‘80s research’

… from the Artpool Collection” will take place on July 2nd at 5 pm. From the second half of the 1980s alternative self-published and technically inexpensive publications emerged that (unlike samizdat) were themed around (and for) a particular subculture, scene or fan community. In the 1990s, liberation of social organizing, together with the growing availability of photocopying and Western models, created the ideal conditions for the flourishing of fanzines as a genre. In our display we …

… Publications on Music and Politics from the Artpool Collection From the second half of the 1980s alternative self-published and technically inexpensive publications emerged that (unlike samizdat) were themed around (and for) a particular subculture, scene or fan community. In the 1990s, liberation of social organizing, together with the growing availability of photocopying and Western models, created the ideal conditions for the flourishing of fanzines as a genre. In our display we …

From the second half of the 1980s alternative self-published and technically inexpensive publications emerged that (unlike samizdat) were themed around (and for) a particular subculture, scene or fan community. In the 1990s, liberation of social organizing, together with the growing availability of photocopying and Western models, created the ideal conditions for the flourishing of fanzines as a genre. This intense period …

… Senior Core Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies, CEU) within the framework of KEMKI’s research project on the art of the 1980s. National frameworks and containers are often too narrow to fully grasp the complexities of social, historical, and artistic development. What, then, should replace methodological nationalism—multiculturalism, internationalism, or something else entirely? These questions are particularly pressing when viewed from the perspective of Eastern Europe, a …

… Few periods in the Hungarian art field have seen such intense, exciting and open debates as the 1980s. The anthology  Kiállítások és kritikák  [Exhibitions and Criticism], edited by Júliusz Huth and Kristóf Nagy and published by the Central European Research Institute for  Art History (KEMKI), offers a comprehensive exploration of this era. Featuring over fifty essays, reflections and reviews originally published during the 1980s, alongside a new, comprehensive study on the art criticism of …