The Cybergoth subculture in Italy in the new fanzine 'Dark Youth' A visual account of the Italian underground at the turn of the 90s and the '00s
The Cybergoth or Dark subculture has been a unique case on the Italian scene. Characterized by a unique melange of Aesthetics Goth, New Wave, Punk and Cyber¬punk, this cultural scene has represented for many young people freedom and escape from traditionalist and oppressive systems of life, as well as one of the last clusters of youth culture to resist before the concept died out with the new millennium – and until now it has never been documented in the round. The fanzine Dark Youth, the most recent editorial project of Ragazzi di Strada, an archive dedicated to subcultures curated by journalist and researcher Lorenzo Ottone and Albert Hofer, printed and distributed by Mondo Erotico Publishing was born precisely with the aim of bringing it back to light: the entire photographic apparatus comes from the archive of Albert Hofer, former exponent of the Italian Dark scene as well as the subject and author of most of the shots.
The volume is divided into six chapters that, through the memoirs and anecdotes of Albert Hofer, touch on the most important themes related to the Dark scene (music, aesthetics, subcultural dynamics, politics, the discovery of oneself and one's sexuality, etc.), in a series of fundamental details to fully understand the nature of this youth scene.
