Write And Read Your Manifestos

• Which Manifestos have inspired you?

• Here is one of my favorites: A Cyborg Manifesto by Donna Haraway – http://www.faculty.umb.edu/gary_zabel/Courses/Art%20and%20Philosophy%20in%20SL%20and%20Other%20Virtual%20Worlds/Texts/cyborg_manifesto.pdf
• ideas from the class

1. Devaluation of Art through processes of ruthless degradation? A challenge to the art market and reinforcement of “the canon”…

2.  Manifesto of Equality – #BLM and #MeToo? ??? feminist movement? people are people – all are created equal…The walls of oppression (unequal systems) must come down!

3.  Social consciousness – Uprising happening now…entirely for marginalized Black, Queer, Trans rights..manifesto for Equity and People’s Rights to be met. Dismantle these systems! Anti-violence

4. Equality? Equity?  Manifesto for a Place of Equality by giving Equity

5.  Environmentalist Manifesto – Call to arms to everyday people and critique of corporate exemption

6.  Climate Change and Cali Fires – Manifesto of Awareness of Climate Change and doing something!

7.  Manifesto of Reawakening – Call to Action of for Every Citizen…Unification and Keeping Informed – Black and Brown communities.

8.  Critique of Government and Response to Crisis – Manifesto of Government Treatment of Society

9. Call to Action to Cyber Manifesto: Total Embracement AI and Robotics into Society for Self-Actualization

10.  Our manifesto should be passionate and personal – Selfish Manifestos  Manifesto of Personal Passion

11.  Climate Change – Manifesto of Changing Small Actions in Daily Lives in order to Make Widespread Change…

12. Artists manifesto – Open Manifesto to Communicate with Artists from All Walks of Life as a Worldwide Community!

The reading of manifesto: https://www.societyforasianart.org/sites/default/files/manifesto_futurista.pdf (required)

Choose one other manifesto to discuss:

• Russolo, L, The Art of Noise
  • All Futurist manifestos at the Guggenheim site (Links to an external site.)(Click on manifesto for English) http://exhibitions.guggenheim.org/futurism/manifestos/
  • British Library version (Links to an external site.) (bound booklet) https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/manifesto-of-futurism

The note of mine from last class is attached below. (please combine all those reading, elements to write about the paper )