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Alternative Hungarian 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 …

… of „Fanzine Anatomy – Alternative Hungarian Publications on Music and Politics 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 …

… end of the nineteenth century, museums had long become more than mere showcases for the private collections of privileged collectors, having also turned into community educational spaces for the general public. Likewise, the social and public health museums, which emerged at the turn of the century, did not simply aim to be the latest spaces opening up the hidden treasures of palaces to the public, but rather sought to share a different kind of knowledge connected to the present. All of …

concert and video interview marathon On the final day of the collection display, all video interviews in connection with the Fanzine Anatomy will be screened in their entirety. What makes the video interview marathon special is that we will be showing two films – made by Mihály Rácz and Tamás Rupaszov – that we have never shared publicly before.   Interviewees:  Judit Acsády, sociologist, activist, editor of Nőszemély feminist journal, …

… and zines that have become widespread in the art world—and which are not presented in this collection display—prioritize aesthetic quality over social and political aspects. In this display we present publications from 1986 to 2003 selected from the rich fanzine collection of the Artpool Art Research Center. The two themes of the selected publications—music (related to punk and other alternative subcultures and/or thematizing music) and political or social issues (mainly by …