Career
He is also known more frequently as Magor, which can be roughly translated as "loony" or "fool" and is supposedly derived from "phantasmagoria". This nickname was given to him by the "experimental" poet Eugen Brikcius. His particular contribution to Czechoslovakian dissidence was his work on the concept of the "Parallel Polis," or "Second Culture." Magor believed that simply expressing oneself through art could ultimately undermine the totalitarian system.