061116: DADA 100 / LA DI DADA 4: West Coast Launch Party for MAINTENANT 10(0)
Three Rooms Press and Beyond Baroque present
¡LA DI DADA! 4
DADA 100
A Highly Eclectic Performance Event Hell-Bent on Blowing Minds
CELEBRATING THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DADA MOVEMENT
plus the official West Coast launch of
MAINTENANT 10: Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art
Saturday, June 11, 2016 | 8:00-11:00 pm
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
681 Venice Bl. Venice, CA 90291 Phone 1-310-822-3006
Prepare for an evening of incredibly provocative, eclectic art and performance on as Three Rooms Press presents the 4th annual ¡LA DI DADA! a wild ride of contemporary DaDa performance and poetry by leading maverick artists.
The event includes the West Coast launch of the internationally-renowned MAINTENANT 10: Journal of Contemporary DaDa Writing and Art (2016, Three Rooms Press), featuring more than 150 visual and literary works by artists and writers from around the world, in full color.
The event takes place Saturday, June 11, 8-11 pm at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center in Venice. Costumes encouraged.
Featured performers include Beyond Baroque director and poet Richard Modiano, artist Bob Branaman, artist-poet-musician, famed playwright-poet Doug Knott (Last of the Knotts), performance poet extraordinaire Linda J. Albertano, LA Dada Maestros Mike M. Mollett and Neal Skooter Taylor, Fluxus artist Bibiana Padilla Maltos, poet-performer Christian Georgescu, poet-musician-playwright Jan Michael Alejandro, and Circuitry & Poetry with Mona Jean Cedar & Jeff Boynton. The event will be dedicated to the late dada performance artist Cynthia Toronto. Three Rooms Press co-directors and New York-based performance artists Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges will host.
General admission is $10; discounted admission for seniors, students and Beyond Baroque members is $6. Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center is at 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291, phone: 310-822-3006. For additional information and reservations, email [email protected].
About Maintenant 10
Featuring art, and writing from DADAISTs around the world including Jerome Rothenberg, Andrei Codrescu, Charles Plymell, Grant Hart, Mike Watt, Richard Modiano, Doug Knott, S.A. Griffin, Mike Mollett, Neal Skooter Taylor, Jan Alejandro, Anne Waldman, Gerard Malanga, Renaat Ramon, Fork Burke, Avelino Araujo, Yurly Tarnawsky, Duska Vrhovac, Bibiana Padilla, Frederic Lipczynski, Tomomi Adachi, Roger Conover, and many more. Plus the exclusive cover by renowned Polish artist Pawel Kuczynski. All in full color!
About Three Rooms Press
Three Rooms Press is a fiercely independent New York-based publisher inspired by dada, punk and passion. Founded in 1993, it serves as a leading independent publisher of cut-the-edge creative, including fiction, memoir, poetry translations, drama and art. In addition, Three Rooms Press produces and promotes a variety of literary and cultural events in New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and more, including readings, plays, workshops and concerts. Three Rooms Press books are distributed in the U.S. and internationally by PGW/Perseus.
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