Autor: Lukáš Perný
Mgr. Lukáš Perný (also Lucas Perny; born 1991) is a Slovak social philosopher, cultruologist-cultural critic, musician-drummer, architectural drafter and left-wing political activist. He studied Secondary technical building school in Nitra (Stredná priemyselná škola stavebná v Nitre), cultural studies at the faculty of arts the Constantine the Philosopher University (UKF) in Nitra and then cultural studies at the Comenius University (UK) in Bratislava. An edited and extended version of his thesis on 1960s counterculture was published in book form in 2014 as "Music counterculture at the break of 1960s and 1970s in the culturological perspective" (Slovak: Hudobná kontrakultúra na prelome šesťdesiatych a sedemdesiatych rokov 20. storočia v kulturologickej perspektíve I.). He also frequently publishes articles on culture, art, philosophy, left wing politics and cultural anthropology in various journals and portals notably in "Studia Politica Slovaca" published by Slovak Academy of Sciences, but also in Slovo left wing literary weekly, Zem a vek (Earth and Age) geopolitical magazine and OTV.
As a musician Perny released solo albums Psychedelic Winterland in 2009, Psychedelic Springland in 2011 and single Newborn which was presented at Rádio FM in December 2011. Since 2011 Perny has played with Miloslav Kollar and they released their début album, Astral Gate. In 2013 Perny recorded experimental album The Rondel with special guest artists. The title of the album refers to neolithic circular enclosures found throughout Central Europe, which were also the topic of Perny's scientific thesis at UKF. The Rondel was presented at Rádio FM in September 2013.
In March 2015 Perny organized a scientific conference for the 110th anniversary of the birth of Slovak poet and communist politician, Ladislav Novomeský. Since summer 2015 he is popular person for mass shared video of Občianska televízia at social networks, writing for geopolitical magazine Earth and Age (Zem a vek) and radical left-wing political activism. He also runs a blog on Pravda's blog service, where he publishes, among other things, his poetry. Since 2016 he is a member of Centre For Development Of Economic Democracy and Ľavé spektrum a DAV/ (Left-wing spectrum and DAV/). (biography by Wikipedia redactor Halibutt)
