“IN A SPIDER WEB…” / MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY AND WORDS (MODERN HAIKU #2)
© Roberto Alborghetti (Artwork: Macrophoto) © Joshua Sellers (Poem)
Tag: Contemporary art
IT’S THE NIGHT OF THE BLUE MOON (BUT THIS ONE IS MADE OF WASTE PAPER)
This evening of Sunday 22 August 2021, the Italian skies will be illuminated by the splendid Full Moon of August. It will be the so-called “Blue Moon”. The fascinating denomination is not linked to color, but to rarity, since it is the third full moon in a season that has four (normally there are three).… Read More IT’S THE NIGHT OF THE BLUE MOON (BUT THIS ONE IS MADE OF WASTE PAPER)
THE SPA OF MONTECATINI (TUSCANY) DECLARED A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE WITH OTHER 10 “GREAT THERMAL CITIES OF EUROPE”
Photos: © Roberto Alborghetti The architectural and environmental structure of the Terme di Montecatini is a Unesco World Heritage Site. This was established by the session of the 44th UNESCO World Heritage Committee held in Fuzhou, China. The Committee recognized the site of the Great Spa Towns of Europe, consisting of 11 cities in 7… Read More THE SPA OF MONTECATINI (TUSCANY) DECLARED A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE WITH OTHER 10 “GREAT THERMAL CITIES OF EUROPE”
MACROPHOTOGRAPHY ON VIDEO #2 / THE CRACKS: EVERYTHING IS MAGNIFICENTLY (UN)REAL
Macrophotography on video. When the cracks – produced in all kinds of materials – take on a surprising dimension. Here is a series of macro images, for my “Lacer / Actions” project. Nothing is as it seems. Nothing is as it appears. Because everything is magnificently un-real. “Lacer/actions” is a project-research about the elements of… Read More MACROPHOTOGRAPHY ON VIDEO #2 / THE CRACKS: EVERYTHING IS MAGNIFICENTLY (UN)REAL
“PROJECTION GAME”#8 / THE VIDEO: WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THESE CRACKS?
What do you see in these pics? These images aren’t paintings, but macro photos of the world around us. They were taken from poles along the streets in Lamezia Terme (Italy). They are part of Roberto Alborghetti ‘s project and research (called “Lacer/actions”) about decomposed publicity posters, natural cracks and scratches, urban and industrial matters.… Read More “PROJECTION GAME”#8 / THE VIDEO: WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THESE CRACKS?
“PROJECTION GAME”#7 / REALITY IS NEVER WHAT IT SEEMS
This is picture #7 of our “projection game”. Reality is never what it seems. It is the macro photography of the torn and defaced paper of an advertising poster on a billboard outside. What does it show? A cone of light? A moon at midnight? A luminous ball? An unidentified flying object? Or something else?… Read More “PROJECTION GAME”#7 / REALITY IS NEVER WHAT IT SEEMS
“THE GHOST BUS” ON THE NEW BRAND “ACT” WEBSITE: CLICK AND GET ON BOARD!
A special section dedicated to The Ghost Bus project, born and developed in the Land of Robin Hood (Beeston, Nottingham UK) has been published on the brand new ACT Art Culture Tourism – International website. To find out where #macrofotografiadistrada and #laceractions can lead on the roads of international cooperation and sustainability. Because precisely “the… Read More “THE GHOST BUS” ON THE NEW BRAND “ACT” WEBSITE: CLICK AND GET ON BOARD!
“PROJECTION GAME”#6 / IS IT LIKE IF WE FLY AT 10,000 METERS IN HEIGHT ABOVE A CITY?
This is picture #6 of our “projection game”. What does it show? It would seem a scene seen from above, from the windows of an airplane, while flying at a height of ten thousand meters: we see streets, squares, communication routes, urban districts … Instead it is something very close: a macro shot of a… Read More “PROJECTION GAME”#6 / IS IT LIKE IF WE FLY AT 10,000 METERS IN HEIGHT ABOVE A CITY?
“PROJECTION GAME”#5 / IS IT A FLOWER DESIGNED BY SNOW? NO, IT’S A…
This is picture #5 of our “projection game”. What does it show? The first image that comes to mind is that of a flower drawn by the snow. Instead it is a macro detail of the dirt left on the surface of a waste container. Since I started documenting, with the camera, the world of… Read More “PROJECTION GAME”#5 / IS IT A FLOWER DESIGNED BY SNOW? NO, IT’S A…
MACROPHOTOGRAPHY ON VIDEO #1 / 55 SECONDS OF RUST
Macrophotography in video. Eight images (and 55 seconds) of rust for “Lacer / actions”, my project-research about the elements of the decomposition of the urban reality that surrounds us. Macrofotografia in video. Otto immagini (e 55 secondi) di ruggine per “Lacer/azioni”, il mio progetto ricerca sugli elementi della decomposizione della realtà urbana che ci circonda.
“PROJECTION GAME”#4 / A GREAT EXPLOSION OF LIGHT AND MATTER: THE PRIMAL CHAOS?
In the beginning it was like the big bang. Everything was blown up, as in a great explosion of light and matter. Yes, they call it primal chaos. These are the suggestions proposed by this macro photograph, which is part of a series relating to a large outdoor advertising billboard. The layers of paper, once… Read More “PROJECTION GAME”#4 / A GREAT EXPLOSION OF LIGHT AND MATTER: THE PRIMAL CHAOS?
“PROJECTION GAME”#3 / THAT BLACK HALF MOON IS WATCHING US …
Welcome to the “projection game”! Since I started documenting, with the camera, the world of the decomposition of materials, people have always been spontaneously pushed to see, in my macro images, worlds and dimensions that I had never imagined. I think it is one of the most interesting aspects of my research project. Today I… Read More “PROJECTION GAME”#3 / THAT BLACK HALF MOON IS WATCHING US …
“PROJECTION GAME” #2 / WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THE SCRATCHES OF AN OLD GATE?
Since the beginning of humanity there have always been those who have tried to read the clouds, the sky, the stars of the night, the signs of the earth. In practice, what is part of one’s inner world has always been projected onto the outside, in search of security, explanations, reassurance. I have always been… Read More “PROJECTION GAME” #2 / WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THE SCRATCHES OF AN OLD GATE?
ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI 