CODEX Obscurus is a collective artbook featuring the work of 145 artists from around the world. Their artwork depicts a range of material, including folkloric themes from the artists’ home countries or their own interpretations of the occult.

In order to carry out this project, Spiridon Giannakis gathered a jury of international artists, who selected the works published in CODEX. This jury was composed of Iris COMPIET, Bastien LECOUFFE DEHARME, Justine FLORENTINO, Abigail LARSON (author of Crimson), Yangtian LI, Angi Pauly LLOBET, Yoann LOSSEL, Thabiso MHLABA, Karla ORTIZ, Armand SERRANO and Pauline VOSS.

Spiridon Giannakis, who initiated the project and is co-publisher really wanted the book to be as beautiful as can be.

Therefore, the cover, as well as the interior and the finishing touches, make CODEX Obscurus a unique book. For this purpose, he called on Viktor Pushkarev who created the entire CODEX universe: from the typography and cover design to the handmade prints (linocut and gold leaf). The A4 format of the book will allow you to easily store it in your library. The imitation leather cover is embellished with hot stamping, beautiful embossing and subtle gilding. Inside, you will find 304 pages printed in colour on 150g Arctic Munken paper.

The right-hand pages are reserved for the illustrations, and the left-hand pages for the descriptions or other texts that accompany them. In this way, each work of art has its own space to breathe and leave an even deeper impression on the reader.

Abigail Larson | Adrien Jeannerod | Ahmed Aldoori | Airi Kervinen | Alastair ‘Aly’ Fell | Alex Konstad | Alexander Tsaruk | Alexandra Fastovets | Alexandra Jury | Algiz Muzhaqi | Amandine ‘Alea’ Lefevre | Andrea Chiampo | Andres Rios | Andrew Mar | Angy Pauly Llobet | Anika ‘Arcalie’ Linke | Anna Sokolova | Anne ‘Mrs. Annie Mation’ Neyens | Anthony Galatis | Anton Oxenuk | Antoni Kuźniarz | Ashleigh ‘Miss Upacey’ Izienicki | Ashline | Asya Yordanova | Axel Sauerwald | Bastien Lecouffe Deharme | Bjorn Hurri | Boell Oyino | Bram Sels | Camille Alquier | Caro Oliveira | Célia Beauduc | Charidimos Bitsakakis | Cristiana Leone | Damjan Gjorgievski | Daniel Kamarudin | Daniel Landerman | Danilo Franco | Danny Gonzalez | Daria Rashev | Darko Stojanović | David Thiérrée | Devin Forst | Devon Cady-Lee | Diana Franco Campos | Domenico Cava | Dylan Safford | Eileen Marie Tretter | Elisa Serio | Elizabeth Peiró | Emery Gillespie | Emily Young Chapman | Emma Rose Paterson | Even Amundsen | Felipe Machado Franco | Francesco Dossena | Gary Villarreal | Giacomo Marzona | Grzegorz Wlazło | Gwenevere Singley | Helena Masellis | Helge C. Balzer | Hristo Chukov | Iris Compiet | Iris Muddy | Ivona Đenović | Jan Kryciński | Jana Cruz | Jasmin Darnell | Javier Salas | Jenny Harder | Jon Sideriadis | Jordy Wedding | Julien Lesne | Julijana Mijailović | Jung Gi Kim | Justin Devine | Justine Florentino | Karl Kopinski | Kat Layno | Katharina Niko | Kre Fenrir | Kristina Gehrmann | Laura Escoin | Lea Dickert | Lily McDonnell | Lucia Rodriguez | Magdalena Mieszczak | Maja Vavpotič | Marek Madej | Margarita Bourkova | Maria Giada del Vecchio | Maria Tsianti | Marianne Martin | Mariia Solianyk | Marion Kivits | Martin Martinov | Martin Roca | Márton Gyula Kiss | Marzena Piwowar | Matheus Oliveira | Maxence Burgel | Michal Motulewicz | Mila Pesic | Milivoj Ćeran | Mitch Potrykus | Monica Delgado | Ned ‘Albinocroc’ Kryuchkov | Olga ‘ASU Rocks’ Andriyenko | Othon Nikolaidis | Oussama Agazzoum | Patrycja Wójcik | Pauline ‘Skadivore’ Voß | Pauline Gausserand | Peter ‘Apterus’ Polach | Peter Brockhammer | Phillip ‘Fil’ Troia | Pierre Parisato | Pierre Raveneau | Ramona Boehme | Randall Whiteis | Raphaëlle Paty | Reiko Groß | Riccardo la Barbera | Sabin Boykinov | Scott Flanders | Sean Donaldson | Sebastian Horoszko | Serge Birault | Shaima | Soren Zaragoza | Sozomaika | Stefan Koidl | Stephanie Bouchard | Tehani Farr | Thabiso Mhlaba | Thomas ‘atomcyber’ Bonneau | Thomas Chamberlain-Keen | Viktor Titov | Viktoria Sinner | Villie Karabatzia | Vladimir Matić-Kuriljov | Wero Gallo | Xavier d’Espinay Saint Luc | Yangtian Limajeures

Indeed, when the crowdfunding campaign launched on Kickstarter, it also featured a sublime tarot deck made by Viktor Pushkarev!

It includes the major arcana plus four special cards to complete the Glanurika alphabet, invented by Viktor, which includes elements of the Glagolitic and Runic alphabets, as well as Arabic numerals.

This tarot deck was exclusiv to the campaign and is thus no longer available.

The very successful crowdfunding campaign, on Kickstarter, ended on November 30th 2021.

CODEX Obscurus is available on LiberDistri!