Dante's Inferno

In Dante's Alighieri's Inferno, Dante and his guide travel through the levels of hell. Each level of hell is designated for a certain sin and punishment which are then split up into cantos. As they travelled farther into hell, the actions and punishments became more severe. Some people were even put into hell for being overweight or being homosexual. Dante and his guide got to see first hand what hell was like by watching the people suffer in the specific level of hell. The most severe canto in hell, contained people who were fraudulent and the treacherous.

I chose to study the 29th canto. I didn't really have a very compelling reason to study this canto. Though with a little background knowledge I knew that every person in the 8th circle was alchemist, impersonator, false witness, counterfeiter, hypocrite, and so on. They are basically people who are pretending to be someone they're not. Therefore in my canto all of the people are trying to pick off their scabs and alter their appearance themselves in someway. This self damage is metaphorical to the way that they falsified themselves in real life. I am excited to make the visual most out of all of the elements of the project because I feel like it is interesting to pair a metaphorical element with a story.