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THE ART OF GIVING
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An Advent calendar inspired by The Met’s Open Access archive—reimagining works of art so they can become gifts.
The true art of giving.
Original artworks:
Created in FLORA by The Triadic Studio.
@floraai #FLORAMuseum #TheMet #TheTriadicStudio
gorgeous work!
Thank you Nicolette xx
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For the #FLORAMuseumChallenge, I chose the 19th-century Lover’s Eye Bracelet, an intimate object featuring a miniature of a loved one’s eye. Pieces like these were worn close to the body so the wearer could imagine their beloved’s gaze resting upon them 👁️
That idea became my creative starting point: what if the gaze that we see in art could be returned?
So I imagined a woman walking through present-day New York wearing the bracelet. As we get closer to the miniature, we find "Ivy" actually looking out from her own time. The person preserved inside the object is suddenly looking back at us, creating a fleeting exchange between past and present.
The engraved name “Ivy” on the back of the actual bracelet became a small but meaningful detail that helped me imagine the story behind the object.
And so I wanted to create something that felt like a visual poem 💛
A gaze captured centuries ago, finding its way back to another pair of eyes.
wow. Love the idea!!
📌 Watermark on your FLORA exports? Here's the fix.
The FLORA watermark comes from the free plan. Everyone in this challenge gets $50 in free FLORA usage, and claiming it upgrades your account so your exports come out clean.
For details on how to redeem, check the challenge guidelines or the confirmation email Contra sent when you joined the challenge for instructions (check spam if you don't see it). Already submitted something watermarked? Claim the credits, re-export, and update your entry.
Happy curating! 🌸
THE WRONG CAPE
The Wrong Cape reimagines Edouard Manet’s Mademoiselle V. . . in the Costume of an Espada (1862) by building a cinematic world around Victorine Meurent’s pose.
In the original painting, Victorine appears as a male espada, yet her shoes are unsuitable for bullfighting and her pink cape is the “wrong” hue. I treated those contradictions as my creative brief: alternating arena wides, intimate close-ups, shifting expressions, horse details, restrained gestures, and studies of the cape itself.
The film ends by pulling away from Manet’s unaltered painting, revealing the source behind every shot. The visual development and generation workflow was created and iterated on the FLORA canvas.
Original artwork — The Met:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436945
Created in @floraai for the FLORA Museum Challenge.
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