#australiangothic

[ferndaughter]

an abandoned pump shed in bathurst somewhere / shot by me on my canon ixus

[exploresmallworlds]

Nano day 10

Writing exercise asked me to write a piece using the first and last sentence to write some stuff.

I chose #atelltaleheart by #edgarallanpoe. Having just read it for the first time a few days ago.

While it was interesting to write in a different style of writing and using the gothic horror elements that I want to emulate and iterate, it was enlightening to me what was the real horror.

I'm enjoying my journey through different writing exercises. If I create something that is worth publishing maybe I'll excerpt some of it.

Current total: 12 429 (25%)

[eucanthos]

Tracey Moffatt (Australia, Brisbane, indigenous, 1960)

Birth Certificate, 1962, 1994. Offset lithograph, 80 x 60 cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Reference to Australia’s “stolen generation,” the thousands of Aboriginal children who were removed from their families and placed into white households up through the 1960s (partly rooted in Moffatt’s own childhood experience; half-Aboriginal herself, raised by a white foster family). Moffatt rejects autobiographical readings of her work as reductive. Her work engages larger, more universal themes of race, sexuality, identity, and family.

thnx australiangothic

https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/13131

[victoriaaddams]

This is one of my favourite movies of all time. The trailer focuses a lot on the fashion element of the story, I assume because it is the most visually-pleasing, and skims over the darker aspects of the movie, which are many and prominent. 

The Dressmaker is a rare example of a book that was made into a film, and the film turned out better. Don't try and burn me alive; others have tried and it never sticks. 

The Dressmaker is also an example of that rare beast: Australian Gothic. A dark past, a beautiful woman returning to find redemption... And revenge. Love. Lost love. A mother driven crazy by loss and loneliness. A hot young fellow outcast. In fact, many outcasts who, for a brief but golden time, find each other and are their own safe, happy community, away from the stifling judgment and rigidity of a small Australian town in the 1950s. I don't want to spoil the ending, so will make do by saying there isn't much happiness to be found in the ending. But there is a lot of glorious, fiery revenge, the kind that makes the earlier heartbreak almost worth it.

I love this movie in particular because the most Gothic elements are also some of the most Australian. The atmosphere of ignorance, fear and distrust that pervades the tiny Australian town of Dungatar is universal to small towns the world over. The bland Australian accents, the remoteness and harshness of life in a place that was recently forcibly and violently settled, and the pettiness and cruelty of Dungatar’s residents create an atmosphere of anxiety and suspicion, teasing the viewer not quite to the point of a horror story. There is a strong sense that something sinister and macabre is lurking in the collective memory of the residents, and the question that the beautiful and talented protagonist might be a murderer is unsettling and tantalising. 

I regularly re-watch this movie, and if you enjoyed Australian movies/TV shows like SeaChange, Mad Max, or Wolf Creek, this is in a similar ball park. Not hugely similar, but somewhere nearby. Laney Lane as the singer at the football dance is also gorgeous to see.

[clevercrow-curi0s-australia]

Teddy available on my Etsy now🖤 Link is in my bio ✨ #teddybear #decora #decorakei #decorakeifashion #steampunk #fairykei #fairykeifashion #australiamade #creepycute #creepyart #creepycuteart #creepycuteaesthetic #creepycuteaccessories #gothic #pastelgoth #pastelgothaesthetic #pastelgothgirl #australiangothic #gothaustralia https://www.instagram.com/p/CJU3DCdDhKi/?igshid=x3q5pmqx0fop

[vaporwane]

[ a u s t r a l i a n   g o t h i c ] [ pt. 2 / 2 ] >> for @audreypercy

whose shadow is that?

