The Ghost Bus is back, the fantastic project that has been uniting Italy and the land of Robin Hood for over 10 years! It’s a special invitation-only evening scheduled for June 12, 2026! My friends at @ACT Art Culture Tourism and I look forward to seeing you at: The Star Inn, Beeston NG9 1FX, Sports… Read More THE GHOST BUS IS BACK! WE ARE GETTING ON BOARD ON JUNE 12, 2026 (BEESTON, NOTTINGHAM, UK)
© Roberto Alborghetti In Amsterdam city I have always taken lot of photos along streets, as all the others I collected so far. Along a street behind Magna Plaza – a big shopping center in the very heart of Amsterdam – I was attracted by an incredible “palette” located on a door hiding a sort… Read More COLORS PALETTE IN AMSTERDAM: PHOTO OF RUST, DUST AND DETERIORATED PAPER ON THE WALLS #6
© Roberto Alborghetti – Close-up photography; this is not a digitally created, manipulated or AI enhanced image. – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata o creata digitalmente con IA. There is a free and spontaneous form of art that flows before our eyes every day, perhaps without us realizing it.It is the one… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF WHITE SCRATCHES ON A BLACK WASTE BIN (IMAGE #49)
© Roberto Alborghetti – Close-up photography; this is not a digitally created, manipulated or enhanced image.– Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata o creata digitalmente. In Locarno, a beautiful city in Italian-speaking Switzerland, I happened upon a wall that immediately caught my attention. It’s located near the cycle/pedestrian path that leads from Locarno to Ascona. The structure is close… Read More THE INVISIBLE WALL / CLOSE-UP PHOTOS OF URBAN DECAY IN LOCARNO, SWITZERLAND – IMAGE #8
© Roberto Alborghetti – Close-up photography; this is not a digitally created, manipulated or enhanced AI image. – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata o creata digitalmente con IA. It’s incredible how rust is part of time. Day after day, it forms and takes root on surfaces, allowing them to be invaded, corroded,… Read More FEATHERS OF RUST / PHOTOS OF THE SURPRISING PROCESS OF DETERIORATION (IMAGE #1)
All cities, even the smallest, always hold many surprises for my research into the art of decay and deterioration. I have no difficulty identifying marks, scratches, corrosion, cracks, and various disfigurements. After all, all of this speaks to the vitality of a city, an urban center. The passage of time, and of people, deposits practical… Read More THE OTHER MARSEILLE (L’AUTRE MARSEILLE): AN OPEN-AIR CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY – IMAGE #3
© Roberto Alborghetti In Amsterdam city I have always taken lot of photos along streets, as all the others I collected so far. Along a street behind Magna Plaza – a big shopping center in the very heart of Amsterdam – I was attracted by an incredible “palette” located on a door hiding a sort… Read More COLORS PALETTE IN AMSTERDAM: PHOTO OF RUST, DUST AND DETERIORATED PAPER ON THE WALLS #5
The artwork in the photo is a collage (Labyrinth) made by © Roberto Alborghetti using waste paper of torn and deteriorated publicity posters. How might the photographic images I took for my project “Lacer/azioni” appear inside a house or a studio? Technology can help us imagine an answer to the question. In this series of… Read More FROM STREET WALLS TO INTERIOR DESIGN: ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPH AS ARTISTIC FURNISHING COMPLEMENT #13
© Roberto Alborghetti There are eyes that always “look” at us. They are those of the faces on the advertising posters on the walls or on the billboards, along the streets of our cities. The torn paper of the advertisements, consumed by time and bad weather, can reveal interesting glimpses and elements, such as those… Read More SOMEONE IS WATCHING US FROM THE WALLS / PHOTOS OF EYES IN TORN AND DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS (#11)
© Roberto Alborghetti – – Close-up photography; this is not a digitally created, manipulated or enhanced image. – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata o creata digitalmente. There is a free and spontaneous form of art that flows before our eyes every day, perhaps without us realizing it.It is the one that appears on… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTOS OF RUST AND CRACKS ON A YELLOW CONCRETE MIXER (IMAGES #47 #48)
Fantastic colors and where to find them along Beeston roads, Nottinghamshire. In this video, made public for the first time (it was only presented in June 2024 at the special event “The Ghost Bus Night”, held at the ancient Church of St. John the Baptist in Beeston), I show some photos and close-up photos of… Read More FANTASTIC COLORS ALONG THE ROADS: “BEESTON IS ABSTRACTIVE”. A VIDEO SUPPORTING TOWN OF CULTURE 2028 BID
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