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THE ROOM BEFORE DAWN
What if a museum room could remember the life it once held?
Inspired by Bedroom from the Sagredo Palace, created in Venice around 1720 and now preserved at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, I reimagined the room not as a static museum interior, but as a living memory.
Using FLORA, I explored the world beyond the museum piece — reconstructing the atmosphere of Palazzo Sagredo, imagining Zaccaria Sagredo returning to the space, and bringing the room back to life as Venice slowly awakens outside.
The project moves between the preserved room we see today and an imagined moment from its past — a brief return to the life, light, and people that once surrounded it.
Original artwork:
Bedroom from the Sagredo Palace, ca. 1720
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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