Mese: gennaio 2025

CRACKS, WHEN THE MATTER IS SHATTERED BY TIME (AND WEATHER): THE RAILWAY WARNING SIGN NEAR ROME #2

© Roberto Alborghetti – – Close-up photography; it is not a digitally created, manipulated or enhanced image – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine creata o modificata digitalmente. This image may look like a painting depicting a sky that has shattered under the blows of the global warming. Or it could also be the reproduction of… Read More CRACKS, WHEN THE MATTER IS SHATTERED BY TIME (AND WEATHER): THE RAILWAY WARNING SIGN NEAR ROME #2

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ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF CRACKS AND RUST ON AN OLD IRON DOOR (IMAGE #32)

© 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 / PHOTO OF CRACKS AND RUST ON AN OLD IRON DOOR (IMAGE #32)

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PLACES / VISITING MARSEILLE: THE AMAZING “VIEILLE CHARITÈ” IN THE OLD “PANIER” NEIGHBORHOOD (#3)

Photos: © Roberto Alborghetti The second day visiting Marseille can be dedicated to the area of ​​the north bank, animated by the very popular Panier district, to be discovered in the labyrinth of alleys and small squares. Once a place of disrepute, now rehabilitated and recovered, it hosts three architectural and artistic centers to visit:… Read More PLACES / VISITING MARSEILLE: THE AMAZING “VIEILLE CHARITÈ” IN THE OLD “PANIER” NEIGHBORHOOD (#3)

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ON “WIDENEWS” A STORY ABOUT MY “LACER/ACTIONS” PROJECT: “THE HIDDEN ART OF THE DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS”

I would like to highlight the beautiful and interesting article on the online newspaper WideNews dedicated to my research project “Lacer/actions”. The author is the Editor-in-chief Elvira Silvana Zammarano who, intrigued and fascinated by the posts I publish on social media and on this site, contacted me to find out and learn more about this… Read More ON “WIDENEWS” A STORY ABOUT MY “LACER/ACTIONS” PROJECT: “THE HIDDEN ART OF THE DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS”

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THE CASE OF THE SCRAPED DOOR IN NOTTINGHAM (UK): WHEN DECAY BECOMES ART

© Roberto Alborghetti – The scraped door and four close-up photos, Nottingham (UK). Photos by Marysia Zipser On my most recent trip to Nottingham to participate in the 10 year anniversary events of The Ghost Bus Project, I had the opportunity to visit the Contemporary Museum, accompanied by Marysia Zipser (founder of ACT Art Culture… Read More THE CASE OF THE SCRAPED DOOR IN NOTTINGHAM (UK): WHEN DECAY BECOMES ART

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CRACKS, WHEN THE MATTER IS SHATTERED BY TIME (AND WEATHER): THE RAILWAY WARNING SIGN NEAR ROME #1

This image may look like a painting depicting a sky that has shattered under the blows of the global warming. Or it could also be the reproduction of a map seen from above during a flight around the globe. More simply, it is a close-up photo of the cracks on a warning sign at the… Read More CRACKS, WHEN THE MATTER IS SHATTERED BY TIME (AND WEATHER): THE RAILWAY WARNING SIGN NEAR ROME #1

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PLACES / VISITING MARSEILLE (FRANCE): ART, HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE TO DISCOVER WHILE WALKING (PART #2)

Photos: © Roberto Alborghetti Walking and walking. It’s the best way to visit Marseille. If you have at least 3 full days available, it is possible to plan a reasoned tour of the city – which is not small at all: it has almost 900 thousand inhabitants and is the second largest in France, after… Read More PLACES / VISITING MARSEILLE (FRANCE): ART, HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE TO DISCOVER WHILE WALKING (PART #2)

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ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF A WORN STICKER ON THE FLOOR OF A RAILWAY STATION (IMAGE #31)

© 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 / PHOTO OF A WORN STICKER ON THE FLOOR OF A RAILWAY STATION (IMAGE #31)

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PLACES / VISITING MARSEILLE (FRANCE): THE OLD PORT AS A “MIRROR” OF A LONG HISTORY (PART #1)

Photos: © Roberto Alborghetti  The Old Port of Marseille has always been the nerve center of the city, the second largest in number of inhabitants in France, after Paris. The first to settle here were, in 600 BC, Greek colonists who left Phocaea (Asia Minor), attracted by the shape of the place: an almost symmetrical… Read More PLACES / VISITING MARSEILLE (FRANCE): THE OLD PORT AS A “MIRROR” OF A LONG HISTORY (PART #1)

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ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF CRACKS ON AN EXCAVATOR (IMAGE #30)

© Roberto Alborghetti – – Close-up photography; it is not a digitally manipulated or enhanced image – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata 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 the things that… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF CRACKS ON AN EXCAVATOR (IMAGE #30)

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THE JCIDEL COLLECTION, THE “IT BAGS” THAT EXPRESS THE SPIRIT OF THE TIME IN ART AND FASHION

Guest Writer: PATRIZIA POGGI, Art curator and Ambassador of “Saperi e Sapori d’Italia” The Treccani dictionary indicates “it bag” as the highly successful bag modelin the world of fashion, a model that was created to satisfyspecific needs or to express the Zeitgeist, or spirit of the times.And which is the “it bag” of the moment?… Read More THE JCIDEL COLLECTION, THE “IT BAGS” THAT EXPRESS THE SPIRIT OF THE TIME IN ART AND FASHION

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12 PICTURES TO REPRESENT 12 MONTHS: RETROSPECTIVE ON 2024

Here in the gallery 12 photos randomly selected from those I posted along the year. They are all part of my “Lacer/actions” project concerning images of torn and decomposed publicity posters, deteriorated surfaces, natural cracks, scratches and corrosions that we find everywhere in our cities. They are all close-up or macro photographs and they aren’t… Read More 12 PICTURES TO REPRESENT 12 MONTHS: RETROSPECTIVE ON 2024

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THE RUST AND THE TIME: THE FASCINATING POWER TO CHANGE THINGS AND MATTER

Time and rust have the fascinating power to change things without the contribution and conditioning of the human being’s hand. The work and the creative action that rust can do are truly surprising. They can compose and model endless scenes in which our eyes can see and perceive horizons without limits. Like in this series… Read More THE RUST AND THE TIME: THE FASCINATING POWER TO CHANGE THINGS AND MATTER

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