Plaza del Bonsucces - A relatively quiet plaza off of carrer d'Elisabets, it was a refreshing change from the artificiality and clamor of La Rambla. In the center of this arboreal enclosure was a near medieval pump-well adjacent to a classical breezeway. This area had all the components of a Roman and Renaissance town; frieze and tympanum adornment, finely crafted iron worked lamps, and roman archways. Yet on nearly doorway, garage, and expanse of wall was graffiti. Whatever the opinion of this urban art may be, it was there. For the observer, it is now just as equally a part of this area as the quoins or stucco. The layer of cultural elements tell the history of this sleepy, medieval Spanish town turned thriving, international metropolis.
I analyzed these layers through the use of panoramic shots of the walls lining the street. One can see the spill of modernism from La Rambla into a near ancient Roman park and cafe. The other graphical elements are used to reinforce this Urban layering.
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