🏬 ‘Backrooms’ and the Rise of the #InstitutionalGothic
By Shira Chess
at MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social
A new spin on an old genre replaces flesh-and-blood monsters with the mundanity of modern #bureaucracy.
#backroom #Liminality #movie
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/backrooms-and-the-rise-of-the-institutional-gothic/

🚪🎩💀 "Backrooms" and the Rise of the Institutional Gothic: A riveting exploration of...wait, never mind. The only thing rising here is your frustration as you grapple with the ominous "Access Denied" screen, like a digital bouncer at the club of pseudo-intellectual pretension. 🎭🛑 #ExclusiveToNobody
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/backrooms-and-the-rise-of-the-institutional-gothic/ #Backrooms #InstitutionalGothic #DigitalFrustration #AccessDenied #PseudoIntellectual #HackerNews #ngated