THE GHOST BUS / The Press Release: From Nottingham to Tuscany

THE “GHOST BUS” PROJECT
A VISUAL ADVENTURE
FROM THE LAND OF ROBIN HOOD TO TUSCANY

PRESS RELEASE BY
A beautiful visual adventure is budding from the Land of Robin Hood to the
Tuscany and to the Land of Ghino di Tacco (Siena, Italy). From the much
lauded March 27th
GHOST BUS SHOW and UK short films premiere at
Nottingham and its collaboration between celebrated visual artist Roberto
Alborghetti, ACT Group (Art-Culture-Tourism) and Bartons plc, an exciting
international abstract art gallery is travelling along the road bridging
England to Italy, via an old rusty bus. An exciting multi art, culture and
tourism show that will be starting on Wednesday 21 October with the ACT
Tuscany GRAND TOUR and finishing on Wednesday 28 October.
In the middle weekend of the tour, 24 & 25 October, at Mount Amiata,
where the extinct volcano resides over this stunning landscape, there is
taking place, at the medieval hill topped town of Piancastagnaio, a
wonderful mayorial reception and tour offered to the people of Beeston,
Nottingham, East Midlands and from all over England, with descending
visitors from Italy and all over Europe.
On Sunday 25 October evening, in collaboration with OSA Onlus, the
Comune of Piancastagnaio, his Major Luigi Vagaggini, the highlight of the
tour will be the ITALIAN short film premiere of THE GHOST BUS followed
by an explosive ART FASHION & DESIGN SHOW by Roberto Alborghetti and
international couturier Mitrani Yarden, fashion designer and artist. For
their HOPES project they created a very special dress, the so called

“VOLCANO DRESS” - an haut couture creation - working on one of the
original images that are part of THE GHOST BUS short film.

The huge publicity derived from this great collaboration of Italian visual
artist, Beeston based art-culture-tourism group and an old rusty 1950s bus
once operated by Bartons, has led to Art-Culture-Tourism “twinning talks”
between Nottingham and Tuscany. In fact Beeston with Piancastagnaio,
Nottingham with Siena, East Midlands region with Mount Amiata region.
And these “talks” will be progressed and ACTivated during the Tuscany
GRAND TOUR.
A visual treat is in store for those booking and participating in this road and
landscape adventure bringing together England and Italy. The writing is on
the wall… follow the RENAISSANCE to the heart of Tuscany!
“The road never ends…only our vision does.” (A.Reddy).
For more information:
Marysia Zipser, Founder ACT Group (Art-Culture-Tourism), Beeston,
Nottingham, UK marysiazipser@hotmail.co.uk http://www.a-c-
tgroup.com/ @A_C_Tgroup 0115 8753817 Mob 07899 798487 (may not be
working)
ABOUT ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI :
https://robertoalborghetti.wordpress.com/about/
ABOUT MITRANI YARDEN FASHION DESIGNER:
www.mitraniyarden.com

“THE GHOST BUS” PROJET
IN THE LAND OF ROBIN HOOD
FROM PRESS RELEASE BY ACT GROUP, MARCH 2015
The exciting new “Ghost Bus” visual art project by Roberto Alborghetti –
Italian journalist, writer and visual artist – is now touring the world wide
web attracting many admirers along the way. This itinerant “modern art
gallery” is culminating in a special short films premiere and social

gathering on Friday 27 March at 6.30pm at Bartons Plc, Chilwell High Road,
Nottingham.
Website and social media viewers are enthralled and mystified by what
Roberto has created from the totally natural and realistic photo images he
took last October of the 1956 “Ghost Bus” when he toured the huge
Bartons garage site housing superb exhibition and special events space as
well as a wonderful collection of vintage vehicles. Can you believe that
this art is from an old bus?

See the project gallery posts on his website so far
https://robertoalborghetti.wordpress.com/the-ghost-bus-project/
https://robertoalborghetti.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/the-ghost-bus-hop-
on-board-and-enjoy-the-cards-series-work-1/
https://robertoalborghetti.wordpress.com/2015/02/05/the-ghost-bus-the-
cards-series-work-2-maps-from-the-short-film/
https://robertoalborghetti.wordpress.com/2015/02/08/the-ghost-bus-the-
cards-series-work-3-skies-from-the-short-film/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6EdU_xLFRY Ghost Bus trailer with
quotes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZslQCqWSGtI 3 Ghost Bus trailers
and thereafter twice a week... so keep up to date by “liking” his Facebook,
or follow on his Twitter account (or LinkedIn and Google+) to enjoy the
whole gallery experience leading up to and including the special event on
Friday 27 March.
See details about Roberto’s October visit on
https://robertoalborghetti.wordpress.com/2014/10/page/2/
What captured Roberto’s imagination was the story behind the “Ghost
Bus” which Simon Barton relayed to him. The URR 865 AEC Reliance had
been slumbering in an open Suffolk field for 20 years, resistant to both
scrapping or restoration, before being discovered and brought back to its
original fold a few years ago.
A vehicle-sister of the “Ghost Bus” had been documented in an incredible
1959 movie in Kodachrome colour of a group of English ladies and

gentlemen who toured from Nottingham to the Italian Riviera on a Bartons
Road Cruise Holiday, now posted on
http://www.bartonsplc.co.uk/index.php/2012-01-23-22-22-17/the-ghost-bus
Bartons was once the largest independent bus company in Western Europe
and one of the first firms in the world to operate a timetabled bus service.
The vehicles at Bartons Garage have decades long association with Barton
family.
It was good reason for Roberto to create and build a different road trip of
the artistic kind between Italy and the land of Robin Hood. So he set to
work incorporating the “Ghost Bus” for his “Lacer/actions” project
concerning realistic images of decomposed publicity posters, natural
cracks and scratches, urban and industrial tokens and materials. The

project, preceded by 3 trailers and a flyer, consist of two short movies for
public performances and video shows, a limited edition special poster
(showing 9 images from the films), a special card series (reproducing 16
artworks selected from the 109 that had been created) and a collection of
canvases.
The “Ghost Bus” project synopsis refers:
“There’s an old bus at Bartons garage, in the ancient land of Robin Hood.
After thousands of miles, between earth and sky, it’s taking a rest tired and
rusty. But if we look closely, it continues to tell us the colours of its days
along the dusty roads of the world...”
The Ghost Bus project is already attracting media and TV attention in Italy
and around the world, so hop on board and enjoy the ride!
For further information, please contact:
Marysia Zipser, founder ACT Group (Art-Culture-Tourism) and arts/heritage tourism promoter,
email: marysiazipser@hotmail.co.uk Mob 07899 798487
Roberto Alborghetti, email: ro.alb@alice.it
https://robertoalborghetti.wordpress.com/
Simon Barton, Bartons Plc: http://www.bartonsplc.co.uk/
email: info@bartonsplc.co.uk

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