Rima Kirakosian
Art director crafting AI-driven visual identities.
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Inspired by: A collection of Armenian and Armenian-related pieces from The Met's open archive, including gospel manuscripts, miniatures, and decorative objects.
Link to Original Art:
Medallion with a seated deity and a male worshiper: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327409
(https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327409)Four Gospels in Armenian: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/478665
(https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/478665)Four miniatures of the life of Christ from a gospel book of 1311 (Presentation, Baptism, Transfiguration, Entry into Jerusalem): https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/751462
(https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/751462)Hanging: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/751462
(https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/751462)Egg-Shaped Ornament: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/478391
(https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/478391)Armenian Gospel with Silver Cover: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/446861
(https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/446861)F. d'Armenie from playing cards Jeu d'Or: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/720517
What drew me in: I was scrolling through the archive and got the idea to look for my own heritage, since I'm Armenian, and it's always interesting to see what's out there about yourself. I found these gospel pages, the illuminated miniatures, the trchnagir lettering, and other Armenian pieces scattered through the collection, and as an Armenian, stumbling on pieces like this just speaks to you on another level. It got me thinking about how I could take my country's history and modernize it into something wearable.
What I made: As a knitwear designer with my own small brand, I started by explaining my brand's visual identity, the textures, the silhouettes, the feel I wanted, so FLORA understood my world before merging it with the Armenian art aesthetic. Once I had garments and looks I liked, I moved on to the visual direction of the imagery, building theatrical, whimsical, almost storybook settings. I wanted it to feel nostalgic, like my childhood: the old illustrated Armenian tale books, the vinyls my father used to play me, the miniatures, and the trchnagirs.
How I made it: I fed FLORA the reference imagery from these Met pieces alongside my own brand's mood and garment direction, generated the knitwear collection from that merge, then built out theatrical painted-set backgrounds inspired by the same manuscripts and objects, and composited the models into those worlds.
Why I made this: I wanted to take something that usually just lives behind glass in an archive and turn it into something people can actually wear and carry forward, a little piece of Armenian history made new again, wrapped in the same nostalgia I grew up with.
Project: https://app.flora.ai/view/js7a8sw364rcmcqhn8hxpjhbg18dz349
Linkedin: https://lnkd.in/p/d8fxeWd8
Made in FLORA. #floramuseumchallenge
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