ordinary only exists because of the magic. To me, that's what life is. For as long as I can remember, I felt a gap between what I perceive and my ability to express it. That is why I collaborate with AI: it translates me and helps me transform language into visual poems.
I work across memories, movement, photographs, digital tools, and materials. I also craft physical compositions that weave all elements together to invite viewers to pause.
My art emerges across disciplines and continents. As a ballet dancer, I trained at the limits of physical expression. My research in biomedical sciences—where I used engineered sensors to study nanoscale connections between cellular structures—shaped my belief that machines can expand human capabilities.
I wonder whether the machine generates what I intend, or imbues it with new meaning, or something else entirely. I'm no longer interested in an answer. AI is a mirror; my work is to explore what it reveals about us.
The machines we created are their own poetry. They can amplify disconnection and open possibility. They can erode critical thinking and help us recognize what being human has always been.
Biography
Valentina Calore (b. 1993, Padua, Italy) is a new media and interdisciplinary artist investigating what survives when human meaning passes through machine translation. After 20+ years of classical ballet training, she conducted biomedical research in Italy and Berlin and published in Nature Communications (2020). In 2023, a sabbatical in New York City redirected her toward art. Calore works across language models, poetry, movement, and material craft, treating nuance as the site where meaning takes shape. She most recently exhibited at the Lux AI Summit, New York City (2025), where she presented a new collection that transforms AI diffusion outputs into tactile physical works.
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