what is it?

When we think of all the rhythm in our lives, the hidden ones, like the heartbeat, the steps we take as we walk, the stairs we ascend or descend, the pounding of the words as we speak or letters as we type and the explicit ones, like the rhythm in music, obviously rhythm is very much integrated in our daily practices. In this regard, visual rhythm, too, is quite essential for us and the patterns are probably the most important part of our visual atmosphere which creates the sense of visual rhythm.

Although the explicit patterns we have in our lives, like the pattern on the wall covering or the table cloth that we choose to decorate our living spaces or the patterns in an art work that we engage with create a more or less conscious visual experience, most of the visual patterns in our lives are neither of our choice nor within our conscious perception. The ways the surfaces in our environments are covered with certain patterns are mostly out of our control, moreover in many cases, we do not pay much attention to them. In addition, not the visual aspect but other concerns like the economic, structural or functional ones take precedence in their appearance or construction. The flooring in closed spaces, the pavement designs, the road lines all come in certain patterns and hence create a sense of visual rhythm for us. We live within them, we glide through them every day and they are a part of our lives. However, we hardly notice or make much of a connection with them.  

This project aims to make an implicit or hidden part of our daily experience more explicit and find clues about our perception of visual rhythm.