[corsetsnmore]

Perfect for your #Halloween @ https://bit.ly/2K2euwc . . . . #fashionstatement #ebayseller #ebayaustralia #australiafashion #sydneyfashion #sydneyfashionblogger #victoriafashion #victoriassecretfashionshow #ootd #australiafashiondesigner #styleblogger #womenswear #cosplay #corseteria #australiangothic #goth #blackcorset #gothicstyle #australiafashionista #instaaustralia #halloweenaustralia #prehalloween #prehalloweenfun https://www.instagram.com/p/B0dKkogF-So/?igshid=a8srxjc6xmib

[thewitcheryonline-blog]

From BigW in Australia yes #halloween #australianwitchcraft #witch #witchcraft #goth #australiangoth https://www.instagram.com/p/B2dwHK0n0Hx/?igshid=19vdmk3t92axt

[necromancyclothing-blog]

This week on Necromancy Radio, I interview Australian witch and musician, Wendy Rule. Wendy is about to launch ‘Persephone’, the new double-album from this visionary songstress and is the culmination of over twelve years work, and although drawing on Wendy’s musical journey over the past 2 decades, is unlike anything that she has done before. This beautifully evocative retelling of the Ancient Greek myth of the Goddess Persephone’s descent into the Underworld is almost like an opera, designed to guide the listener through this ancient tale of the cycles of Nature. With subtle textures that reference her early life as a jazz singer in her home town of Melbourne, and the trademark dark, gothic soundscapes and souring vocals of her previous 7 major albums, ‘Persephone’ is an ambitious and unique 24 track journey through the realms of Life, Death, and human emotion. Check link in profile. Blog is on our homepage 💀♥🌌🔮 #wendyrulemusic #wendyrule #australiangoth #astrology #witch #witchcraft #goth #goth #gothdress #summergoth #altgirl #altfashion #alternative #necromancy #necromancyclothing #persephone https://www.instagram.com/p/BtHaj5MAmd4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1sp6awaqchkbl

[ferndaughter]

[slaymedevinsola]

🍭🍬🍩 . . . . . #legitbodyjewelry #legitjewelry #goth #rosequartz #stretchedears #stoneplugs #blackhairpaleskin #chichi #chichiblush #blush #dustyrose #lipsense #pralineroselipsense #bitchbrows #gothgang #gothsunite #australiangoth #gothbrows #girlswithpiercings #wingedeyeliner #girlswithpiercingsdoitbetter #shavedeyebrows

[gothicmainlyaus]

Australian gothic

• you walk down the street. You think about how it hasn’t rained in a while. You realise it doesn’t rain here. You stare out into the bush. How is it still alive?

• There is two types of grass in Australia: dead or long. The dead grass says nothing as you walk over it. We do not speak about the long grass. We do not look at the long grass. We especially do not enter the long grass.

• A cockatoo flies by. It is black. That is not a cockatoo. That is a storm bird. You stare out into the clear blue sky. A storm is coming.

• There is a snake in a bush. It tells you to come closer. You do not listen and slowly back away. It is red and black. It won’t attack if you walk away. Be thankful it isn’t brown.

• You drink a spider. It taste like ice cream and sprite at first. You slowly realise it is furry. You look down into your glass. You were drinking a spider.

[turnergalleries]

Last days for Trespasses, our Main Gallery exhibition featuring new artworks by Thea Costantino, Rebecca Dagnall and Anna Nazzari that explore the notion of the gothic landscape in Australia. Pictured is Wounded Landscape by Rebecca Dagnall, 73x110cm, archival pigment print, 2017. #gothiclandscape #australiangothic #australianartist #perthsbest #lastdays #rebeccadagnall #theacostantino #annanazzari

[destroyermariko]

Finally got to hang out with my friend @therightalice again! 久しぶりに友達に会えてうれしいです! #gothpunk #punkgoth #ゴスパンク #ゴス #ゴシック #ゴシックファッション #australiangothic #metalgoth #harajukugoth #原宿ファッション #gothoutfit #gothfriends #gothsofinstagram #gothicgirl #gothgirl #metalgirls #gothicmetalgirls #gothicstyle #metalstyle #gothicmask #bathroomselfie #sydneygoth #aussiegoth #gothgirlfriend #darkstyle #covidlife #womeninmetal #girlsinmetal #femalemetalvocalist #destroyermariko (at Westfield Chatswood) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFZh-BBhA4-/?igshid=gz6t2voeqdmu

[catstanzaa]

#australiangothic #caves