Some more signs, scratches and graffiti from the walls in Rome… As I usually like to say, they’re not paintings, or digitally made compositions. They’re abstract and macro photos I usually take while I’m walking along the streets: I collected so far more than 100.000 images. I’m always amazed how the reality goes beyond every… Read More SIGNS,SCRATCHES AND GRAFFITI FROM THE WALLS IN ROME #2
Some signs, scratches and graffiti from the walls in Rome… for my “Lacer/actions” project-research. As I usually like to say, they’re not paintings, or digitally made compositions. They’re abstract and macro photos I usually take while I’m walking along the streets: I collected so far more than 100.000 images. I’m always amazed how the… Read More SIGNS, SCRATCHES AND GRAFFITI ON THE WALLS IN ROME #1
“Cracked green” © Roberto Alborghetti – Lacer/actions Project (Abstract Photo of Cracks). * Trump wants less green in the future of US… His withdraw from the Paris agreement still undoubtedly brings risks for the rest of the world. There are lots of possible pathways to the zero-emission global economy needed in the second half of this century… Read More HOW MUCH GREEN WILL THERE BE IN THE FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES?
White, Red and Green are the colors of the Italian Flag. Here some random pics from my “Lacer/actions” Project: they are a sort of tribute to Italian Republic Holiday (it’s today, June 2). I saw them on a publicity billboard and I was captured by the way the case re-built and re-constructed them. My “Lacer/actions”… Read More ITALIAN FLAG AS SEEN ON A PUBLICITY BILLBOARD: VISUAL ART FOR THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC HOLIDAY
“LamiAgenda” is out! Quindici just published it in Italy. My artworks – one collage (Lost Words, reproduced on the cover) and seven abstract photos from my “Lacer/actions” Project – constitute the iconographic elements of the first “visual” school diary”. “LamiAgenda” is all printed in EasyReading font. Internationally, EasyReading is the only font explicitly “dedicated” to… Read More “LAMIAGENDA” IS OUT! HERE IS THE FIRST “VISUAL” SCHOOL DIARY WITH EASYREADING FONT!
Abstract (and macro) images of a waste container in Bitonto (Apulia, Italy). Created by Roberto Alborghetti for his “LaceR/Actions” project-research about torn and decomposed publicity posters, natural cracks and scratches, urban and industrial matters. In the video: quote from the beautiful article wrote by Fernirosso about Roberto Alborghetti and his “LaceR/Actions” project. Janette Kelly , HR… Read More NEW VIDEO: “THE HIDDEN WORLD”. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS ART IS FROM A WASTE CONTAINER?
This video presents images of a “visual art” experience I led with students of “Sylos” School Institute in Bitonto (Bari, Italy) directed by prof. Angela Maria Mangini. For my project-research named “Lacer/actions”, I guided them through the streets of the city, to discover that even a waste container hides an astonishing world, as shown… Read More THAT ASTONISHING WORLD ON A WASTE CONTAINER: PICTURES FROM A “VISUAL ART” EXPERIENCE
Two years after the film premiere at Bartons Plc, the “Ghost Bus” is back to the Land of Robin Hood with two days that celebrate the success of a visual art project born and developed in Nottingham, Chilwell and Beeston by Roberto Alborghetti, Simon Barton (Bartons Plc), Marysia Zipser and ACT Group (Art Culture Tourism).… Read More THE LAND OF ROBIN HOOD CELEBRATES “THE GHOST BUS”: SPECIAL DAYS AT NOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL HOUSE AND IN BEESTON
Yes, there is an amazing paper sky over Milan… In these video I collected some of the macro images I took walking along the streets of Milan (Italy). They’re macro and abstract photos of a decomposed publicity poster I saw on an outdoor billboard. The pictures are part of LaceR/Actions”, a multidisciplinary project and research… Read More PAPER SKIES OVER MILAN / MACRO PICTURES OF DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS
“The Ghost Bus” is back… The amazing visual story about the “old and rusty bus”owned by Barton family is on the road again… We will celebrate the “visual adventure in the Land of Robin Hood” next March, from 9 to 11, in Beeston-Nottingham… Read the draft programme presented by Marysia Zipser founder of ACT –… Read More CELEBRATING “THE GHOST BUS” IN THE LAND OF ROBIN HOOD. MARCH 9-11, 2017 IN BEESTON-NOTTINGHAM
They’re not paintings. They’re macro photos of pavement cracks by Roberto Alborghetti (from “Lacer/actions” project). “Pavement Cracks” (The Scumfrog Remix) by Annie Lennox. “Where is my comfort zone? A simple place to call my own. ‘Cause everything I want to be. Comes crashing down on me. And it don’t show up in the pavement… Read More MACRO PHOTOS OF “PAVEMENT CRACKS”…VIDEO-TRIBUTE TO ANNIE LENNOX
Blogger and Media Presenter Marysia Zipser (Founder of ACT Group in Beeston, Nottingham, UK) wrote an interesting article (“Art and cultural diversity”) about the artpiece I dedicated to the Victims and Martyrs of Kefalonia massacre (the canvas reproduces one of my abstract photos for “Lacer/actions” project and research). This is the link to her… Read More A WINDOW ON THE WORLD: ARTICLE BY MARYSIA ZIPSER ABOUT MY ARTWORK DEDICATED TO THE VICTIMS OF KEFALONIA MASSACRE
“Victims & martyrs. Kefalonia, 1943 – The blood tracks # 1”: abstract photo on canvas + mixed media, 90×57, by Roberto Alborghetti, Lacer/actions. From an image of torn and decomposed publicity posters to an “unmistakable complement of interior design and decoration…”. This is the magic of “Lacer/actions”, a multidisciplinary project and research about the apparent chaos… Read More CANVAS ON A RED WALL: FROM AN ABSTRACT PHOTO TO A COMPLEMENT OF INTERIOR DESIGN
ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI 