Guest Writer: Stefano Alberti “And I saw a new sky and a new earth.” This is a “short film” of 13 minutes. A singular journey through some passages (in Italian) from the Apocalypse of John, re-read and commented in the light of the images of the “Lacer / actions” project, the colors of the street… Read More “COLORS OF AN APOCALYPSE”: THE SHORT FILM (MACRO PHOTOS OF DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS)
“And I saw a new sky and a new earth.” A “short film” of 13 minutes. A singular journey through some passages from the Apocalypse of John, re-read and commented in the light of the images of the “Lacer / actions” project, the colors of the street signs photographed by Roberto Alborghetti. The theme of… Read More “COLORS OF AN APOCALYPSE”: WORLD PREMIERE ON WEB (APRIL 18, 2020, 3 PM)
A mask and a pair of gloves do not take away the freedom to dream, see and imagine a world of colors and art. Perhaps these days of total lockdown are an invitation to rethink our lifestyles and also to better observe the world around us. In the photo: my showroom with pictures for my… Read More A MASK DOES NOT PREVENT US FROM DREAMING OF A COLORFUL WORLD
Video by Roberto Alborghetti for his Lacer/actions project and research. Macro photography of the world around us.
A video to celebrate the World Water Day 2020, on 22 March. The pictures of the video are not paintings or digitally made compositions, but abstract and macro photos that I took for my project-research “Lacer/actions” around an old boat – and its hull – in Torre a Mare, beautiful seaside place in Apulia, Italy.… Read More MACRO PHOTOS FOR “THE WORLD WATER DAY” (MARCH 22): THE SHAPES OF SEA WATER
“Lacer/actions – Lacer/azioni” was made exactly 10 years ago: in March 2010. I created it through the Animoto platform, accepting the challenge of producing a video clip of thirty seconds of maximum duration. In the video we see some of the macro photographic images I took around advertising posters billboard. I have always been impressed… Read More RETROSPECTIVE: ADVERTISING POSTERS ON BILLBOARD AND THEIR PROCESS OF CHANGE (VIDEO, 2010)
These are not modern art paintings or pop art works. They are just macro and abstract photos of details of a disfigured wastebin, in Milan… The pictures are part of my “LaceR/Actions” project-research, which now has reached 120.000 photos taken across the world. “LaceR/Actions” is a multidisciplinary project concerning researches about decomposed and torn publicity… Read More SIGNS OF OUR TIMES / MACRO PHOTOS OF A DISFIGURED WASTEBIN
© Roberto Alborghetti Cities reveal themselves also through random images of ripped and decomposed publicity posters and natural decompositions we may see along the streets. In this gallery I gathered some macro photos I took in Amsterdam, the so called “Venice of Northern Europe”. Rugs, papers, glue, dust, spray colors residuals and other materials mixed… Read More RUGS, DUST, GLUE AND PAPER: MYSTERIOUS CODES ON THE CITY WALLS
© Roberto Alborghetti These pictures aren’t paintings (oils, acrylics, watercolors or digital works), but just natural, random and not manipulated images of the amazing imperfection of the real world we see around us. They are photos: I took them in Rome on walls, advertising billboards, gates, wastebins… Free abstract and informal art along the… Read More THE AMAZING IMPERFECTION OF THE WORLD AROUND US: 12 ABSTRACT PHOTOS FROM ROME
New video for my “Lacer /actions” project. The extraordinary suggestion of the cracks on a signpost of the Monterotondo railway station, in Rome area (Italy). Pure close-up photography that takes on the contours and tones of a painting. For informations and acquisition of unique and original copies of the artworks: funtasyeditrice@gmail.com * Nuovo video per… Read More SHATTERED SKIES (CIELI FRANTUMATI): MACROPHOTOS OF CRACKS
“LaceR/Actions” is a multidisciplinary project about the apparent chaos of ripped and decomposed posters and urban/street signs. Transferred on canvases, reproduced on lithographic prints or textiles (as pure silk), re-built on collages or scanned in videoclips, the images of torn and decomposed posters give new life to paper lacerations and matter decomposition, as you may see in… Read More THE SURPRISING RANDOMNESS OF TORN AND DECOMPOSED ADVERTISING POSTERS
New video by Roberto Alborghetti for his “Lacer / actions” research project. It concerns the Four Seasons “, seen and told with the macro photographs of the decomposed advertising posters. The first stop is winter. The soundtrack by Antonio Vivaldi is inevitable: the track is the famous Largo, performed by Ensemble Brixia Musicalis (Elisa Citterio,… Read More THE 4 SEASONS: WINTER IN ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPHY (VIDEO)
“Blue Tracks / Tracce Blu” was made exactly 10 years ago: in January 2010. I created it through the Animoto platform, accepting the challenge of producing a video clip of thirty seconds of maximum duration. I took some of the macro photographic images of torn advertising posters. This is another video clip for “Lacer/actions” project. The dominant… Read More RETROSPECTIVE: BLUE TRACKS / TRACCE BLU (VIDEO, 2010)
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