"The Goth Chic it is not just a youth subculture, a depressive aesthetic, or a literary genre. It is a philosophical perspective – a view of the world. It is the world in a photographic negative, inverted – here the paradoxical and the uncanny are commonplace, while in a way the ordinary is uncanny. Here the dark and the menacing exert a irresistible attraction. The city of the terrible night, that is the shadow of our modern world, is not limited to any place or time. It is the haunted by the fog London of the Victorian era, trembling under the threat of his blade Jack the Ripper. It is the Paris of the fees 19th century, a glorious bohemian hell. It is the Berlin her 1920s , where red-eyed revellers dance and drink in a desperate attempt to drown out the noise of the approaching military band. It is the Los Angeles in the 20th century, the "city of night", a dream factory specializing in nightmares. It's a twilight realm that has become all too familiar to me. I humbly invite you to follow me on this journey into the heart of darkness.…”
THE CREATOR
THE Gavin Baddeley, the BBC's official advisor on occult matters, examines Gothic culture and subculture, uncovers hidden gems and documents the works, heroes, themes and personalities that shaped the modern perception of the dark world of goth.
