Bosch uses musical instruments in his depiction of hell, these are used as instruments of torture in the section know as the Music from Hell. They are seen as sinful, the church censored music at this time and only religious music was allowed. If in the present day music is still censored by the establishment which has been historically linked to the church even if it less restrictive than at this time.
I thought it might be interesting to use this idea but instead recontextualize the image to give a different meaning. Rather than restrict, liberate people to play what they want regardless of cultural boundaries.
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| These instruments only appear in the hell panel as its said that they where used to create music that was not approved by the church. This was a sin worthy of a eternity in hell ? If you wanted to play music it had to be of the church kind spreading the message of the baby jesus. |
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| You can see them as large objects in the panel dedicated to hell |
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