The Gothic: Evoking the uncanny and the forbidden.

Posted on by Dr. Alina Sotskova

Why does the Gothic genre continue to attract and fascinate us? Why do the worlds of the uncanny, the monstrous, the grotesque continue to draw people in – in film, literature, dance, and music? The Gothic genre has grown and expanded over the last century and a half and what are left with now is … Continue reading The Gothic: Evoking the uncanny and the forbidden.

Persistence of Identity: There are no accidents in meaning.

Posted on by Dr. Alina Sotskova

What does Dali’s confusing, compelling, at times mystical, at times disturbing imagery mean? According to Dali’s flippant answer to the question regarding the meaning of Persistence of Memory, it merely represents melting camembert cheese. Yet, at the time of the painting, in the early 1930s, Dali was fascinated with Freudian psychoanalysis. Of course, in psychoanalysis, … Continue reading Persistence of Identity: There are no accidents in meaning.