That’s right, an Absurdist magazine.

Nothing new, and certainly not the first of its kind, except we at KARJAKA went full tilt and built an actual platform. Over the past 5+ years and 300 some pieces, we’ve randomly been emailing you posts of photos, stories, and curious info in gorgeous print layouts and non-mobile friendly interactions. Reminiscent of a Sisyphean journey up a mountain, to reconcile these issues with the market place, our investors, and you having so kindly pointed out these obvious facts, (yes, we heard you and thank you), we’ve built a mobile platform and thus inviting us to email you more regularly with articles et al, you’re welcome. AND, because our love of print has not died, unlike the world of print itself to some extent, we’ve moved to a quarterly print edition of which we of course would love you to purchase to help fund this little absurdist news experiment.

But KARJAKA, what’s so absurdist about this magazine and these articles, images and stories?

Well, dear reader, we’ll leave that up to you to decipher on your journey. But suffice it to say, in today’s world of content creation/curation and scrolling, doom or pleasurable alike etc, these longer form stories of art and life should, hopefully, be a small beacon of artistic absurdist contrast in today’s world of content nonsense. Now, whatever defines content and/vs art is beyond Sartre and us for that matter.

Ironically, this Edition features the anything but absurd painter Andrea Olivia.

Everyone has a story. No really, it’s true. If you’re alive, chances are you’ve done some things, and if you’re dead you’re probably not reading this. As most artists do, Drea has lived a few lives, but I knew none of them when I stumbled upon her art at the New York Academy of Art. On my way to the brilliant Paola Yamel Lima’s studio at the Academy, I happened upon Drea’s studio and became transfixed on her portraits. I stopped dead in my tracks. I had to know more of Drea. The rest, as they say, was history. There’s pure magic in who she is and what she paints, and so our narrative began with intrigue of the art only to turn into admiration of the whole. Her story is a must read as our feature this month.

Peruse the stacks of KARJAKA at your own peril, and let us know what you think. Many thanks and on to the absurdity…