Arkzin
Arkzin was a periodical published in Zagreb, Croatia, from 1991 to 1998. It began as a political fanzine and later on the editorial board widened the scope and included international members and topics. Arkzin gradually changed to a hybrid magazine in which politics, culture, theory and art met, crossed and overlapped. [1].
Its predecessors include the youth magazines Polet and Studentski list.
Publishing history[edit]
(Sourced from Prospects of Arkzin, 2013)
- ARKzin (I), fanzine
The pilot issue was published on 25 September 1991. The first edition had six issues (double issues: 2/3 and 5/6), with the last issue appearing on 7 May 1992. On the same date an abridged German version of Arkzin printed in Heidelberg also appeared, where previously other issues were published in abridged form too. Editors: Vesna Janković, Miroslav Ambruš Kiš, Zoran Oštrić (nos. 1-3), Vladimir Desnica (nos. 5-6).
- ARKzin (II), newspaper
The first issue of the second edition of Arkzin, "Fanzine of the Anti-War Campaign Croatia", appeared on the 1st of April 1992. It ran for 93 issues. Initially a monthly, starting from the issue 13, Arkzin became a bi-weekly. Double issues: 19/20 (5 August 1994), 44/45 (28 July 1995), 70/71 (2 August 1996), 80/81 (20 December 1996). April 1993 to January 1994 saw also the publishing of eight international issues of Arkzin in English featuring summaries of the articles.
Supplements:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Human rights violations perpetrated by the Croatian and Muslim forces in central and south-east Bosnia and Herzegovina. Helsinki Watch Report, September 1993 (issue 6)
- George Soros: Nationalist dictatorships against the open society (issue 7)
- Discussion between Serbian and Croatian journalists in Europski dom in Zagreb (issue 10)
- Fractal (issues 14 & 26)
- Bulletin Speak Out - newsletter of lesbian and gay action Zagreb (inaugural issue in Arkzin 16, 1st issue in Arkzin 27.
- Forceful evictions of Serbs. Croatian years of shame (issue 28)
- Bastard. Arkzin’s supplement for critical writing (no. 1 in Arkzin 29, no. 2 in Arkzin 33, no. 3 in Arkzin 43, no. 4 in Arkzin 51, no. 5 in Arkzin 56)
- Supplement for science fiction, fantasy horror and related genres (issue 38)
- 100 years of cartoons (issue 44-45)
- Next5Minutes (issue 57)
Editors in chief: Vesna Janković (1-90, publishing manager for issues 91-93), Dejan Kršić (91-93).
- ARKzin (III), magazine
Published between 1997 and 1998, seven issues in total. Publishing manager: Vesna Janković, editor-in-chief: Dejan Kršić.
In December 1998 the first issue of Bastard magazine is published, editor-in-chief Boris Buden. In June 1999 the pilot issue of Transfer — mega.zine in transition is published, as a special edition of political pop mega.zine Arkzin, editor-in-chief Dejan Kršić.
Issues (PDF)[edit]
An online archive of Arkzin is presented in collaboration with MaMa and Human Rights Archive. The digitization was conducted in 2013 by Zrinka Kolarić and Nikola Mokrović with the volunteering assistance of Željko Ilić, and is to be made available on the website of Human Rights Archive. Prints can be accessed in the spaces of Documenta - Center for dealing with the past, Zagreb. |
- I
- II
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6 (BiH), 7, 7 (Diktature), 8, 9, 10, 10 (Novinari), 11, 12, 13, 14, 14 (Fractal), 15, 16, 16 (Ligma), 17, 18, 19/20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 26 (Fractal), 27, 27 (Speakout 1), 28, 28 (Delozacije), 29 (Bastard 1), 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 (Bastard 2), 33, 34, 35 (Fractal), 35, 36, 37, 38, 38 (Sferakon), 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 43 (Bastard 3), 44/45, 44/45 (Strip), 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 51 (Bastard 4), 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 56 (Bastard 5), 57, 57 (Next 5 Minutes), 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70/71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80/81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93.
- III
Literature[edit]
- "Short story of Arkzin", 1997.
- "Arkzin Annual Report 1996 and plans for 1997", 1997.
- Tomislav Medak, Petar Milat (eds.), Prospects of Arkzin / Izgledi Arkzina, Zagreb: Arkzin and Multimedia Institute, 2013, 48 pp. With DVD Arkzin Digital Archive / Digitalna arhiva Arkzina. (English),(Croatian)
- Klaudio Štefančić, "Transparentno polje društvene napetosti – novi mediji u hrvatskoj suvremenoj umjetnosti 90-ih", Život umjetnosti 93, 2013, 86-93. (Croatian)
- Živana Heđbeli, Nikola Mokrović, "Upravljanje zbirkom fotografija: studija slučaja: ARKzin foto arhiva", Atlanti 25:1, 2015. (Croatian)
See also[edit]
Links[edit]
- Website
- Archived home page
- Arkzin exhibition, Zagreb, May-June 2013.
- Lecture by Dejan Kršić on Arkzin, May 2014. (Croatian)
- Wikispore