LAYERS & COLORS: PHOTOS OF POSTERS PAPER ON ADVERTISING BILLBOARDS #2

© Roberto Alborghetti  With this series of images I present some of the photos I took along Copenhagen streets for my “Lacer/actions” project-research. Yes, they seem expressions of informal art, made by some painter. But they’re not paintings: they’re not created by the brush of a painter, but simply by the case. Or better: by… Read More LAYERS & COLORS: PHOTOS OF POSTERS PAPER ON ADVERTISING BILLBOARDS #2

LAYERS & COLORS: PHOTOS OF POSTERS PAPER ON ADVERTISING BILLBOARDS #1

© Roberto Alborghetti  With this series of images I present some of the photos I took along Copenhagen streets for my “Lacer/actions” project-research. Yes, they seem expressions of informal art, made by some painter. But they’re not paintings: they’re not created by the brush of a painter, but simply by the case. Or better: by… Read More LAYERS & COLORS: PHOTOS OF POSTERS PAPER ON ADVERTISING BILLBOARDS #1

“MACROPHOTOGRAPHY: COLORS”, THE AESTHETICS OF DECOMPOSITION (NEW VIDEO )

BEST WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR! This video is part of “LaceR/Actions”, a multidisciplinary project concerning macrophotography and close-up photography of decomposed and torn publicity posters, natural cracks and scratches, urban and industrial tokens. Impressed by photo camera and transferred on canvases, reproduced on lithographic prints or textiles, re-built on collages or scanned in video clips, the details of natural unraveling take on surprising palettes… Read More “MACROPHOTOGRAPHY: COLORS”, THE AESTHETICS OF DECOMPOSITION (NEW VIDEO )

DE-STRUCTURED PHOTOS OF CRACKS (AND RE-COMPOSED IN A GRAPHIC LAYOUT) #6

“Ring the bell / That still can ring/ Forget your perfect offering/ There is a crack, a crack in everything/That’s how the light gets in”, Leonard Cohen We live in a planet of cracks. And cracks may be considered as a life’s metaphor and “an active aesthetical appreciation” of what we call the disturbing elements of imperfection. In cracks magnifications… Read More DE-STRUCTURED PHOTOS OF CRACKS (AND RE-COMPOSED IN A GRAPHIC LAYOUT) #6

DE-STRUCTURED PHOTOS OF CRACKS (AND RE-COMPOSED IN A GRAPHIC LAYOUT) #5

“Ring the bell / That still can ring/ Forget your perfect offering/ There is a crack, a crack in everything/That’s how the light gets in”, Leonard Cohen We live in a planet of cracks. And cracks may be considered as a life’s metaphor and “an active aesthetical appreciation” of what we call the disturbing elements of imperfection. In cracks magnifications… Read More DE-STRUCTURED PHOTOS OF CRACKS (AND RE-COMPOSED IN A GRAPHIC LAYOUT) #5

DE-STRUCTURED PHOTOS OF CRACKS (AND RE-COMPOSED IN A GRAPHIC LAYOUT) #4

“Ring the bell / That still can ring/ Forget your perfect offering/ There is a crack, a crack in everything/That’s how the light gets in”, Leonard Cohen We live in a planet of cracks. And cracks may be considered as a life’s metaphor and “an active aesthetical appreciation” of what we call the disturbing elements of imperfection. In cracks magnifications… Read More DE-STRUCTURED PHOTOS OF CRACKS (AND RE-COMPOSED IN A GRAPHIC LAYOUT) #4

3 DE-STRUCTURED PHOTOS OF CRACKS (AND RE-COMPOSED IN A GRAPHIC LAYOUT) #3

“Ring the bell / That still can ring/ Forget your perfect offering/ There is a crack, a crack in everything/That’s how the light gets in”, Leonard Cohen We live in a planet of cracks. And cracks may be considered as a life’s metaphor and “an active aesthetical appreciation” of what we call the disturbing elements of imperfection. In cracks magnifications… Read More 3 DE-STRUCTURED PHOTOS OF CRACKS (AND RE-COMPOSED IN A GRAPHIC LAYOUT) #3

FOUR DE-STRUCTURED PHOTOS OF CRACKS (AND RE-COMPOSED IN A GRAPHIC LAYOUT) #2

“Ring the bell / That still can ring/ Forget your perfect offering/ There is a crack, a crack in everything/That’s how the light gets in”, Leonard Cohen We live in a planet of cracks. And cracks may be considered as a life’s metaphor and “an active aesthetical appreciation” of what we call the disturbing elements of imperfection. In cracks magnifications… Read More FOUR DE-STRUCTURED PHOTOS OF CRACKS (AND RE-COMPOSED IN A GRAPHIC LAYOUT) #2

IMAGES-IMAGINE: A WORLD OF COLORS WITHIN THE COLORS OF THE WORLD (VIDEO TRAILER)

“Lacer/actions” is my research-project about the reality around us. I have shot and archived over 150,000 photographic images on decomposed and torn paper of advertising posters, natural cracks, urban and industrial materials. I think it’s a world of colors within the colors of the world. Because we can see things that we do not even… Read More IMAGES-IMAGINE: A WORLD OF COLORS WITHIN THE COLORS OF THE WORLD (VIDEO TRAILER)

FOUR DE-STRUCTURED PHOTOS OF CRACKS (AND RE-COMPOSED IN A GRAPHIC LAYOUT)

“Ring the bell / That still can ring/ Forget your perfect offering/ There is a crack, a crack in everything/That’s how the light gets in”, Leonard Cohen We live in a planet of cracks. And cracks may be considered as a life’s metaphor and “an active aesthetical appreciation” of what we call the disturbing elements of imperfection. In cracks magnifications… Read More FOUR DE-STRUCTURED PHOTOS OF CRACKS (AND RE-COMPOSED IN A GRAPHIC LAYOUT)

THE TORN (PUBLI)CITY: THE PAPER BABEL AROUND US (NEW VIDEO)

The torn advertising posters that we see on the outdoor billboards – which are one of the main subjects of my “Lacer/actions” project – lend themselves to being cataloged and sorted according to various types. One is related to the broken words, that is the composition of random letters due to the overlapping of the… Read More THE TORN (PUBLI)CITY: THE PAPER BABEL AROUND US (NEW VIDEO)

THE YELLOW YEAR / CRACKS LIKE MIMOSAS TO CELEBRATE MARCH 8

© ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI Pantone has chosen the yellow color – also in combination with gray – as the color of the year 2021. During my chromatic research of the “Lacer / actions” project I encountered several situations in which yellow was predominant in the color palette. Both as regards the decomposed advertising posters and for… Read More THE YELLOW YEAR / CRACKS LIKE MIMOSAS TO CELEBRATE MARCH 8

CONTEMPORARY ART ON CITIES WALLS / STREET MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO#2

“Lacerations of London”:  it’s a video I created for my Lacer/actions project and research about torn and decomposed publicity posters, natural cracks and scratches, industrial and urban decompositions. Yes, free contemporary artworks are on the cities walls (and we usually do not see them). All the pics presented in the video are not paintings, but…simple… Read More CONTEMPORARY ART ON CITIES WALLS / STREET MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO#2