Manifestos and Design

Manifestos and Design

5 Different art/design Manifestos

 

 

Definition of Manifesto:

 

v An art manifesto is a public declaration of the intentions, motives or views of an artist or artistic movement.

 

l    5 Different Manifestos:

1. Dada and Surrealism:

v Dada is life with neither bedroom slippers nor parallels; it is against and for unity and definitely against the future we are wise enough to know that our brains are going to become flabby cushions, that our anti-dogmatism is as exclusive as a civil servant, and that we cry liberty but are not free a severe necessity with entire discipline nor morals and that we spit on humanity.

  vWe declare that the motor car is a feeling that has cosseted us quite enough in the dilatoriness of its abstractions, as have transatlantic liners, noises and ideas. And while we put on a show of being facile, we are actually searching for the central essence of things, and are pleased if we can hide it we have no wish to count the windows of the marvellous elite, for DADA doesn't exist for anyone, and we want everyone to understand this

  vDADA is neither madness, nor wisdom, nor irony, look at me, dear bourgeois

 

2. For Sustainable Design:

  vContext before absolutely everything.

  Teach Sustainability.

  vTalents should be balance.

  vDesign for impermanence.

  vThe systems comes before artefacts.

       vDesigns support the societies where it is created in.

3. Conscious Art:

 vWants to promote the values of goodness and purity.

 vLikes to share his inspirations and creations with others.

 vWants his work to be an instrument to the Absolute Truth.

 vWants to utilize his art to help all people without limitation or discrimination.

Searches for ways to express his sadness about the abuse of this world and its living creatures by misuse of free will by ignorant people

 

4. Post Post Modernism:

 vRecognizes that artistic expression has spiritual and emotional content whether the artist chooses to validate it or not.

 vA complete lack of meaning is a meaning in it’s own way.

 vThe artist take on the own responsibility to do the internal work and attempt to gain understanding of the spiritual and emotional content of their work.

 

5. Manifesto of Futurism:

 vFuturism was established as a revolutionary movement in which all the arts were to test their ideas and forms against the new realities of scientific and industrial society.

 vVoiced enthusiasm for war, the machine age, speed, and modern life.

Group Manifesto:

 vDesigns should be functional but also creative.

 vIsn't limited to a single medium.

 vPainters are not the only artist.

 vDesigners has the freedom to experiment with new technologies.

 vEvery design should be a conscious act with a meaningful concept.

 vArt should always have a good intention with how it is created.

 vA good designer evaluates his surroundings and adapts just enough to commemorate a change.

 vArtist/ designers should always aim to break any form of Nihilism in society.

 vDo not just make art for consumers, make consumers of art.

 vArtists should design with an objective mind and also look at other art objectively.

 vNot limited ourselves to reality when designing, but create our own.

 vDesigners have to create a 21st century art that is vibrant and a meaningful part of our culture.