Towards a 21st Century Definition of Gothic Art

Synopsis of the paper I gave at the Ninth Biennial International Gothic Association conference held at Lancaster University in July 2009, on the meanings associated with the term 'Gothic' in art and its possible broader and more informed usage in contemporary art. My paper has been accepted for the publication 'Monstrous Media/Spectral Subjects' (scheduled publication date: 2011) in conjunction with the 2009 conference. Both set out to gather the response and practice of 'Gothic' in both the popular and the academic arenas, across many disciplines among them literature, music, fashion, art and film.