Brian May courtesy Nicole Ettinger
A chilling Halloween spectacle was held earlier this week at Soho Century Club in London where Queen guitarist Brian May presented devils, satyrs and skeletons in a one-off event focused on diableries which seeped into the public consciousness from the 1860s to the 1890s. These 3D scenes, pioneered in France, take shape through a stereoscope, providing in-your-face views of the underworld that send a shiver down the spine. The club was “transformed into a gothic Victorian crypt of temptation and seduction” the organisers say, throwing light on these devilish creations. The ghostly exhibition marked the launch of the complete edition of Diableries: Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell (published by the London Stereoscopic Company), compiled by May and fellow diableries afficionadoes Paula Fleming and Denis Pellerin. Crucially, the tRead More – Source
