© PHOTOS: ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI * Bilbao (Basque region, Spain) is one of the most amazing cities of Europe. It had the courage to develop itself in a new identity based on culture and art. I had the pleasure to visit it a few years ago. And I was really astonished by a city where I… Read More (HE)ART PLACES / BILBAO (BASQUE REGION, SPAIN) WHERE THE FUTURE HAS REGENERATED A CITY…
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
© 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
© Photos by ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI My recent 100 days exhibition at Rocca Aldobrandesca – the XIII Century manor on Mount Amiata – gave me the way to trip through the enchanting Tuscany landscapes, discovering its natural beauty. Whatever direction you come from, the Mount Amiata appears suddenly and unequivocally. It shows different profiles: more or… Read More HEART PLACES / THE TUSCANY LANDSCAPE, SOURCE OF NOURISHMENT, BEAUTY AND INEXHAUSTIBLE GIFTS
I love to mash-up different techniques and materials. I think contamination is the base of my “Lacer/actions Project” (my realistic images are reproduced on canvases, textiles, lithographs, a.s.o.). I like to test, as I did on a lithographs prints series from my collection. I have spread a coat of resin on the whole paper surface.… Read More TESTING MATERIALS: A COAT OF RESIN ON A LITHO PRINT REPRODUCING A MACRO PHOTO
*** By Marco Rossi “Colors of An Apocalypse” – the Roberto Alborghetti exhibition hosted in the ancient and picturesque Aldobrandesca Fortress (XIII Century) on Mount Amiata, in Tuscany (Piancastagnaio — Siena, Italy) – ends today after 100 days. The show has been exceptionally extended due to the great interest from people and media. About 7.000 visitors have taken turns in… Read More 100 DAYS IN THE MEDIEVAL TUSCANY FORTRESS: SCENES FROM “COLORS OF AN APOCALYPSE” SHOW – THE CLIP
THE COLLAGES GALLERY, CLICK TO GO TO THE SPECIAL PAGE: https://robertoalborghetti.wordpress.com/laceractions-the-collages-gallery/ https://robertoalborghetti.wordpress.com/laceractions-the-collages-gallery/ https://robertoalborghetti.wordpress.com/laceractions-the-collages-gallery/ “THE NEXT APOCALYPSE…” by Roberto Alborghetti COLLAGE OF PAPER PIECES FROM TORN AND DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS 2012, CM.47X47 Partecipating to Art Toppling Tobacco Campaign * “HE LOVES HIS CHAOS FROM A DISTANCE” by Roberto Alborghetti Title From A Story by Meredith Deerheart,… Read More NEW!!! / THE COLLAGES GALLERY – WORKS MADE OF WASTE-PAPER FROM TORN AND DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS (LACER/ACTIONS PROJECT)
“Colors of an Apocalypse The Decomposed Publicity Posters” Roberto Alborghetti Exhibition Aldobrandesca Fortress Piancastagnaio, Siena, Tuscany – Italy * Promoted by: Piancastagnaio Municipality Osa Onlus Sponsored by: Provincia di Siena * Opening Time Until January 15, 2013: 10 to 12.30 am/ 17 to 19.30 pm on Saturdays, Sundays and all public holidays. For information and… Read More THE SNAPSHOT-MANIA: THEY COULDN’T HELP TAKING PHOTOS OF “COLORS OF AN APOCALYPSE” EXHIBITION IN THE MEDIEVAL FORTRESS…
* Sofiya Uryvayeva is a talented pianist. We met on our own YouTube channels. I was struck by her music and by her power to do magics with the piano. And she was fascinated by my Lacer/actions artworks (images of torn and decomposed publicity posters and urban signs). This clip mixes Sofiya music and my artworks.… Read More “VISUALS FOR CHOPIN”: LACER/ACTIONS WORKS GO WITH “REVOLUTIONARY ETUDE” BY PIANIST SOFIYA URYVAYEVA
*** This Season’s Greetings clip fuses (in an “Haiga“) words (“Haiku”) and visual art. The image (lithograph, 70×50, framed) is part of Roberto Alborghetti Lacer/actions Project. It’s a detail of a torn and decomposed publicity poster. The realistic and not manipulated picture is currently shown at Aldobrandesca Fortress (Piancastagnaio,Tuscany, Italy) where Roberto Alborghetti is having an exhibition… Read More “SNOWFLAKES AND FROST…”: HAIKU AND VISUALS IN A CLIP (WITH THE FANTASTIC VOICES OF “TONIC SOL-FA”)
This enchanting castle – which is hosting Roberto Alborghetti’s “Colors of an Apocalypse” Exhibition – tonight will be enlighted to say to the world that the life goes on… And the art show too (it will be opened to visitors until January 15, 20013). Rocca Aldobrandesca (in Piancastagnaio, Siena, Tuscany, Italy) becomes tonight an outstanding symbol of the times… Read More MIDNIGHT LIGHTS AT THE MEDIEVAL CASTLE TO SAY THAT LIFE AND WORLD (AND MY SHOW) WILL GO ON…
* Holiday Season Divertissement about Limited-Edition Silk Scarves. Special and unique design by Roberto Alborghetti from natural and realistic images of torn and decomposed publicity posters. Created with the collaboration of Bruno Boggia Disegni, Como. Soundtrack: Christmas on Downing Street by Steve Fawcett. Related Page: https://robertoalborghetti.wordpress.com/laceractions-silk-scarves/ Related articles New Videoclip: Artistic Silk Scarves (limited-edition): “a… Read More HOLIDAY DIVERTISSEMENT:STARS & SCARVES / CLIP AND PICS
An extension of 50 square meters. Almost 20 thousand colored stones and glasses tiles. These numbers summarized an extraordinary artwork: the mosaic that Slovenian artist Marko Rupnik has created on the walls of the chapel of Suore Adoratrici at the Spirituality Center in Lenno ( Lake Como, Italy). Now a beautiful book ( “Adorationis Mysterium”)… Read More THE COLORS AND THE MYSTERY: A BOOK ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL MOSAIC CREATED BY RUPNIK IN LENNO (LAKE COMO)
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