Tim Coghlan’s 'Hell’s Gates II: Retribution' is the second complete volume of the 'Hell’s Gates' series, following the 2018 original (co-published by Knowledge Editions and Perimeter Editions in an edition of 666 copies), and its supplement editions 'Hell’s Gates: Notre Damned, An Act of God' (Knowledge Editions/Perimeter Editions, 2019) and  'Hell’s Gates Redux' (Knowledge Editions, 2022). Like its previous iterations, this pulp novel of images – a sequel in cinematic terms – sees the Melbourne-based designer and publisher delve into the realms of iconography, typology, and the implications and democracy of images. But where earlier editions used strategic Google Images searches to scour the internet for lo-res, amateur, and public domain photographs of burning houses of worship the world over, in Retribution, Coghlan focuses his gaze on a Previous / Next image (1 of 1) {image 2}{image 3}{image 4}{image 5}{image 6}{image 7} particular medium and place. Here, he utilises the moving image, creating a syntax of video stills and vignettes, picturing churches burning to the ground exclusively within the borders of the United States post-2018, the year the original Hell’s Gates was published.

Published by Perimeter Books
Softcover
224 pages
192 mm x 120 mm
ISBN: 9781922545336