FOTOPLASTA ‣ About

I AM P L A S T A

My name is ANTONIO COLOMBINI, originally Italian, Portuguese by adoption since 2014.

I’m deeply passionate about music, cinema and photography.

I have a dark electronic solo project called SONOPLASTA, so in 2019 I decided to name my photographic alter-ego FOTOPLASTA, focusing mainly on female portraiture and concerts/shows documentation with a cinematic touch:

MUSIC TO YOUR EYES + LIGHT TO YOUR EARS

Sonoplastia (sound shaping) is the Portuguese word used to designate conceptual sound design as the process of sound molding to create sound effects, soundscapes and musical ambients. A person who practices the art of sonoplastia is known as “sonoplasta”.

I love to shape sound and light for they are waves that vibrate around us.

In 2019, I first met the dark wave band VELVET KILLS and took pictures of their live at Fabrica Braço de Prata (Lisbon). After that an art collaboration and friendship had grown up: shooting some photo sessions, filming their music video “IN THE GOLD MINE” and the making of for “BITCH FACE”.

On October 2020, thanks to the precious help of Atelier de Lisboa, I self-published a photo book called “A FABRIC CAUGHT IN THE ACT” and inspired by their imagery.

I took on the role of filming and directing the photography for the music videos “BELA LUGOSI’S DEAD REMIX” (2022 – over 100.000 views on YouTube) and “NADA” (2024) by the electronic duo CHRIS SHAPE & SU EKO.

In 2024 I photographed the set of the short-movie “NOCTURNAL CHEETAH” directed by ANA SOARES.

“Like films

we are impressed

by sudden shots

of life.

Like films

we are blurred

by the turbid sight

of feelings.

Like films

we are overexposed

to the distorted light

of thought.

Like films

we are imprisoned

in a foreign body

before being developed

in the darkroom

of fate.

Like films

let’s pose!”

E X H I B I T I O N S

June 2021 – Collective exhibition “HABITAT” at Atelier de Lisboa with the work “NEVER HAPPENED TOUR 2020“, a series of posters for a fictional tour of Velvet Kills band in iconic and lost venues around the world.

September 2021 – Collective exhibition “VELVET KILLS VISION” at Little Chelsea Experience Gallery (Lisbon) with pictures of the band.

October 2022 – Multidisciplinary workshop “EM OBRAS/IN PROGRESS” at Zaratan (Lisbon) and final collective exhibition “OUR SLICE OF TIME” with the work “LOOK THROUGH THE PAGES”.

November 2022 – Visual essay about gestures titled “DO HANDS DREAM IN ITALIAN?” for Wrong Wrong, a Portuguese contemporary art webzine.

August 2024 – Collective exhibition “LET IT BE” organized by Little Chelsea Experience Gallery at A Space For Photography for Festival OFF Arles (France) with the work “IN GIRUM IMUS NOCTE ET CONSUMIMUR IGNI”.