Atropa Belladonna

Rose colored glasses represent naivete as blinders from reality. A love we thought was loyal or a parent’s wish to cage their children from the harshness of the world. Yet reality seeps in no matter how blissfully we imagine differently. Sometimes the betrayed is doubly unlucky, and the unfaithful don’t always get what they deserve. The beauty which a rose and nightshade offers always comes with thorny ends.

“Atropa Belladonna”, 1/1 digital 3D spatial collage in three aspect ratios: 16:9 dimensions: 1920 x 1080 at 238.9mb (2 versions: with sound and silent), 1:1 dimensions 1080 x 1080 at 137.9mb (2 versions: with sound and silent), 9:16 dimensions 1080 x 1920 at 239mb (2 versions: with sound and silent), duration: 0:48. Includes 6 files of 3 different on-chain formats to accommodate digital displays, made possible through Transient Labs using the 7160 contract. The original soundtrack was composed with AI assistance with sound mixing by the artist. This piece was created exclusively for the NFTParis exhibition “Rose Colored Glasses”, curated by SuperRare at Artverse Gallery in Paris, February 2025. This piece is part of the ongoing series “DeepCuts” -3D collages with depth inspired by songs.

Rebecca Rose is an award winning collage artist exploring spatially collaged sculpts and animations. Her 20+ year body of analog, sculptural, and digital collage has received multiple major artist grants co-sponsored by The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation, The Joan Mitchell Foundation, The Willem de Kooning Foundation, The Andrew Mellon Foundation, The Ford Foundation, and Bloomberg Philanthropic. Her work has sold at Christie’s and she was an artist in residence at The Joan Mitchell Center, Ox-Bow/SAIC, Selkie Rio Art Residency, and AOTM AiR Cohort 1.