# Butterflies

- Title: Butterflies
- Content type: Series
- Language: en
- Canonical URL: https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/impossible-butterflies
- Published: 2026-08-19T14:35:11+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-19T14:35:11+00:00

## Main content

The impossible butterflies are the fauna of the *sur-nature*, the first animal life to emerge from the same world as the *Potential Herbariums*. They are generated with custom AI models and follow the logic of real butterflies without belonging to any existing species. Made in collaboration with Katarzyna Cichy, they recur across aurèce vettier's paintings as flocks of yellow butterflies, at times in gold leaf, and emerge as sculptural works. In the artist's dream imagery they appear as signs, surfacing at the moments when reality begins to shift.

## Relationships

### Artworks

- [chrysodryas (sent by her, Anjou) (2024)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/impossible-butterflies/chrysodryas-sent-by-her-anjou.md)
- [philomena seraphina (mutated into mirabelle papilio) (2024)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/impossible-butterflies/philomena-seraphina-mutated-into-mirabelle-papilio.md)
- [lunamare caelestis (among Vatican roses) (2024)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/impossible-butterflies/lunamare-caelestis-among-vatican-roses.md)
- [philomena seraphina (through Roman pines, early night) (2024)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/impossible-butterflies/philomena-seraphina-through-roman-pines-early-night.md)
- [lunamare caelestis (above the waters of Thirassia) (2024)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/impossible-butterflies/lunamare-caelestis-above-the-waters-of-thirassia.md)
- [chrysodryas (in the Red Room, time unknown) (2024)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/impossible-butterflies/chrysodryas-in-the-red-room-time-unknown.md)
- [philomena seraphina (arrived in Exombourgo from Delos) (2024)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/impossible-butterflies/philomena-seraphina-arrived-in-exombourgo-from-delos.md)
- [lunamare caelestis (in the heat of a spelt field, Saint Paterne-Racan) (2024)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/impossible-butterflies/lunamare-caelestis-in-the-heat-of-a-spelt-field-saint-paterne-racan.md)
- [philomena seraphina (after the Voltaire metamorphosis) (2024)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/impossible-butterflies/philomena-seraphina-after-the-voltaire-metamorphosis.md)