Gothic couture (Goth-Designing darkness (4))
Europe, The Netherlands, Noord Brabant, Den Bosch, Design museum, 'Goth - designing darkness' exhibition, Gothic couture.
A small return to the Goth exposition – the couture section. Featured in films and worn by the hardcore fans.
The Goth – designing darkness' exhibition explored 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 into funerary culture, painting and the plastic arts. It would later develop into neurasthenia of the beginning of the 20th century. And literature brought us Mary Shelley (Frankenstein). In architecture, Neo-Gothicism appeared too. It basically 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.
This is number 282 of the Museum album.
Gothic couture (Goth-Designing darkness (4))
Europe, The Netherlands, Noord Brabant, Den Bosch, Design museum, 'Goth - designing darkness' exhibition, Gothic couture.
A small return to the Goth exposition – the couture section. Featured in films and worn by the hardcore fans.
The Goth – designing darkness' exhibition explored 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 into funerary culture, painting and the plastic arts. It would later develop into neurasthenia of the beginning of the 20th century. And literature brought us Mary Shelley (Frankenstein). In architecture, Neo-Gothicism appeared too. It basically 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.
This is number 282 of the Museum album.