Sometimes the most intriguing things happen by pure chance or by mistake. So it happened that, while walking around Venice and the Biennale venues with my camera, my finger inadvertently brushed against the touch screen.
The camera clicked and took random pictures of the pavement and my feet or the feet of the people surrounding me, but around the fourth picture I realised that there was more than just a pavement or some random shoes in those pictures.
Patterns were indeed emerging and I became more aware of the textures that were surrounding me (or on which I was standing...).
There was a fascinating power not just in worn-out walls, but also in industrial patterns that may be spotted on boats and aluminium gangways.
Different Biennale pavilions are also characterised by different tile floorings (that could be compared to the tiles in some of the most famous palazzi around the city, such as Palazzo Fortuny), but there were also intriguing temporary interventions like the overturned glass vases covering the floor of the Greek Pavilion.
There was more to observe in the patterns of doors, especially if they were made with wood and integrated rusty metal elements. In a nutshell a very casual incident became an excuse to focus more on what surrounded me, reminding me that beauty is everywhere, we just need to open our eyes a bit better to see it.
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