SOULED OUT: “VIRONOMICON,” Eric Millikin’s new artist’s book AKA “Quaranzine.”

NOTE: Possible second printing upcoming.

“VIRONOMICON” includes AI-generated magic circles of summoning and protection based on spell books from Medieval and Renaissance plague times, accompanied by re-engineered viruses as predicting potential future pandemics and/or vaccines. Also included are cut-up incantation poems assisted by an AI trained to study writings about and during historical plagues and pandemics, and QR code tarot Death cards, created by an AI trained on skulls from memento mori and vanitas still-life paintings, that unlock secret sound experiences created based on time-shifted image data. Click here for a preview of one of those soundscapes.

Concepts that Millikin is working with here include the occult and AI as predictive technologies, magic circles as social distancing devices, and the history of viruses and demons as invisible spirits that try to take possession of our bodies.

DETAILS: Softcover, saddle stitched. 16 glossy interior 8.5” x 11” color pages.

EXPECTED TIMELINE: Books normally ship within 1 week of your order. You will receive a tracking number when your books ship.