"A compilation of leading Dada-influenced artists from around the
world." ―TRIBE LA Magazine The 2022 edition of the world's premiere
journal of contemporary dada writing and art continues a revolutionary
approach to creation, inspired by the Dada movement.
These days you hear a lot about NET ZERO, in reference to steps being
taken to combat climate change. NET ZERO refers to the balance between
the amount of greenhouse gas produced and the amount removed from the
atmosphere. At this time, NET ZERO is an ambition lacking absolute
definition as corporate energy titans pledge distant adherence without
clear or immediate commitments to act. In fact, these so-called
"innovative" scions of wealth seem to not even be able to remove the
layer of hot air greenhouse gases spewing from the mouths of the pundits
and politicos pushing the affirmation of their endlessly pernicious
promises. Enter NYET ZERO.
With NYET ZERO, MAINTENANT 16 makes an artistic power grab using
DADA--in the form of original art, poetry, and writing aimed at exposing
the hypocrisy of the engine-idle rich on recycled paper. We can change
the now with art and thought. Otherwise, the future has NOTENTIAL.
When the corporate powers that be control all of the energy resources,
Art Becomes A Necessity!!! Or as Tristen Tzara put it in his Dada
Manifesto, "Dada Dada Dada, a roaring of tense colors, and interlacing
of opposites and of all contradictions, grotesques, inconsistencies:
LIFE!"
For the first time since debuting in 2008, MAINTENANT 16 includes
work from all seven continents on the planet, with more than 250
creators from 35 countries. The MAINTENANT series gathers the work of
internationally-renowned contemporary Dada artists and writers.
MAINTENANT 16 offers compelling proof that concepts of Dada continue
to serve as a catalyst to creators more than a century later. The annual
MAINTENANT series, established in 2008, gathers work of contemporary
Dada artists and writers from around the world. Past issues include work
by artists Mark Kostabi, Raymond Pettibon, Joel Hubaut, Giovanni
Fontana, Nicole Eisenmann, Jean-Jacques Lebel, and Kazunori Murakami;
writers include Gerard Malanga, Charles Plymell, Andrei Codrescu, and
more, with a strong contingent of artist-writers from the world of punk
rock, including Thurston Moore, Mike Watt, Alice Bag and more.
