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“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

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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

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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

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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!”

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“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

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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)

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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)

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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

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“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”

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(HE)ART PLACES / THE NIGHT (AND THE SILENCE) IN THE FASCINATING MEDIEVAL TUSCANY VILLAGE

© Photos by ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI The historical centre of Abbadia San Salvatore (Siena, Tuscany, Italy) is a well kept medieval fortress-village, where you may walk through incredible narrow streets and squares, all built with the local grey stone. The castle of Abbadia is first mentioned in a document dating to 1203, which shows that the… Read More (HE)ART PLACES / THE NIGHT (AND THE SILENCE) IN THE FASCINATING MEDIEVAL TUSCANY VILLAGE

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MY “ALPHABET COLLAGE” INSPIRED A BEAUTIFUL POEM BY CANADIAN ARTIST PURUSHA HONTOY

 “MOTS EN MAJUSCULES” Purusha Hontoy  * Les mots déchirent l’espace Et les lettres majuscules Éclaboussent le temps * La peur d’être perdue pour le monde Ronge mes sangs historiques Suis-je née pour me taire?  * J’ai mal aux verbes et aux phrases Que j’aimerais tant former Pour tenter ma pénétration universelle  * La peur d’être… Read More MY “ALPHABET COLLAGE” INSPIRED A BEAUTIFUL POEM BY CANADIAN ARTIST PURUSHA HONTOY

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COLLAGE MADE WITH 400 PIECES OF WASTE-PAPER FROM TORN PUBLICITY POSTERS / “LOST W-O-R-D-S…” (PIC & CLIP)

*** Roberto Alborghetti ‘s Collage made with 400 pieces of waste-paper from torn and decomposed publicity posters. “Lost W-o-r-d-s In The Rage Days”, 94×51, 2013, “Lacer/actions Project”.  The collage has been published as the cover of LamiAgenda 2017/2018 (watch the video)    Collage di Roberto Alborghetti realizzato con 400 pezzetti di carta-straccia da manifesti pubblicitari strappati e… Read More COLLAGE MADE WITH 400 PIECES OF WASTE-PAPER FROM TORN PUBLICITY POSTERS / “LOST W-O-R-D-S…” (PIC & CLIP)

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TOKENS AND COLORS IN A MAGNIFICATION OF CRACKS ON A RAILWAY CARRIAGE – LACER/ACTIONS POSTCARDS # 23

  *** “ONDES VIBRANTES DANS L’AZUR (DES HOMMES NOUVEAUX)” D’après un Poème de Purusha Hontoy, Canada From a Purusha Hontoy Poem, Canada 2012 CANVAS/MIXED MEDIA CM. 70X50 * This picture (reproduced on a pictorial canvas ) is not from a ripped and decomposed publicity poster. It’s a magnification of cracks I saw on a flank… Read More TOKENS AND COLORS IN A MAGNIFICATION OF CRACKS ON A RAILWAY CARRIAGE – LACER/ACTIONS POSTCARDS # 23

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