''Machina'' was a monthly

music magazine A music magazine is a magazine dedicated to music and music culture. Such magazines typically include music news, interviews, photo shoots, essays, record reviews, concert reviews and occasionally have a covermount with recorded music. Notable mu ...

published in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

between from 1995 to 2002, and from 2006 to 2012. The title was subsequently reduced to a website but ultimately ceased activity in 2015.

History

The magazine began activity in 1995 and its founder was Marek Kościkiewicz, one of the members of a popular Polish pop rock group De Mono. The first editor-in-chief was Andrzej Sienkiewicz, later replaced by Bogna Świątkowska and

Marcin Prokop Marcin Prokop (born 14 July 1977) is a Polish journalist, television and radio personality. On TVN Turbo TVN Turbo is a Polish TV channel aimed at men with a major focus on automotive programming, it launched on 12 December 2003. It is part o ...

. Its contributors included Grzegorz Brzozowicz, Paweł Dunin-Wąsowicz, Rafał Bryndal, Daniel Wyszogrodzki, and musician

Kazik Staszewski Kazimierz Piotr Staszewski (born 12 March 1963), also known as Kazik, is a Polish singer and songwriter. He is the son of the architect and poet Stanisław Staszewski. He is the frontman of the band '' Kult'',Alexander Stephan, "The Americanizat ...

, among others. ''Machina'' was regarded Polish equivalent of the ''

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'' magazine, covering

popular culture Popular culture (also called mass culture or pop culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output (also known as, popular art or mass art) and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a ...

, including music, film and literature. Between 1997 and 2000, every issue included a promotional CD. The magazine went out of circulation in 2002, and in 2005, the title was bought by the publisher PMPG Polskie Media with the intention to relaunch ''Machina''. The reboot issue was published in February 2006 and featured an image of

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represented as the

Holy Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...

, with her daughter Lourdes pictured as

Baby Jesus The Christ Child, also known as Divine Infant, Baby Jesus, Infant Jesus, the Divine Child, Child Jesus, the Holy Child, Santo Niño, and to some as Señor Noemi refers to Jesus Christ from his nativity to age 12. The four canonical gospels, a ...

. It caused controversy and attracted criticism for defacing religious imagery. The new editor-in-chief was a Polish journalist Piotr Metz. In 2011, ''Machina'' was redesigned as a weekly issued only in electronic form and in 2012, it was reduced to a website which ceased activity in 2015.

References

External links

Official website – archived version from July 2015
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