MY MOST CLICKED POST IN 2020 / “LET’S KO COVID-19!”: DRAWINGS FROM ITALIAN SCHOOLS

Funtasy, an Italian publishing company, is proposing to the Italian kids and schools a story in episodes, entitled “The day when Cattivirus was knocked out” (Cattivirus means “bad virus“). The aim is to involve teachers, families and children in an activity during the national coronavirus emergency days. The story that I wrote – illustrated by… Read More MY MOST CLICKED POST IN 2020 / “LET’S KO COVID-19!”: DRAWINGS FROM ITALIAN SCHOOLS

VYNILS / HISTORICAL ALBUMS OF 1970: FROM DEEP PURPLE TO CAT STEVENS

New appointment with rare vinyls (records, 33 rpm albums or the so-called “singles”, 45 rpm records): real cult objects, as well as the covers design, to hold in your hands and caress , as today unfortunately cannot be done with digitally downloaded music. We have previously dealt with the first 33-rpm triple albums in record… Read More VYNILS / HISTORICAL ALBUMS OF 1970: FROM DEEP PURPLE TO CAT STEVENS

VIVALDI’S WINTER AND 31 STREET MACRO PHOTOGRAPHS

I made this video for my “Lacer/actions” project and research. It is part of a project concerning the Four Seasons “, seen and told through my street macro photographs of the torn and decomposed advertising posters. The first video is dedicated to Winter. The soundtrack by Antonio Vivaldi is inevitable: the track is the famous… Read More VIVALDI’S WINTER AND 31 STREET MACRO PHOTOGRAPHS

“UNA VITA DA BURATTINAIO”: TRENT’ANNI FA LA SCOMPARSA DI BENEDETTO RAVASIO

Originally posted on OKAY!:
Trent’anni fa, proprio in questi giorni di fine anno, se ne andava uno dei più grandi burattinai italiani, un vero artista del teatro di figura: Benedetto Ravasio. Vogliamo ricordare questo straordinario personaggio attraverso alcune immagini del volume che ne racconta la biografia – “Una vita da burattinaio”, scritto da Roberto Alborghetti,…

“LITTLE BRIGHT STAR, YOU’RE THERE TO SHOW US THE WAY” (DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES)

For the “Music and Images” series, here is a work that is placed in the context of the Christmas atmosphere of these days. It is introduced by the sentence: “Little bright star, you’re there to show us the way” which is a quote from “Little Bright Star” song recorded by Diana Ross and the Supremes. … Read More “LITTLE BRIGHT STAR, YOU’RE THERE TO SHOW US THE WAY” (DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES)

“DARK NIGHT / SNOWFLAKES AND FROST / BEFORE THE NEW DAY”

“Dark night /Snowflakes and frost / Before the New Day”: an “Haiku” to spread my Season’s Greetings throught an experience of visual art that fuses macro photography, words and music. The text wants to express with the language of the Haiku the difficulties of the present moment we are experiencing (dark night, frost and snow)… Read More “DARK NIGHT / SNOWFLAKES AND FROST / BEFORE THE NEW DAY”

“QUARANTINE” E’ LA PAROLA INGLESE DEL 2020: LO DICE IL CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY

Originally posted on OKAY!:
 Nel 2020 la pandemia e l’emergenza sanitaria hanno portato un’ondata di parole nuove e dai significati rivisitati. In italiano, termini come coronavirus, Covid-19, numero-R, lockdown, congiunti, smart-working, auto isolamento, isolamento fiduciario, DAD (Didattica a Distanza), o Zoom sono entrati nella quotidianità e il linguaggio si è così arricchito di molte parole di…

“IT COMES AND GOES IN WAVES AND CARRIES US AWAY…” (DEAN LEWIS)

“It comes and goes in waves and carries us away…” is a quote from “Waves” song recorded by Dean Lewis on his album “A place we know”. Lewis is an Australian singer-songwriter and is best known for his 2016 single “Waves“, which was certified 7× Platinum in Australia in 2020; see the track list at: … Read More “IT COMES AND GOES IN WAVES AND CARRIES US AWAY…” (DEAN LEWIS)

“FRANCESCO”: COFANETTO DI 4 VOLUMI, 500 PAGINE, OLTRE 550 FOTOGRAFIE!

Originally posted on OKAY!:
https://animoto.com/play/e4Vj3hvNCqKirCuMJ2oPqA GUEST WRITER: STEFANO ALBERTI Entri in un grande albergo alle porte di Roma – il Green Palace della catena Quality Hotel, a Monterotondo – e, sorpresa, trovi esposto nella hall il volume “Francesco”, di Roberto Alborghetti, uscito esattamente sette anni fa, il 17 dicembre 2013, in occasione di una data…

MACRO PHOTOGRAPH ON ALUMINUM PLATE: THE TREE OF LIFE

“The Tree Of Life” is a macro photo on aluminum, made for my “Lacer/actions” project-research  about realistic and not manipulated images of torn and decomposed publicity posters, natural cracks and urban “signs”. The image is a magnification of cracks on a waste-container placed in Amsterdam near the Royal Palace (2012). Thanks to a sophisticated technological… Read More MACRO PHOTOGRAPH ON ALUMINUM PLATE: THE TREE OF LIFE

BELLE NOTIZIE / UFFIZI: CAPOLAVORI D’ARTE PER RACCONTARE IL NATALE AI BAMBINI

Originally posted on OKAY!:
Ecco le “Sale virtuali”: possono  accogliere dieci bimbi e anche per riunire online amici e parenti vicini e lontani: al suo ‘interno’ i narratori illustreranno ai piccoli la Natività attraverso due opere selezionate da una speciale lista. Le prenotazioni si aprono OGGI lunedì 14 dicembre. Sale virtuali in cui possono riunirsi…