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“Utilizing a myriad of styles and mediums, artists and writers draw us into a Dada world, the world we are living in, like nothing else . . . . it will blow your mind.” —Home Planet News
Dada never died. And Maintenant 21: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art proves this with a highly-curated selection of 250 contributors from around the world who explore the intersection of power, war, technology, and politics with outrageous, rebellious, provocative art, collage, cut-up, vispo, sculpture, word play and more, in a sought-after annual journal.
The Maintenant series, established in 2008, explores themes of politics, humanity, philosophy, and current concerns from an antiwar, anarchic (and often eye-opening) perspective. Past issues include work by artists Mark Kostabi, Raymond Pettibon, Joel Hubaut, Heide Hatry, Avelino de Araujo, Pawel Kuczynski, Inas Al-Soqi, Giovanni Fontana, Nicole Eisenmann, Syporca Whandal, and Kazunori Murakami; past writers have included Gerard Malanga, Charles Plymell, Andrei Codrescu, Harry E. Northup, Malik Crumpler, Maw Shein Win, and more, with a strong contingent of artist-writers from the world of punk rock, including Thurston Moore, Mike Watt, Bibbe Hansen and more.
As the Seattle Book Review raves, “It’s quite a smorgasbord for those who are sick and tired of it.”
“Utilizing a myriad of styles and mediums, artists and writers draw us into a Dada world, the world we are living in, like nothing else . . . . it will blow your mind.” —Home Planet News
“A compilation of leading Dada-influenced artists from around the world." ―TRIBE LA Magazine “Excellent examples of collage and montage techniques . . . Interesting visual poems.” ―Portland Book Review
"Contemporary art and writing ranging from collages and acrylics to new digital art motifs and using computers to create art . . . As always it brings an interesting perspective.” ―Manhattan Book Review
“Though people expect Dada to be silly, and sometimes it is here, it is also often political and usually poignant. . . It’s quite a smorgasbord for those who are sick and tired of it.” ―Seattle Book Review
”The journal offers a journey into the most imaginative minds in the world.” —Miriskum Magazine (Germany)
Peter Carlaftes is a New York City-based author, editor, publisher, and playwright. His books include the poetry collections Life in the Past Lane, Drunkyard Dog and I Fold With the Hand I Was Dealt; the play collections Triumph for Rent and Teatrophy, and the humor title A Year on Facebook. He is co-founder and acquisitions editor of Three Rooms Press (New York), for whom he has edited multiple anthologies including the Have a NYC: New York Short Stories series, the annual Maintenant Dada Art and Writing Journal, and The Faking of The President: 17 Stories of White House Noir. He lives in Manhattan.
Kat Georges is a New York City-based poet, playwright, publisher, and graphic designer. Her books include three poetry collections, Kablooey, Kablooey, Kablooey: Love Bombs (June 2027), Awe and Other Words Like Wow and Our Lady of the Hunger, and the play collection Three Somebodies: Plays about Notorious Dissidents. Her poetry and prose work has appeared more than 40 journals and magazine globally. She is co-founder, editor and creative director at Three Rooms Press (New York). She lives in Manhattan.