Mese: luglio 2024

FLOATING SPLINTS OF A DREAM / PHOTOS OF A BIG ADVERTISING BILLBOARD IN SANTO SPIRITO (BARI, PUGLIA) #7

© Roberto Alborghetti What you see in this photo series are not collages built and created deliberately with my hands, joining and sticking waste paper piece by piece, but photos of real and random torn publicity posters I saw on an outdoor billboard in Santo Spirito, Bari (Apulia, Italy). They are the result of various and… Read More FLOATING SPLINTS OF A DREAM / PHOTOS OF A BIG ADVERTISING BILLBOARD IN SANTO SPIRITO (BARI, PUGLIA) #7

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STORIES OF SEA WATER / PHOTOS OF CORROSIONS AND CRACKS ON A MOTORBOAT IN TAORMINA (SICILY, ITALY) #5

© Roberto Alborghetti Two years ago, along the coast of Taormina-Giardini Naxos (Sicily, Italy) I noticed two motorboats in bad conditions, as if they were waiting for a cure, a restoration. My eyes were immediately drawn to the colors on the sides and hull. After thousands of hours of navigation, the paint had corroded and… Read More STORIES OF SEA WATER / PHOTOS OF CORROSIONS AND CRACKS ON A MOTORBOAT IN TAORMINA (SICILY, ITALY) #5

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VISITING LUXEMBOURG: A SHORT VIDEO ABOUT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES OF THE CAPITAL OF THE GRAND DUCHY

Luxembourg city is an underrated tourist destination. If we want to follow the two reasoned itineraries suggested by the Tourist Office, three days are needed, including the underground excursion to the Casemates Bock and Petrusse and at least one visit to one of the city’s cultural hubs, such as the Museum of History and Art.… Read More VISITING LUXEMBOURG: A SHORT VIDEO ABOUT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES OF THE CAPITAL OF THE GRAND DUCHY

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ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF ADHESIVE TAPE RESIDUES ON AN ADVERTISING DISPLAY (IMAGE #21)

© Roberto Alborghetti – PHOTO OF ADHESIVE TAPE RESIDUES ON AN ADVERTISING DISPLAY / FOTO DI RESIDUI DI NASTRO ADESIVO SU UN ESPOSITORE PUBBLICITARIO 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 the things that surround… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF ADHESIVE TAPE RESIDUES ON AN ADVERTISING DISPLAY (IMAGE #21)

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THAT EXHIBITION IN JULY 2010: AND PEOPLE REALIZED THAT DECAY CAN BECOME ART

Precisely in these days – 16,17 and 18 July 2010 – my macro photographs of “Lacer/actionsi” Project were displayed in the futuristic setting of Oriocenter, one of the largest and most visited shopping centers in Italy. The artworks (they were photographs, not paintings as almost everyone thought!) were placed against the background of the Milan-Bergamo… Read More THAT EXHIBITION IN JULY 2010: AND PEOPLE REALIZED THAT DECAY CAN BECOME ART

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LIKE EPIDERMIS DRIED BY TIME… / PHOTOS OF A BIG ADVERTISING BILLBOARD IN SANTO SPIRITO (BARI, PUGLIA) #6

© Roberto Alborghetti What you see in this photo series are not collages built and created deliberately with my hands, joining and sticking waste paper piece by piece, but photos of real and random torn publicity posters I saw on an outdoor billboard in Santo Spirito, Bari (Apulia, Italy). They are the result of various and… Read More LIKE EPIDERMIS DRIED BY TIME… / PHOTOS OF A BIG ADVERTISING BILLBOARD IN SANTO SPIRITO (BARI, PUGLIA) #6

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PORTRAITS OF HISTORY: VISITING THE ART GALLERY AT PALAZZO D’ORIA IN CIRIÈ, TURIN (VIDEO)

In the city of Cirié, Turin, one of the most beautiful places is the magnificent Palazzo D’Oria, seat of the Municipality, which belonged to the famous Ligurian family who had it in exchange from the Savoy Royals – with an adjoining significant portion of territory – in exchange for the access to the sea of… Read More PORTRAITS OF HISTORY: VISITING THE ART GALLERY AT PALAZZO D’ORIA IN CIRIÈ, TURIN (VIDEO)

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“BROKEN WORDS”: THE COVER OF THE NEW “FUNDIARIO” FOR SCHOOLS (COLLAGE MADE OF WASTE PAPER OF DECOMPOSED POSTERS)

FUNDIARIO: THE COVER OF THE NEW EDITION (BELOW THE EXTENDED VERSION); COLLAGE BY ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI Here is “Shattered Words”! It’s a collage (sizes: 57×43 cms) I created for my Lacer/actions project using hundreds of pieces of waste paper of advertising posters. The image was chosen for the new FUNDIARIO, “the strongest Italian school diary that… Read More “BROKEN WORDS”: THE COVER OF THE NEW “FUNDIARIO” FOR SCHOOLS (COLLAGE MADE OF WASTE PAPER OF DECOMPOSED POSTERS)

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ON “BREEZE” MAGAZINE A FULL PAGE ON THE EVENT OF “THE GHOST BUS” IN BEESTON NOTTINGHAM (UK)

The English magazine Breeze, in the new issue, dedicates a full page to the special evening for the 10 years of my project “The Ghost Bus” which took place in the monumental Beeston Parish Church Nottingham (UK). Breeze Magazine – Keeping Businesses Local talks about the great interest with which the public welcomed the proposal… Read More ON “BREEZE” MAGAZINE A FULL PAGE ON THE EVENT OF “THE GHOST BUS” IN BEESTON NOTTINGHAM (UK)

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LONDON, EUSTON ROAD: THIS IS THE MURAL WITH SPECIAL POLLUTION-SUCKING POWER

“You are currently standing in one of the most congested areas in London”. These words are written in block letters on a sheet glued to the wall, along Euston Road, in London. I look up and see that they accompany and explain a large colorful mural. I observe, read and discover that I am faced… Read More LONDON, EUSTON ROAD: THIS IS THE MURAL WITH SPECIAL POLLUTION-SUCKING POWER

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LONDON, LIKE A LARGE CONSTRUCTION SITE ALWAYS OPEN TO REGENERATE THE METROPOLIS

From Nottingham we go down to London. The capital of the United Kingdom is all a construction site. It’s nothing new. Here the ability to transform the urban forms of the past into those of the future travels at a high pace. And if architecture tells us a lot about a city, here it is… Read More LONDON, LIKE A LARGE CONSTRUCTION SITE ALWAYS OPEN TO REGENERATE THE METROPOLIS

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