“Every time I describe a city I am saying something about Venice”.
These are the words told by Marco Polo in conversation with Kublai Kahn into the novel “Invisible Cities” by Italo Calvino.
I’ve always thought that describing a city only by its historical and artistic content returns an important aspect of it but not its complexity. Since Venice is known for its beauty and historical value it seems unconventional to show its more conventional side.
In this project you will find only a few references to the classical vision of Venice told into city guides. I tried to show a unique city without abusing of its iconic views. With some exceptions.
The city has many arcades and passages (called “sottoporteghi”) and narrow streets (“calli”) which open up into wide spaces such as squares called “campi”, the Italian translation of “fields”.
By interchanging the shots of these two categories I try to convey the feeling of a slow walk without a prearranged destination; as a flâneur I follow a free path.
An itinerary imagined from sunrise to sunset that aims to discover the city beyond postcards.