The bilingual magazine El Corno Emplumado/The Plumed Horn published in Mexico City from 1962-1969.

What is it about?

This chapter investigates the bilingual (English and Spanish) magazine El Corno Emplumado/The Plumed Horn, published in Mexico City from 1962 to 1969, as a historical source for the global sixties. Besides publishing poetry and prose from writers across the globe, El Corno facilitated the development of transnational networks of artistic exchange across disciplines. Its letter to the editor section enabled conversations amongst artists and intellectuals. Emerging and established artists from the Americas, Europe and beyond illustrated its pages. I argue that the sixties was a time when artists the world over were challenging the essence of artistic practice and forging new networks and communities. Consequently, I examine El Corno not as literary magazine but as an alternative means of communication and exhibition space for artists and intellectuals the world over. In so doing, this chapter illustrates the creative networks forged through the pages of El Corno and demonstrates that these networks helped define the global sixties cultural milieu.

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Why is it important?

This work is important because it reclaims the wide-ranging role of El Corno not only as a literary magazine but as a global tool of communication: a space to share artworks, discuss political and personal issues.