Three Rooms Press presents
DADA ON THE HUDSON
A Highly Eclectic Performance Event Hell-Bent on Blowing Minds
CELEBRATING THE
100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DADA MOVEMENT
plus the Hudson Valley launch of
MAINTENANT 10: Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art
Sunday, July 31, 2016 | 3:30–6:00 pm
at the former Church of the Sacred Heart
88 Station Hill Road, Barrytown, NY 12507
details: info@threeroomspress.com
Prepare for an afternoon of incredibly provocative, eclectic art and performance on as Three Rooms Press presents DADA ON THE HUDSON, featuring an array of contemporary dada performance and poetry by leading maverick artists. The event includes the Hudson Valley 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. DADA ON THE HUDSON takes place Sunday, July 31, 3:30–6:00 pm at the former Church of the Sacred Heart at 88 Station Hill Road in Barrytown, NY. The church is recognized for its role as a performance outpost of the Fluxus movement. Costumes encouraged. Come as you aren’t.
Featured performers include renowned poet and essayist
Charles Plymell, surrealist poet and writer
Janet Hamill, NPR social commentator and poet
Andrei Codrescu, editor and poet
Djelloul Marbrook, neo-conceptual artist
Heide Hatry, avant-garde poet and New York Group founder
Yuriy Tarnawsky, photographer
Phil Scalia, dada poetry scholar
William Seaton, performance artists
Franco Götte and
Martina Salisbury, letterpress publisher/poet
Bill Roberts, and performance poets
Sophie Malleret,
Ann Firestone Ungar, and
Patricia Leonard. Three Rooms Press co-directors
Peter Carlaftes and
Kat Georges will host the event.
NOTE: As a special added treat, Bill Roberts from http://www.bospress.net will have a letterpress printer ON-SITE and will print a special commemorative piece celebrating the 100th anniversary of Dada exclusively for those attending the event!
About Maintenant 10
Maintenant 10: A Journal of Contemporary DaDa Writing and Art (Three Rooms Press, 2016) is the most recent installment of an annual series published since 2005. The current issue features work by Andrei Cordrescu, Jerome Rothenberg, Anne Waldman, Charles Plymell, Mike Watt, Grant Hart, A.D. Winans, Mark Kostabi, Raymond Pettibon, John M. Bennett, S.A. Griffin, Claude Pelieu, Mary Beach, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Joel Hubaut, Philip Meersman, Renaat Ramon, Patrice Lerochereuil and many more. Copies will be available for purchase at the event.
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.