![Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination [ARTICLE/EVENT]](https://www.darkestgoth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/gothics-poster-240x240.jpg)
Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination [ARTICLE/EVENT]
The British Library’s exibition dedicated to the birth and evolution of the Gothic genre over the last 250 years. The curator of the event Tim Pye said: “The Gothic is one of the most popular and influential genres and we are happy that this exhibition has worthily celebrated its history spanning 250 years.”
![Meta-Art: The New Face of Interactive Expression, Part 3 [ARTICLE]](https://www.darkestgoth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/CrimsonRoomInspiration-240x240.jpg)
Meta-Art: The New Face of Interactive Expression, Part 3 [ARTICLE]
Due to the power of these sort of “meta-art” concepts, the draw of incredible, tense movies like The Game, Inside Man, and Ocean’s Eleven, and the popularity of things like LARPing, some companies, like Lexington, Kentucky’s The Breakout Games, have decided to see about bringing the metagames found in complex board games and video games and the scenarios reserved to for edge of your seat thriller films to real life! (There are other companies with similar types of offerings out there, so, if you’re not in the Kentucky area, you can likely find places like this in your area. I’m going into…
![Meta-Art: The New Face of Interactive Expression, Part 2 [ARTICLE]](https://www.darkestgoth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Meta_CoverDGM-240x240.jpg)
Meta-Art: The New Face of Interactive Expression, Part 2 [ARTICLE]
When video games grew popular, it was assumed that people would play these animated games when they were children (when children already play a lot of games) and then grow out of them. But we began to learn that people didn’t grow out of them, but instead craved more complex mysteries and stories as they aged. This led to pivotal games like Myst and Rivven, which started the modern video game trend of well-created story and making your players use their brains, not just their reflexes. At the current rate of consumption of complex and morally challenging video games, in the near future…
![Meta-Art: The New Face of Interactive Expression, Part 1 [ARTICLE]](https://www.darkestgoth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DGM_MetaGames_Thumb-240x240.jpg)
Meta-Art: The New Face of Interactive Expression, Part 1 [ARTICLE]
It’s hard to be a modern creative person without having been exposed to conversations about the “meta-game” or the “meta-content” that’s behind modern creative works. This is made all the more confusing due to the fact that the concept behind how it’s now use in New Media is a hybrid of the noun version of this word, the adjective version, and something else. The French have a phrase called “Je ne sais quoi” which literally translated means “I know not what”—as in, there’s something else about what I’m talking about, but I can’t put my finger on it. It would be appropriate…
![“I Have to Be Medicated to Deal With My Kids”: One Mother’s Journey [ARTICLE]](https://www.darkestgoth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Medicated_Thumb-240x240.jpg)
“I Have to Be Medicated to Deal With My Kids”: One Mother’s Journey [ARTICLE]
I’ve always struggled with a strong temper, and it would almost always manifest itself via my mouth: yelling, cussing, and verbal attacks were my standard coping mechanisms when I’d get overwhelmed or frustrated by life. While that may not seem like a big deal, it becomes a MASSIVE problem when children are anywhere in the Anger Fallout Zone. As a kid, I was often on the receiving end of my mother’s Verbal Hiroshimas, because that’s simply what happens when you’re a stay-at-home mother of 7 kids and don’t have a support system to help you cope. Not wanting to repeat that experience with…
![Deadly Relics: Ghost Towns in the South of Italy [ARTICLE]](https://www.darkestgoth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/GhostTown_Thumb-240x240.jpg)
Deadly Relics: Ghost Towns in the South of Italy [ARTICLE]
The south of Italy is rich of charming abandoned places, fascinating ghost towns which every year attract hundreds of tourists and curious people.
![Beautiful Minds: Danna’s School of Creative Writing [ARTICLE]](https://www.darkestgoth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/writingschool4-240x240.jpg)
Beautiful Minds: Danna’s School of Creative Writing [ARTICLE]
Editor’s Note: One of the things that we’ve aspired to is choosing spokesmodels who were not just beautiful on the outside but even more beautiful on the inside. To let you glimpse some of the heart behind our 2015 European Spokesmodel, Danna Victoria, we had her share a bit about the school of creative writing she founded to help school children in Serbia explore their passions and dreams! My “School of Creative...
![Gothic Invasion: UK’s ‘Terror and Wonder’ Opens [PRESS RELEASE/EVENT]](https://www.darkestgoth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/gothics-poster-240x240.jpg)
Gothic Invasion: UK’s ‘Terror and Wonder’ Opens [PRESS RELEASE/EVENT]
Two hundred rare objects trace 250 years of the Gothic tradition, exploring our enduring fascination with the mysterious, the terrifying and the macabre! From Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker to Stanley Kubrick and Alexander McQueen, via posters, books, films – and even a vampire-slaying kit – experience the dark shadow the Gothic imagination has cast across film, art, music, fashion, architecture and our daily lives. Beginning with Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto, Gothic literature challenged the moral certainties of the 18th century. By exploring the dark romance of the medieval past…
![Cincinatti Zombie Walk 2014 [ARTICLE/EVENT GALLERY]](https://www.darkestgoth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ZombieWar_05-240x240.jpg)
Cincinatti Zombie Walk 2014 [ARTICLE/EVENT GALLERY]
We–myself and my super helpful photographic assistant, Joel Eigsti–had the recent opportunity to photograph the Cincinatti Zombie Walk, an event designed to raise food and funds for the Cincinatti Freestore Foodbank. The combined brainchild of Rocky Doll II and Mortified Zombabe, the Cincinatti Zombie Walk reached its sixth year on September 27th, generating more participation and donations than any of the events in the...
![Worldwide Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride: 2014 Edition [ARTICLE/UPCOMING EVENT]](https://www.darkestgoth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/triumph-salerno-240x240.jpg)
Worldwide Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride: 2014 Edition [ARTICLE/UPCOMING EVENT]
The next september 28, 2014, in over 250 cities in all the world will be held the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride, during which groups of enthusiasts motorcycle will become perfect Gentlemen and they’ll realize a unique city ride.
![V’s Guide to Group Shoots #3: The Day OF the Group Shoot [ARTICLE]](https://www.darkestgoth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Jessica_Dance_014.jpg)
V’s Guide to Group Shoots #3: The Day OF the Group Shoot [ARTICLE]
We’ve talked about: What is a Group Shoot? Then yesterday, we moved on to: How do you prepare for your group shoot? Now we move on to the actual day of the group shoot! The following 8 pieces of advice are written from the perspective of a model, since I get so many of them asking how to prepare for these types of group shoots. However, almost everything (even the ‘Games’ advice) can be done by photographers with just a little modification.
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