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Goth is the world's biggest subculture. A lifestyle steeped in an undefined yearning for the dark side of life. The exhibition GOTH - Designing Darkness looks for the wellspring of the Goth scene to present two centuries of a cultural history packed with dramatic imaginings, ominous design and melancholic art. In the heart of historic Den Bosch, with its medieval and neo-Gothic monuments, GOTH - Designing Darkness also shows how this dark subculture is given visual shape today. Such darkness as was never before seen in a museum...The exhibition is accompanied by a book, compiled by curator Timo de Rijk and cultural historian Eric Smulders and designed by Yvo Zijlstra. It offers a visual exploration of the themes of GOTH - Designing Darkness, in which the works featured in the exhibition are complemented by contemporary and historical images from popular culture, art history and journalism. The book tells the story of Goth through a stimulating combination of images and quotes that have never previously been combined in this context before.