Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture
“An immersive adaptation of Dante’s Divine Comedy exploring the modern deity of Information.” —iKatun
“iKatun’s Paradise is based on Dante’s Paradise from the Divine Comedy, however, this Paradise is not about perfect morality but about perfect information. iKatun’s Paradise alludes to instant availability and perfect knowledge; a single data point of infinite density; the faultless model of information to which all media systems aspire; the space where entropy does not exist.” —iKatun
“Formerly known as Purgatory, many of the run names at Durango Mountain Resort were inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy, such as Demon, Hades, Styx, and Limbo. With 300 days of sunshine and 260 inches of snow annually, however, Durango Mountain belies the imagery created by its run names.” —Go-Colorado (retrieved on September 15, 2006)
Contributed by Travis Arnold (Bowdoin, ’01); Patrick Molloy
Found at Aelis.ChaosNet (retrieved on September 15, 2006)
See blog at DanteNet
“Dante’s Inferno is a new boardgame from Twilight Creations. The object of the game is to rescue enough sinners (resources) to gain entry to the 9th Circle of Hell and defeat Lucifer while preventing the other players from doing so first.” —Twilight Creations, Inc.
All submissions will be considered for posting. Bibliographic references and scholarly essays are also welcome for consideration.
Coggeshall, Elizabeth, and Arielle Saiber, eds. Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Website. Access date.
