Arte Útil archive nr:
Initiator:
Willem de Ridder, Peter Muller, Ruud Schoonman...
Location:
The Netherlands
Category:
politics, social
Users:
Willem de Ridder, Peter Muller, Ruud Schoonman, artists, graphic designers, magazine's readers / writers.
Maintained by:
Willem de Ridder, Peter Muller, Ruud Schoonman, artists, graphic designers, magazine's readers / writers.
Certification:
implemented
Duration:
1969-1974
Willem de Ridder, Peter Muller, Ruud Schoonman...
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Aloha
Description:
Aloha started in 1965 as a music magazine called Hitweek, equipped with the first four color offset printer in the Netherlands.
In 1969 it changed its name to Aloha, a magazine focused on music, graphic design, comics and counter culture alongside national and international social issues social issues.
Goals:
Produce a publication where a new generation could feel free of manipulation, without permanent writing staff or editors, and where everybody was welcome to write an article or publish a drawing.
Beneficial Outcomes:
Aloha was ironic, unconventional and seasoned with absurd humour. This satirical tradition later continued in ‘Frietkaas’. VAM exhibitions