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

Thomas Hvid Kromann

doi:10.7557/13.1757

Forfattere

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

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7557/13.1757

Emneord (Nøkkelord):

Mak,

Sammendrag

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?

Forfatterbiografi

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.