Clock Tower

About

This clock tower standing in St. Mark's Square in Venice, once a place that recorded ancient time, has today become a nostalgic landmark where art and time intersect. In an era before wristwatches, this tower kept the rhythm of the city with the sound of its bells; now, having lost that ringing voice, it has become a station of vision where art and time meet. Climbing the steep stairs and pausing at the corner of the building, small clocks crafted from traditional Italian ceramics and glass sparkle from within the gaps. The numerals of each clock seem to peck at the light like a beckoning hand, and for those who visit, time becomes, for a single moment, art itself. The aroma of ancient pottery, mingling with the Venetian air, seems to make one forget time itself within a moment of clarity.