SANDY HOOK, DECEMBER 14, 2012 / A LETTER FROM ERICA, WHOSE MOM WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON THAT HORRIBLE DAY

Last December 14, I posted one of my Lacer/actions image to remember staff (6) and children (20) killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. It was a personal and silencious way to make memory of the victims  and inviting to take actions about reducing gun violence. But now the silence is not enough… Yesterday… Read More SANDY HOOK, DECEMBER 14, 2012 / A LETTER FROM ERICA, WHOSE MOM WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON THAT HORRIBLE DAY

(HE)ART PLACES / THE MYSTERIOUS LONGOBARD CRYPT (8TH CENTURY) ON MOUNT AMIATA IN TUSCANY

© Photos: ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI * In Abbadia San Salvatore, on Mount Amiata – Siena country, Tuscany, Italy – there is a magical and capturing place. You find it on the ancient Benedectine abbey. It’s a Crypt where we breath the history and the beauty of one of the most fascinating Tuscany villages. According the documents,… Read More (HE)ART PLACES / THE MYSTERIOUS LONGOBARD CRYPT (8TH CENTURY) ON MOUNT AMIATA IN TUSCANY

FUERTEVENTURA (CANARY ISLANDS) / THAT BLUE AND ABSTRACT SEA: MORE IMAGES FROM THE WASTE CONTAINER…

  * © ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI – LACER/ACTIONS * More random (and not manipulated) images from Fuerteventura, (Canary Islands, Spain). I usually capture and document my “Lacer/actions” – images of torn and decomposed posters or cracks – wherever I travel. However, something I found in Morro Jable town (a nice city of “Peninsula de  Jandia”, in… Read More FUERTEVENTURA (CANARY ISLANDS) / THAT BLUE AND ABSTRACT SEA: MORE IMAGES FROM THE WASTE CONTAINER…

FUERTEVENTURA (SPAIN) / SEASCAPE STORIES FROM CRACKS OF AN “ART INSTALLATION” (BUT IT’S A WASTE CONTAINER…)

  © ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI – LACER/ACTIONS * I’ve already written some posts about Fuerteventura, a beautiful and wild part of the Canary Islands where I found fascinating beaches, dunes, hills, towns and a blue, limpid sea… but for me there was another Fuerteventura: one I happened on through my art research. I usually capture and… Read More FUERTEVENTURA (SPAIN) / SEASCAPE STORIES FROM CRACKS OF AN “ART INSTALLATION” (BUT IT’S A WASTE CONTAINER…)

AUTISTIC KIDS RE-CREATE ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI’S WORKS FOLLOWING THE MESSAGE OF TEMPLE GRANDIN / A SHOW IN ITALY FROM JUNE 3

“AUTISTIC CHILDREN SEE WHAT HUMAN BEINGS CAN’T SEE” * GUEST WRITER: STEFANO ALBERTI * There’s a great expectation in Aprilia (near Rome, Italy) at the “Marconi” Primary School where on June 3 a unique and special exhibition will open displaying works created by autistic students.  We talked about this some weeks ago. Teacher Patrizia Sapri… Read More AUTISTIC KIDS RE-CREATE ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI’S WORKS FOLLOWING THE MESSAGE OF TEMPLE GRANDIN / A SHOW IN ITALY FROM JUNE 3

NEW!!! HAVE A LOOK AT “THE CRACKS GALLERY”, COLORS AND TEXTURES FROM IMPERFECTION (31 WORKS)

CLICK AND ENTER THE WORLD OF CRACKS… *** Cracks is part of Roberto Alborghetti ‘s Lacer/actions Project, about  the decomposition of torn publicity posters on outside advertisings (realistic and not manipulated images are transferred on canvases, lithographic prints and textiles or re-built on collages). Since 2009 Roberto Alborghetti has been also workin’ on metal, plastic or… Read More NEW!!! HAVE A LOOK AT “THE CRACKS GALLERY”, COLORS AND TEXTURES FROM IMPERFECTION (31 WORKS)

PLACES / FUTURE & ARCHITECTURE: THE LOMBARDY PALACE IN MILAN, “THE BEST EUROPEAN TALL BUILDING”

* © Photos: ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI * In 2012 the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, CTBUH, has awarded the Palazzo Lombardia as the Best European Tall Building: “In a city known for history and fashion, the tower is perfectly attuned to the urban environment. More than simply a tower, the project creates a cohesive… Read More PLACES / FUTURE & ARCHITECTURE: THE LOMBARDY PALACE IN MILAN, “THE BEST EUROPEAN TALL BUILDING”

CRACKS – BROKEN BUT NOT SPLIT / THE VIDEOCLIP

*** Cracks is part of  Roberto Alborghetti Lacer/actions Project, about  the decomposition of torn publicity posters on outside advertisings (realistic and not manipulated images are transferred on canvases, lithographic prints, textiles or re-built on collages). Since 2009 he has been also workin’ on metal, plastic or stony surfaces, or metal and plastic platings, entering the wonderful world of Cracks…… Read More CRACKS – BROKEN BUT NOT SPLIT / THE VIDEOCLIP

CRACKS (& LACERATIONS): THE “ACTIVE AESTHETICAL APPRECIATION” OF THE SO-CALLED “DISTURBING ELEMENTS” / IMAGE #7

THE CRACKS WEEK: THE 7th IMAGE Cracks is part of my Lacer/actions Project, about  the decomposition of torn publicity posters on outside advertisings (my realistic and not manipulated images are transferred on canvases, lithographic prints or textiles). Since 2009 I’ve been also workin’ on another matter. Not paper but metal, plastic or stony surfaces, or… Read More CRACKS (& LACERATIONS): THE “ACTIVE AESTHETICAL APPRECIATION” OF THE SO-CALLED “DISTURBING ELEMENTS” / IMAGE #7

MY CRACKS AS “WABI-SABI”, THE JAPANESE ART OF CELEBRATING CREVICES AND TIME MARKS…

    *** THE CRACKS WEEK: THE 6th IMAGE *** Some friends of mine who work in arts told me that CRACKS – and all my LACER/ACTIONS researches about torn and decomposed publicity posters – are a sort of European example of “Wabi-sabi” which is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection and profundity in… Read More MY CRACKS AS “WABI-SABI”, THE JAPANESE ART OF CELEBRATING CREVICES AND TIME MARKS…

IN PRAISE OF IMPERFECTION / “FIND THE BEAUTY IN YOUR CRACKS” – IMAGE #5

“Do yourself a favor, find the beauty in your cracks” Ne-Yo (Shaffer Chimere Smith)  From his R.E.D. album *** THE CRACKS WEEK: THE 5th IMAGE Cracks is part of my Lacer/actions Project, about  the decomposition of torn publicity posters on outside advertisings (my realistic and not manipulated images are transferred on canvases, lithographic prints or textiles).… Read More IN PRAISE OF IMPERFECTION / “FIND THE BEAUTY IN YOUR CRACKS” – IMAGE #5

THEY’RE ONLY ORDINARY TEXTURES IN A CRACKS MAGNIFICATION…

*** THE CRACKS WEEK: THE 4th IMAGE Cracks is part of my Lacer/actions Project, about  the decomposition of torn publicity posters on outside advertisings (my realistic and not manipulated images are transferred on canvases, lithographic prints or textiles). Since 2009 I’ve been also workin’ on another matter. Not paper but metal and plastic surfaces, or… Read More THEY’RE ONLY ORDINARY TEXTURES IN A CRACKS MAGNIFICATION…