Autore: Roberto Alborghetti

Reporter, Author, Visual artist, Creator of "LaceR/Actions" project - Giornalista, scrittore, artista visuale, autore del progetto "LaceR/Azioni"

RETROSPECTIVE: ADVERTISING POSTERS ON BILLBOARD AND THEIR PROCESS OF CHANGE (VIDEO, 2010)

“Lacer/actions – Lacer/azioni” was made exactly 10 years ago: in March  2010. I created it through the Animoto platform, accepting the challenge of producing a video clip of thirty seconds of maximum duration. In the video we see some of the macro photographic images I took around advertising posters billboard. I have always been impressed… Read More RETROSPECTIVE: ADVERTISING POSTERS ON BILLBOARD AND THEIR PROCESS OF CHANGE (VIDEO, 2010)

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UFFIZI GALLERIES: “THE GARZONI CHALLENGE” DEDICATED TO A GREAT FEMALE PAINTER (1600 – 1670)

On March 9, the Uffizi Galleries will be launching the Challenge live, at the Garzoni exhibition’s Press Conference / Inauguration at the Pitti Palace’s famed Sala Bianca. During the Florence event, Gallery Director Eike Schmidt will share the concept of the Uffizi as a ‘living museum’ and its efforts in recent years to spotlight art… Read More UFFIZI GALLERIES: “THE GARZONI CHALLENGE” DEDICATED TO A GREAT FEMALE PAINTER (1600 – 1670)

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SIGNS OF OUR TIMES / MACRO PHOTOS OF A DISFIGURED WASTEBIN

These are not modern art paintings or pop art works. They are just macro and abstract photos of details of a disfigured wastebin, in Milan… The pictures are part of my “LaceR/Actions” project-research, which now has reached 120.000 photos taken across the world. “LaceR/Actions” is a multidisciplinary project concerning researches about decomposed and torn publicity… Read More SIGNS OF OUR TIMES / MACRO PHOTOS OF A DISFIGURED WASTEBIN

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THE MUSEUM OF ANCIENT PARCHMENTS IN BIANCHI (CALABRIA, ITALY): A SPACE FOR MEMORY AND HISTORY

History and memory are important, because they not only communicate to us what we have been, but they open windows on the future. This is the meaning of the Museum of ancient Parchements  which the Municipal Administration of Bianchi (Cosenza, Calabria, South Italy) intends to increasingly enhance and promote, as confirmed by the mayor prof.… Read More THE MUSEUM OF ANCIENT PARCHMENTS IN BIANCHI (CALABRIA, ITALY): A SPACE FOR MEMORY AND HISTORY

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RUGS, DUST, GLUE AND PAPER: MYSTERIOUS CODES ON THE CITY WALLS

© Roberto Alborghetti Cities reveal themselves also through random images of ripped and decomposed publicity posters and natural decompositions we may see along the streets. In this gallery I gathered some macro photos I took in Amsterdam, the so called “Venice of Northern Europe”. Rugs, papers, glue, dust, spray colors residuals and other materials mixed… Read More RUGS, DUST, GLUE AND PAPER: MYSTERIOUS CODES ON THE CITY WALLS

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THE AMAZING IMPERFECTION OF THE WORLD AROUND US: 12 ABSTRACT PHOTOS FROM ROME

  © Roberto Alborghetti    These pictures aren’t paintings (oils, acrylics, watercolors or digital works), but just natural, random and not manipulated images of the amazing imperfection of the real world we see around us. They are photos: I took them in Rome on walls, advertising billboards, gates, wastebins… Free abstract and informal art along the… Read More THE AMAZING IMPERFECTION OF THE WORLD AROUND US: 12 ABSTRACT PHOTOS FROM ROME

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FIRENZE: GLI UFFIZI ACQUISTANO DUE SCULTURE FEMMINILI DI EPOCA ROMANA

Originally posted on OKAY!:
Risalgono al primo secolo dopo Cristo. In collezione entrano anche due epigrafi, dello stesso periodo Due sculture femminili di epoca romana arricchiscono da oggi la vasta raccolta di oltre milleduecento marmi romani posseduta dalle Gallerie degli Uffizi. Le opere, insieme a due epigrafi anch’esse romane, sono state acquistate dal museo nell’ambito…

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SHATTERED SKIES (CIELI FRANTUMATI): MACROPHOTOS OF CRACKS

New video for my “Lacer /actions” project. The extraordinary suggestion of the cracks on a signpost of the Monterotondo railway station, in Rome area (Italy). Pure close-up photography that takes on the contours and tones of a painting. For informations and acquisition of unique and original copies of the artworks: funtasyeditrice@gmail.com * Nuovo video per… Read More SHATTERED SKIES (CIELI FRANTUMATI): MACROPHOTOS OF CRACKS

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“STOP BULLYING!”: DRAWINGS AND MESSAGES FROM SCHOOLS ALL OVER ITALY

In Italy last 7 February 2020 was the annual day that calls the Italian school to reflect on the phenomena of bullying and cyber bullying. A theme, this, which is at the center, all year round, of the meetings on my book “Social or dis-social?” (Funtasy Editrice) which has now involved more than 30,000 students… Read More “STOP BULLYING!”: DRAWINGS AND MESSAGES FROM SCHOOLS ALL OVER ITALY

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IL CAVALLO DI JACKIE KENNEDY ENTRA NELLA COLLEZIONE DEI DISEGNI DEGLI UFFIZI

Originally posted on OKAY!:
Foglio di Giovanni Battista Foggini, era appartenuto alla first lady statunitense. Acquistato a New York insieme ad altre opere sue e di Franceschini dai Friends of the Uffizi Galleries   Cresce ancora la collezione di disegni delle Gallerie degli Uffizi. Nella settimana dedicata a New York alle aste di opere antiche, i…

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GLI UFFIZI CRESCONO ANCORA: GALLERIE QUASI A QUOTA 4 MILIONI E MEZZO DI PRESENZE

Originally posted on OKAY!:
Dal 2015 i visitatori sono aumentati del 33% e i ricavi sono più che raddoppiati Il 2019 è stato un nuovo anno di piena crescita per le Gallerie degli Uffizi: sono infatti aumentati i visitatori (+6,1%) e i ricavi (+3,2%). Questi alcuni dei dati principali che emergono dall’analisi dell’andamento del complesso…

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THE SURPRISING RANDOMNESS OF TORN AND DECOMPOSED ADVERTISING POSTERS

“LaceR/Actions” is a multidisciplinary project about the apparent chaos of ripped and decomposed posters and urban/street signs. Transferred on canvases, reproduced on lithographic prints or textiles (as pure silk), re-built on collages or scanned in videoclips, the images of torn and decomposed posters give new life to paper lacerations and matter decomposition, as you may see in… Read More THE SURPRISING RANDOMNESS OF TORN AND DECOMPOSED ADVERTISING POSTERS

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