A Little Magazine Called <i>Mak</i>. In the Periphery of the Revolution

Thomas Hvid Kromann

doi:10.7557/13.1757

Authors

Thomas Hvid Kromann Institute for Culture and Identity, University of Roskilde

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7557/13.1757

Keywords:

Mak,

Abstract

The Danish avant-garde magazine Mak contained throughout its short life an extensive discussion on whether or not art could be used as a weapon in the struggle for the new society the counterculture was dreaming about in the late nineteen sixties. Mak was devoted to this question: How can art move from the (aesthetic) periphery to the centre of (political) influence?

Author Biography

Thomas Hvid Kromann, Institute for Culture and Identity, University of Roskilde

Thomas Hvid Kromann, Ph.D.-student at Institute for Culture and Identity, University of Roskilde, Denmark. Contributions to various Danish magazines on avant-garde subjects. Co-editor of Nye Sprog, Nye Verdener, a volume of Hans-Jørgen Nielsens essays and articles (Gyldendal 2006). Former secretary of the Danish Avant-Garde Network 2004-2006.