The black Medusa: an intermedial study of the album cover of Urucum (2022) by Karol Conká

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17058/rzm.v12i2.18858

Keywords:

Album cover, Myth of Medusa, Intermidiality

Abstract

After her explosive participation in BBB21, marked by various controversies and the impact of "cancel culture" on social media, the rapper from Curitiba, Karol Conká, released Urucum (2022), an album aimed at reflecting on this tumultuous period. Beyond the lyrics, this musical project stands out for its cover, in which the singer reinterprets the myth of Medusa. In this study, based on the concepts of Intermediality, our goal is to analyze the possible meanings of this imagetic element. Firstly, we explore how an album cover can be defined and classified within this theoretical perspective. Next, we delve into the modalities of photography, which is the language used in the composition of the cover. Finally, using the concepts of primariness, secondariness, and tertiarity, we conduct a semiotic analysis of the cover. After this analysis, we conclude that Karol Conká appropriates the mythological character to address, among other issues, how she was dehumanized due to her participation in the reality show.

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Jaimeson Machado Garcia, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul

Graduado em Comunicação Social - Publicidade e Propaganda pelo Centro Universitário Franciscano (2013, UNIFRA, Santa Maria - RS) e em Comunicação Social - Produção Editorial pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (2014, UFSM, Santa Maria - RS). Mestre pelo do Programa de Pós-graduação em Letras com bolsa do Programa BIPSS - Bolsas Institucionais para Programas de Pós-Graduação da Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (Edital 01/2019, UNISC, Santa Cruz do Sul - RS) e doutorando também pelo do Programa de Pós-graduação em Letras (UNISC, Santa Cruz do Sul - RS) com bolsa PROSUC/CAPES - Modalidade II.

Rosiana Kist, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul

Doutoranda no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras (UNISC) com Bolsa CAPES.

Published

2023-12-23

How to Cite

Machado Garcia, J., & Kist, R. . (2023). The black Medusa: an intermedial study of the album cover of Urucum (2022) by Karol Conká. Rizoma, 12(2), 39-55. https://doi.org/10.17058/rzm.v12i2.18858

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Dossiê temático: Literatura leitura sob ótica estudos da intermidialidade