When a war ends provisionally, the agreement is called a ceasefire. But when peace ends, there is only war. War and peace are co-dependent. Perhaps it is now time for a "Peacefire."
In Maintenant 17: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art, nearly 250 artists from more than 40 countries explore the concept of the end of both war and peace, exploring provocative outsider ideas as dada has done since its inception. With searing cover art by Uta Kaxniashvili, this issue of the renowned journal elaborates on dada's original premise as an antiwar movement.
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 Hanson and more.
Critics have praised the series since its inception. Seattle Book Review calls Maintenant, "A smorgasbord for those who are sick and tired of it." Tribe LA dubs the journal, "A compilation of leading Dada-influenced artists from around the world that is timely and relevant." Serbia's Madjan Magazine proclaims that the Maintenant series proves "Dada is not dead." The Maintenant series is archived in leading institutions worldwide, including Museum of Modern Art New York.
Contributors to Maintenant 17 include: Derek Adams - Mariam Ahmed - Jamika Ajalon - Youssef Alaoui - Linda J. Albertano - Austin Alexis - Joel Allegretti - Daina Almario-Kopp - Hala Alyan - Jim Andrews - Wayne Atherton - Liz Axelrod - Mahnaz Badihian - David Barnes - Amy Barone - Vittore Baroni - Tchello d' Barros - Gaby Bedetti - Regina Lafay Bellamy - C. Mehrl Bennett - Volodymyr Bilyk - Mark Blickley - Clemente Botelho - Gedley Belchior Braga - Michael Georg Bregel - Kathy A. Bruce - Imanol Buisan - Fork Burke - Billy Cancel - Peter Carlaftes - Wendy Cascade - Nick Cash - Mutes C矇eacute;sar - Sarah M. Chen - Nguyễn B獺aacute; Chung - Hal Citron - Lynette Clennell - Andrei Codrescu - William Cody - Chuck Connelley - Roger Conover - Anothony Cox - Malik Ameer Crumpler - Raf Cruz - Tchello d'Barros - Wer Da - Steve Dalachinsky - Allison A. Davis - Holly Day - Avelino De Araujo - Francesca Dharmakan-Bremner - Natalie DiFusco - Dario Roberto Dioli - Rachel Dixon - Sam Dodson - Carol Dorf - Eric Drooker - Robert Duncan - Salvatore Esposito - Fong Fai - Agenta Falk - Massimo Fantuzzi - Jeff Farr - Becky Fawcett - Rich Ferguson - Maria Filek - Cheryl J. Fish - Kathleen Florence - Robert C. Ford - Dorothy Friedman - Thomas Fucaloro - Ignacio Galilea - Sandra Gea - Kat Georges - Christian Georgescu - Robert Gibbons - Gordon Gilbert - James J. Gleeson - Mark Glista - Ed Go - Gemma Goette - John Goodby - Odeon Grace - S.A. Griffin - Fausto Grossi - Meghan Grupposo - Egon Guenther - Genco G羹uuml;lan - Ana Maria Guta - Bibbe Hansen ̶