Professor Mark Gibson

Fringe to Famous examines the exchange between small scenes of cultural production and mainstream institutions and markets. Drawing on Australian examples in music, streetwear, comedy, screen, and digital games, it argues that there has been much greater crossover between the two than is generally recognised. The book resists a tendency to represent fringe and mainstream as abstract opposites, bringing a...

Fringe to Famous examines the exchange between small scenes of cultural production and mainstream institutions and markets. Drawing on Australian examples in music, streetwear, comedy, screen, and digital games, it argues that there has been much greater crossover between the two than is generally recognised. The book resists a tendency to represent fringe and mainstream as abstract opposites, bringing a...