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“SAILING THE APOCALYPSE”: MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY AND WORDS (MODERN HAIKU #15)

“SAILING THE APOCALYPSE” – ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI, 2009, MILAN – ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT OWNED BY MEREDITH DEERHEART * In the end, I knew not whether life occurred or dissipated amidst plumes of steam rising, collapsing, re-forming light and dark as crystalline mists dissolved all memory of horizons. * Meredith Deerheart * “PICTURES AND THERAPY” This lithographic… Read More “SAILING THE APOCALYPSE”: MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY AND WORDS (MODERN HAIKU #15)

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RETROSPECTIVE / 10 YEARS AGO MY SHOW AT PARALLAX ART FAIR IN LONDON

Article posted 10 years ago after my participation at Parallax Art Fair in London. The Parallax AF days are over. The art show at La Galleria (Royal Opera Arcade, Pall Mall) in London was surely a good occasion to meet artists and people. During the three days exhibition and the two private views, I had… Read More RETROSPECTIVE / 10 YEARS AGO MY SHOW AT PARALLAX ART FAIR IN LONDON

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THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE LAW OF ATTRACTION: INTERVIEW WITH SRINI PILLAY (PSYCHIATRIST, AUTHOR, BRAIN IMAGING RESEARCHER)

Exactly ten years ago I published on this blog an interview with dr. Srini Pillay (Harvard psychiatrist, author, brain imaging researcher) on his book “The Science behind the Law of Attraction”. In ten years the research on this topic has taken other steps, but the words of dr. Pillay always remain very topical and continue… Read More THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE LAW OF ATTRACTION: INTERVIEW WITH SRINI PILLAY (PSYCHIATRIST, AUTHOR, BRAIN IMAGING RESEARCHER)

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“THIS MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY IS REAL POP ART AVANT-GARDE”: IN MEMORY OF LINO LAZZARI, ART CRITICIAN

An article written 10 years ago, in the summer of 2011. My macro photography artworks in the review signed by an authoritative art critician: Lino Lazzari, professional journalist, writer, priest in love with art and life, dean in Italy of communication on art, a long editorial militancy for the newspaper “L’Eco di Bergamo”, author of… Read More “THIS MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY IS REAL POP ART AVANT-GARDE”: IN MEMORY OF LINO LAZZARI, ART CRITICIAN

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CITIES,WALLS AND SIGNS: STREET MACRO PHOTOS #4

Someone wrote that my “Lacer/actions” artworks – macro photos of torn posters and urban materials – are a sort of evolutional forms by which some unidentified and indefinite entities try to communicate with us… At first I smiled hearing  this comment. Now – after having “captured” strange and unusual images in thousands – I’m not… Read More CITIES,WALLS AND SIGNS: STREET MACRO PHOTOS #4

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CITIES,WALLS AND SIGNS: STREET MACRO PHOTOS #3

Someone wrote that my “Lacer/actions” artworks – macro photos of torn posters and urban materials – are a sort of evolutional forms by which some unidentified and indefinite entities try to communicate with us… At first I smiled hearing this comment. Now – after having “captured” strange and unusual images in thousands – I’m not… Read More CITIES,WALLS AND SIGNS: STREET MACRO PHOTOS #3

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CITIES,WALLS AND SIGNS: STREET MACRO PHOTOS #2

Someone wrote that my “Lacer/actions” artworks – macro photos of torn posters and urban materials – are a sort of evolutional forms by which some unidentified and indefinite entities try to communicate with us… At first I smiled hearing this comment. Now – after having “captured” strange and unusual images in thousands – I’m not… Read More CITIES,WALLS AND SIGNS: STREET MACRO PHOTOS #2

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CITIES,WALLS AND SIGNS: STREET MACRO PHOTOS #1

Someone wrote that my “Lacer/actions” artworks – macro photos of torn posters and urban materials – are a sort of evolutional forms by which some unidentified and indefinite entities try to communicate with us… At first I smiled hearing this comment. Now – after having “captured” strange and unusual images in thousands – I’m not… Read More CITIES,WALLS AND SIGNS: STREET MACRO PHOTOS #1

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MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY ON SILK SCARVES (LIMITED EDITION SERIES)

Renato Aquino – from Portugal (Ourem) – is a successful Senior Operations Manager, Catering Manager and skilled hospitality professional. Through LinkedIn profiles he had the way to see my artistic silk scarves. He was really struck by the unusual design and he acquired the all series of three doing some special gifts.  Renato sent me… Read More MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY ON SILK SCARVES (LIMITED EDITION SERIES)

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WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY 2020: AN EXPERIENCE OF COLORS AND EMOTIONS

* This videoclip presents a series of pictures about “a journey through special painterly colors and materials” and the wonderful experience involving children with disabilities and carriers of the Syndrome of Autism Spectrum. It’s nice to remember it, when we celebrate the World Autism Awereness Day 2020 (April 2).  Patrizia Sapri led with passion and… Read More WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY 2020: AN EXPERIENCE OF COLORS AND EMOTIONS

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LIKE A GARDEN IN WINTER…: FLUTE NINJA (笛忍者) + 21 MACRO PHOTOS

The relaxing and mysterious music created by Flute Ninja (笛忍者) – composer, artist and musician – meets my “Lacer/Actions” works in a videoclip titled “Falling Snow”. The clip presents an original Flute Ninja (笛忍者) composition accompanied by an image series from my photo collection of torn and decomposed publicity posters. The 21 works have white… Read More LIKE A GARDEN IN WINTER…: FLUTE NINJA (笛忍者) + 21 MACRO PHOTOS

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TURIN GOES ON POP / MAGNIFICATIONS OF SCRATCHES ALONG CORSO VITTORIO EMANUELE

© Roberto Alborghetti – Lacer/actions, 2016   The day before yesterday, in Turin, returning from a visit to the exhibition “Tempo.Memoria” curated by Sergio Gomez at the MIIT (Museo Internazionale Italia Arte by Guido Folco, Corso Cairoli 4) I came across a number of scratches along Corso Vittorio Emanuele (advertising billboards, wastebins, light poles …) I… Read More TURIN GOES ON POP / MAGNIFICATIONS OF SCRATCHES ALONG CORSO VITTORIO EMANUELE

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ABSTRACT ON THE STREETS… THEY’RE PHOTOS OF TORN PUBLICITY POSTERS ON OUTDOOR BILLBOARDS…

© Roberto Alborghetti – Lacer/actions 2016 What you see in this photogallery are not collages built and created deliberately with my hands, joining and sticking piece by piece, but photos of real and random torn publicity posters I saw on an outdoor billboard. They are the result of various and different overlaps – which took place… Read More ABSTRACT ON THE STREETS… THEY’RE PHOTOS OF TORN PUBLICITY POSTERS ON OUTDOOR BILLBOARDS…

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