Molten cathedral (Goth - Designing darkness (2))
Europe, The Netherlands, Noord Brabant, Den Bosch, Design museum, 'Goth - designing darkness' exhibition (uncut)
I alas did not record the title and creator of this work. Its interpretation might be simple -the victory of the dark forces over traditional religious institutions. While looking at the sculpture, which shows the medieval St John catheral, without thinking, I started humming the Oeteldonk (Den Bosch)' carnival hit 'Onze oude St Jan' (Ja, die kan er wat van') performed by Pubke Blauw. Despite of the tension / contradiction between the sculptured (ceramic) flaccid exterior features of the molten cathedral and the allusion to the love life of the old building in the song.
The 'Goth – designing darkness' exhibition explores the dark side of the human mind and the human imagination & culture. The side that’s both fascinated and fearful of death, the occult and supernatural phenomena. That fascination has always been there. But in the middle of the 18th century, it came to the forefront due to the anxiety about the changing of society thru rapid urbanization and early industrialization. It was translated in funerary culture, painting and the plastic arts. It would later develop into the neurasthenia of the beginning of the 20th century. And literature brought us Mary Shelley (Frankenstein). In architecture neo-gothicism appeared too. It never went away. So it still inspires contemporary photography, cinema, video clips (Anton Corbijn), popular music (Siouxsie & the Banshees) and fashion. The exhibition offers an intriguing and eclectic historical overview. Displaying film clips featuring Bela Lugosi a.o. alongside Cuypers' neo-gothic architectural drawings.
Check it out and hurry, the exhibition closes on April 18.
This is number 273 of the Museum album and 1200 of the Minimalism / explicit graphism Minimalism / explicit graphism album.
Molten cathedral (Goth - Designing darkness (2))
Europe, The Netherlands, Noord Brabant, Den Bosch, Design museum, 'Goth - designing darkness' exhibition (uncut)
I alas did not record the title and creator of this work. Its interpretation might be simple -the victory of the dark forces over traditional religious institutions. While looking at the sculpture, which shows the medieval St John catheral, without thinking, I started humming the Oeteldonk (Den Bosch)' carnival hit 'Onze oude St Jan' (Ja, die kan er wat van') performed by Pubke Blauw. Despite of the tension / contradiction between the sculptured (ceramic) flaccid exterior features of the molten cathedral and the allusion to the love life of the old building in the song.
The 'Goth – designing darkness' exhibition explores the dark side of the human mind and the human imagination & culture. The side that’s both fascinated and fearful of death, the occult and supernatural phenomena. That fascination has always been there. But in the middle of the 18th century, it came to the forefront due to the anxiety about the changing of society thru rapid urbanization and early industrialization. It was translated in funerary culture, painting and the plastic arts. It would later develop into the neurasthenia of the beginning of the 20th century. And literature brought us Mary Shelley (Frankenstein). In architecture neo-gothicism appeared too. It never went away. So it still inspires contemporary photography, cinema, video clips (Anton Corbijn), popular music (Siouxsie & the Banshees) and fashion. The exhibition offers an intriguing and eclectic historical overview. Displaying film clips featuring Bela Lugosi a.o. alongside Cuypers' neo-gothic architectural drawings.
Check it out and hurry, the exhibition closes on April 18.
This is number 273 of the Museum album and 1200 of the Minimalism / explicit graphism Minimalism / explicit graphism album.