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May 6, 2024 · “The Garden of Time” by J.G. Ballard Today is the 2024 Met Gala, which makes it a perfect day to read or revisit Ballard’s 1962 story “The Garden of Time,” which serves as the inspiration for the legendary party’s dress code.
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THE GARDEN OF TIME by J.G. Ballard 1962. Towards evening,...
- Read the 1962 Short Story That Inspired This Year’s Met Gala ...
May 6, 2024 · In 1962, J.G. Ballard published “The Garden of Time,” a short story about aristocrats overrun by “an immense rabble.” Now it’s the dress-code theme for the year’s most lavish ball.
"The Garden of Time" by J. G. Ballard (1962) is a short story of speculative fiction. It is about an elegant couple living in a beautiful villa. They have a garden of crystal time flowers. When each flower is plucked, it deliquesces (melts) from a solid to a liquid and then disappears. When that happens, time reverses.
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A count and his wife live in a secluded villa with a garden of time flowers that can alter the perception of time and space. As the garden dies, they face a mysterious army of people approaching from the horizon.
May 8, 2024 · “The Garden of Time” unfolds in a world where a count and countess use “time flowers” from their garden to manipulate time and keep a menacing mob at bay. With each plucked bloom, they wind...
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May 5, 2024 · In JG Ballard's dystopian story The Garden of Time – which has inspired this year's dress code – the super-rich hide themselves in Arcadian splendour while the "great unwashed" riot.
May 2, 2024 · THE GARDEN OF TIME by J.G. Ballard 1962. Towards evening, when the great shadow of the Palladian villa filled the terrace, Count Axel left his library and walked down the wide marble steps among the time flowers.
