Last Updated on April 18, 2019 by Nancie
Welcome to 267 (2/25/2016) of Travel Photo Thursday. This week I take you to Barcelona and “The World Begins with Every Kiss”.
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El Món Neix en Cada Besada (The World Begins With Every Kiss) by Joan Fontcuberta is located just steps from the Barcelona Cathedral, but I never noticed it until my last day in the city. From a distance, it looks like a huge colorful graffiti. Only as I came in closer and closer did it become apparent that it’s actually a mosaic created from thousands of teeny tiny mosaic tiles. Each tile contains the photo of a place, a person, or a moment, which represents an expression of freedom.
My first thought was how gorgeous!, and then I wanted to know the behind the scene story. There has to be a story, right?
“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but it’s echo lasts a great deal longer.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
The mural commemorates the fall of Barcelona during the Spanish War of Succession , which ended in 1714, and the city held tercentenary celebrations in 2014. I think this was a much better choice than reenacting a battle!
Here are just a few of the thousands of photos taken by local residents, and submitted to El Periodico. Each image represents a moment of freedom. I was fascinated by each image, imagining the story behind each of them. You can actually check out each individual photo at tricentari.bcn.cat.
Shot from a different perspective.
I couldn’t walk by the Cathedral and not take a shot. I like this angle!
I was really taken with El Món Neix en Cada Besada (The World Begins With Every Kiss), and the out of the box thinking that brought the project to fruition. It may not be as popular as the Lennon Wall in Prague, but give it time :).
Have you visited this mural? What did you think?
Located just steps from the Barcelona Cathedral, in Plaça d’Isidre Nonell. The closest subway stops are Jaume I (L4) and Catalunya (L1 and L3).
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27 responses to “Barcelona:The World Begins With Every Kiss”
I am always amazed at how many times I can pass something and not notice it and then it slaps me in the head and I am stunned by it. Loved this post Nancie because we’ve been there and I had never noticed this stunning mosaic – I certainly will in the future! (Have your clothes made it home yet?)
Hi Jackie. Yes, my AWOL suitcase arrived very late the same night, I’m happy to say. The mosaic is relatively new (2014), so it may not have been there the last time you were in the city. I was also surprised at how few people were actually looking at it. Seems that maybe it hasn’t been discovered by the masses yet!
I thought every kiss beings with Kay? 🙂
That depends, right? 🙂
That mural is great! How clever…
Hi Lydia. I thought so! It’s always nice to see out of the box creativity in action.
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I was in Barcelona in 2012 Nancie and didn’t see it. Would it have been there then? I love the out of the box thinking Spaniards have about art and buildings. The World Begins with Every Kiss is a great name for the blog post and I love love love the actual mosaic. The whole community could be involved and those whose photo is featured would feel so honoured. I was sorry to miss the link up last week. Things have calmed down just a little in our world for the moment and it is good to be back.
Hi Jan. Welcome back! I don’t think it would have been there in 2012. Looking at the sign, I’d say it was unveiled to the public in 2014. I think that the community would have loved this, and I know I would be excited to have my photo up there.
It’s such an interesting piece that I think more people would be standing in front of it getting a closer look. I like how the image must change as you get closer and closer — realizing that it’s a mosaic and then realizing that each tile has a photo. I would have loved to submitted my own photo to be included.
Hi Michele. I felt the same way. I would have loved to have had my photo up there. When I read what the project was all about, I really loved that they decided to celebrate freedom. I hope that it does get on to more people’s radar. Definitely worth a visit!
Definitely stunning. Haven’t been to Barcelona but it is on the list.
Nancie, that mosaic is quite a find! We were in Barcelona and completely missed it. Such a shame, that. If we make it back there I definitely want to seek it out.
This is such a great idea. Didn’t get that these where hundred of individual photos until you presented the closeup. Definitely, a better way to commemorate a war related event than to doing a reenactment or something like that. Bummer I didn’t see it when I visited Barcelona last year.
That is such a fascinating mural and I love the story behind it. I haven’t been to Barcelona yet but when we make it, I will definitely look for it. What a great find!
Hi Mary! You will love the mural, and it’s really only a couple dozen steps away from the Barcelona Cathedral.
I would love to see this mosaic. I love the idea of a picture made up of other pictures not just a piece of the puzzle.
Wonderful! I’ve been to the Cathedral but never noticed it. Like you i’m sure I thought it was just another mural. I love how the individual tiles are made up of everyday stories of everyday people.
Such a great mural Nancy and what a find! I walked past the Barcelona Cathedral several times during our month long stay here last May and never really noticed it – my loss. Your post is a great reminder to LOOK AND LOOK AGAIN. And thanks for sharing the moving story behind the mosaic as well – the world would be so much better if more people saw and thought about this artwork. Anita
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What an interesting mosaic…and you rightly said “a lovely way to commemorate the war than enacting the battles.”
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