FROM THE BIRTHPLACE OF SHAKESPEARE A NEW INITIATIVE TO REVOLUTIONISE THE WAY THE LEGENDARY PLAYWRIGHT IS TAUGHT

  Teachers in Singapore are being supported to change their approach to teaching Shakespeare by adopting techniques used by actors and directors as part of a pioneering new project from the UK’s Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and the University of Warwick that aims to transform classroom experiences of Shakespeare. According to research undertaken by the… Read More FROM THE BIRTHPLACE OF SHAKESPEARE A NEW INITIATIVE TO REVOLUTIONISE THE WAY THE LEGENDARY PLAYWRIGHT IS TAUGHT

FLYING PARTICLES OR ROAMING METEORS? THEY ARE SIMPLY PAPER AND GLUE LEFT ON A TORN PUBLICITY POSTER…- LACER/ACTIONS POSTCARDS #25

  “FLYING PARTICLES. OR ROAMING METEORS…” 2009 LaceR/Actions work by Roberto Alborghetti Realistic and not manipulated image * Roberto Alborghetti ‘s LaceR/Actions is a multidisciplinary project and research about the apparent chaos of ripped and decomposed posters and urban/street signs. Transferred on canvas, reproduced on lithographic prints or textiles (as pure silk), re-built on collages… Read More FLYING PARTICLES OR ROAMING METEORS? THEY ARE SIMPLY PAPER AND GLUE LEFT ON A TORN PUBLICITY POSTER…- LACER/ACTIONS POSTCARDS #25

“A FRAGILE BEAM OF LIGHT IN THAT BLACK STORM” / ABSTRACT & FRANCESCO

Friend and fellow artist Mieke Goossens – she’s from Holland, she  lives in Rome and creates beautiful ceramics – launched me a sort of “provocation”. She invited me to create one of my “Lacer/actions” ( images of torn and decomposed publicity poster) about Francesco, the new Pope called to guide Catholic Church in these hard… Read More “A FRAGILE BEAM OF LIGHT IN THAT BLACK STORM” / ABSTRACT & FRANCESCO

SRINI PILLAY’S NBG NOMINATED TO TRAINING INDUSTRY’S WATCHLIST OF THE TOP 20 MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN THE WORLD

Dr. Srini Pillay –  Assistant Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School, Psychiatrist, brain-imaging researcher, author, friend and fellow artist – sent me exciting news about his NeuroBusiness Group (NBG) which has been nominated to Training Industry’s WatchList of the Top 20 Movers and Shakers in Leadership Development in the world. I send my congratulations to… Read More SRINI PILLAY’S NBG NOMINATED TO TRAINING INDUSTRY’S WATCHLIST OF THE TOP 20 MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN THE WORLD

“LACER/ACTIONS” WORKS GO ON THE TELLY…/ ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI ‘S ART PROJECT APPEARING IN A TV PROGRAMME

And “Lacer/actions” went on television… It happened on an Italian Tv channel, Bergamo Tv, which dedicated a really nice documentary to Roberto Alborghetti ‘s multidisciplinary project about the apparent chaos of ripped and decomposed publicity posters and urban/street signs. Roberto was interviewed by anchorwoman Francesca Manenti, who explained how the images of torn and decomposed… Read More “LACER/ACTIONS” WORKS GO ON THE TELLY…/ ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI ‘S ART PROJECT APPEARING IN A TV PROGRAMME

BOOKS / NEW MYSTERY DRAMA NOVEL BY LILLIAN LEWIS CELEBRATES IRELAND, FAMILY ROOTS

  New mystery drama novel celebrates Ireland, family roots. Lillian Lewis turns quality family time into an Irish murder mystery in her new book, “All Shall Be Well: An Irish Inheritance.” The book may be fiction, but Lewis incorporates her own Irish backstory into the plot. Lillian Lewis grew up in post-Depression Chicago where her… Read More BOOKS / NEW MYSTERY DRAMA NOVEL BY LILLIAN LEWIS CELEBRATES IRELAND, FAMILY ROOTS

VIEWS & ILLUSIONS / SOME PERSPECTIVES FROM TORN AND DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS / A CLIP

*** Roberto Alborghetti ‘s LaceR/Actions is a multidisciplinary project and research about the apparent chaos of ripped and decomposed posters and urban/street signs. Transferred on canvas, reproduced on lithographic prints or textiles (as pure silk), re-built on collages or scanned in videoclips, the details of torn and decomposed posters give new life to paper lacerations… Read More VIEWS & ILLUSIONS / SOME PERSPECTIVES FROM TORN AND DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS / A CLIP

MARCH 8 / AN IMAGE TO SAY: “STOP FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION!”

  © ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI – LACER/ACTIONS, Realistic and not Manipulated Images of Torn and Decomposed Publicity Posters and Urban Signs * “The European Commission is joining forces with some very inspiring women to call for zero tolerance for female genital mutilation. This is an extremely harmful practice which violates the human rights of women and… Read More MARCH 8 / AN IMAGE TO SAY: “STOP FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION!”

“WE NEED COLORS JUST AS THE LIGHT” (W.GOETHE) / NEW “LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTS” SERIES – PHOTOGALLERY #2

© ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI – LACER/ACTIONS, Images of Torn and Decomposed Publicity Posters and Urban Signs * LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTS  by Roberto Alborghetti  LacerR/Actions Project * Realistic and not manipulated Images of Torn and Decomposed Publicity Posters * PAPER SIZE: 45X32,5 IMAGE SIZE: VARIOUS * Roberto Alborghetti ‘s LaceR/Actions is a multidisciplinary project and research about the… Read More “WE NEED COLORS JUST AS THE LIGHT” (W.GOETHE) / NEW “LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTS” SERIES – PHOTOGALLERY #2

JUMPIN’ INTO COLORS / NEW “LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTS” SERIES (PHOTOGALLERY #1)

  © © ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI – LACER/ACTIONS, Images of Torn and Decomposed Publicity Posters and Urban Signs *** LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTS  by Roberto Alborghetti  LacerR/Actions Project * Realistic and not manipulated Images of Torn and Decomposed Publicity Posters * PAPER SIZE: 45X32,5 IMAGE SIZE: VARIOUS * Roberto Alborghetti ‘s LaceR/Actions is a multidisciplinary project and research… Read More JUMPIN’ INTO COLORS / NEW “LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTS” SERIES (PHOTOGALLERY #1)

SIGNS OF A CITY / REMEMBERING PARIS THROUGH COLORS BLOTS (FROM TORN AND DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS)

© ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI – LACER/ACTIONS * Fellow blogger Theadora Brack through her interesting blog People,Places and Bling kindly asked me about pics I shot in Paris a few years ago for my project “Lacer/actions” (Images of torn and decomposed publicity posters and urban tokens). I have just to say that also in Paris the traditional billboards… Read More SIGNS OF A CITY / REMEMBERING PARIS THROUGH COLORS BLOTS (FROM TORN AND DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS)

AND A BLOW-UP OF A CORROSION BECAME AN ABSTRACT IMAGE… LACER/ACTIONS POSTCARDS #24

  * “WINDS BLOW/ THE SKY CLEARS/ BEFORE AN EMPTY MOON” (Susan Kahn Verses, California, Usa) CANVAS/MIXED MEDIA 63,5X40,5 2011 This image  (reproduced on canvas ) was displayed at Roberto Alborghetti Show (“Colors of an Apocalypse: An Intrigue for the Eyes and Mind from the Decomposed Publicity Posters”) in the  enchanting  Aldobrandesca Fortress (XIII Century)… Read More AND A BLOW-UP OF A CORROSION BECAME AN ABSTRACT IMAGE… LACER/ACTIONS POSTCARDS #24

“ART AND POLITICS”: SHEPARD FAIREY (OBAMA “HOPE” POSTER CREATOR) MEETS STUDENTS AT “SANTA FE UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN”

Launched in 2011 by the Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Artists for Positive Social Change  is a “university-wide series of events, lectures, and performances that highlights one high-profile issue, artist or genre each year.” Inaugurating this five-year initiative, 2011-12 was the year of hip-hop and saw Public Enemy descend on the SFUAD campus… Read More “ART AND POLITICS”: SHEPARD FAIREY (OBAMA “HOPE” POSTER CREATOR) MEETS STUDENTS AT “SANTA FE UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN”