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September 02, 2005
First Manifestoes for Monstrosity
The first monstrous manifesto . . . manifestoes for 5 types of monsters here, some work better than others . . . the Vampire in particular has been hard. I've been trying to write this for two weeks now ó I thought it'd take a day! I decided not make work at the same time because I think I would have been unfocused about what I was doing. This manifesto is NOT FINISHED . . . yes it is, I said that it would be finished at whatever state it was in today . . . I think the thing is the way I was going it wouldn't ever be finished. Of course I'm thinking about Mau's "Incomplete mannifesto", but what I think I want to state here is that this should be read as a very first, very naive, very simplistic draft. I wanted to say it was finished today so that I can sit down over the next few weeks and MAKE WORK from the manifestoes . . . then I'm planning to revisit and rewrite each manifesto.
So, maybe I'll just call it unresolved . . . a monster itself perhaps, although its not scarey enough yet. I'm hoping when I try to make the maps, based on each manifesto, I'll figure out more precisely what exactly each monster 'is', or is standing in for. One thing I hate about it as it is ó the language! I'd want to write these more poetically, in the style of evangelism, and really draw some of the metaphors out (to breaking point). I've tried to keep it simple, brief and clear here because I'm still trying to figure this out myself . . .
Also, it's occured to me that I might design/write each manifesto based on what it implies . . . but I'm also really keen on the map idea. Kinda like to do both . . . time, time, time . . .
I'm putting this here because I'd really appreciate some feedback people. Been stuck in my little room too long.
Posted by Luke Wood at September 2, 2005 01:30 PM
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probably not the sort of feedback you're after, but . . .
Just thinking about this in regards to what you said about the design show over at artbash -
http://www.artbash.co.nz/display.asp?thread_number=314#323
"we don't require the students to have it all-figured-out before they indulge the desiging part of the research. So the desiging IS the research. In this respect I'd argue that the course is, now more than ever, design about design"
Well, it seems you're certainly following your own philosophy. Your manifesto is only a very first draft, not complete, but you're going to stop to make work from it, which in turn i presume should feed back into the manifesto. Reading it has shed some light on your poster projects for me, they are definately monsters, cool. I'm excited to see what you're going to make.
I like thinking of the manifesto as design itself, especially when you talk about how you want it to be more metaphorical / a monster.
Posted by: artbasher at September 3, 2005 04:10 PM