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Kat Mustatea, Ambivaland (2023)

August 27, 2023 By Professor Arielle Saiber

Kat Mustatea’s follow-up to Voidopolis , which was just released as an augmented reality book by MIT Press.  Ambivaland traces the narrative of Dante’s Purgatorio, with new constraints and algorithms.  See her postings on Instagram.

Categories: Digital Media, Visual Art & Architecture, Written Word
Tagged with: 2023, Digital Art, Instagram, New York City, Purgatorio

Initiation to the Cult by Ghoul-Cult

April 16, 2023 By Cory Balon

Norinitiation-to-the-cultwegian heavy metal band, Ghoul-Cult, released a 50-copy demo in 2002, titled Initiation to the Cult. The demo’s album art utilizes Gustave Doré’s illustration, The Gluttons.

Find Initiation to the Cult here.

Find Gustave Doré’s illustration here.

Contributed by Gianluca Giuseffi Grippa 

Categories: Music
Tagged with: 2002, Album Art, Albums, Canto 24, Death Metal, Gluttony, Gustave Doré, Heavy Metal, Illustrations, Norway, Purgatorio

Travel the Unspeakable Depths by Azog

March 24, 2023 By Cory Balon

travel-the-unspeakable-depthsTravel the Unspeakable Depths was a 2006 demo by heavy metal band Azog. Their album art was taken from Gustave Doré’s illustration, The Gluttons.

Find the album here.

Find Gustave Doré’s illustration here.

Contributed by Gianluca Giuseffi Grippa

Categories: Music
Tagged with: 2006, Album Art, Albums, Canto 24, Death Metal, Gluttony, Gustave Doré, Heavy Metal, Illustrations, Purgatorio

“С​п​а​с​и и с​х​о​р​о​н​и” by 3,14. . .

March 17, 2023 By Cory Balon

3-14The song “С​п​а​с​и и с​х​о​р​о​н​и” from the album П​О​Х​О​Р​О​Н​Ы Л​У​Ч​Ш​Е​Г​О Д​Р​У​Г​А is a 2011 release from the Azerbaijani metal band named 3,14. . .. For the release of the single they used Gustave Doré’s illustration from Purgatorio canto 24, titled The Gluttons. 

Find the song here.

Find Gustave Doré’s illustration here.

Contributed by Gianluca Giuseffi Grippa 

Categories: Music
Tagged with: 2011, Album Art, Albums, Azerbaijan, Canto 24, Death Metal, Gluttony, Gustave Doré, Heavy Metal, Illustrations, Purgatorio

The Path of Sorrows by Christian Death Featuring Rozz Williams

March 2, 2023 By Cory Balon

the-path-of-sorrows-christian-deathThe Path of Sorrows is a 1993 album by the metal band, Christian Death Featuring Rozz Williams. The album’s cover art features the illustration The Avaricious – Adrian V from artist Gustave Doré.

Buy the album here.

Find the illustration here.

Contributed by Gianlucca Giuseffo Grippa. 

Categories: Music
Tagged with: 1993, Album Art, Albums, Avarice, Canto 19, Gustave Doré, Heavy Metal, Purgatorio

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