The manifestos
So far throughout the course of the module, we've had multiple manifestos introduced to us as follows:
1. The 3D additivist manifesto
2. A Cyborg Manifesto
3. A Cyberfeminist Manifesto
4. Critical Engineering Manifesto
5. Glitch Studies Manifesto
As in the nature of manifestos, these utilise the shock factor to create a 'revolutionary' type of effect, a call for freedom and a call to subvert the status quo.
Reading more about the history of manifestos, namely art manifestos, many of them are arguably declarations with political aims, indicating their goal of employing their specific radicalised uses of art as political tools.
It was also stated that some manifestos aspire to be work of art in their own rights, of course this is explicitly seen in the Cyberfeminist Manifesto by VNS, relying not only on written statements of text for shock value but key words in visual forms as well to graphically display their intentions.
Through my brief research on manifestos i also considered that since our module is about digital art and culture if there were perhaps a manifesto specifically about digital art and culture. Enter Google.
https://annigarzalau.com/digitalart/012d.html
This was one of the links that came up as a result and at first i thought there was something wrong as the page merely displayed the single sentence
'Digital Artworks can be shared and become viral.'
1. The 3D additivist manifesto
2. A Cyborg Manifesto
3. A Cyberfeminist Manifesto
4. Critical Engineering Manifesto
5. Glitch Studies Manifesto
As in the nature of manifestos, these utilise the shock factor to create a 'revolutionary' type of effect, a call for freedom and a call to subvert the status quo.
Reading more about the history of manifestos, namely art manifestos, many of them are arguably declarations with political aims, indicating their goal of employing their specific radicalised uses of art as political tools.
It was also stated that some manifestos aspire to be work of art in their own rights, of course this is explicitly seen in the Cyberfeminist Manifesto by VNS, relying not only on written statements of text for shock value but key words in visual forms as well to graphically display their intentions.
Through my brief research on manifestos i also considered that since our module is about digital art and culture if there were perhaps a manifesto specifically about digital art and culture. Enter Google.
https://annigarzalau.com/digitalart/012d.html
This was one of the links that came up as a result and at first i thought there was something wrong as the page merely displayed the single sentence
'Digital Artworks can be shared and become viral.'
Which of course i found to be strange yet intriguing.
As such i found that her main page was:
With the actual manifesto containing multiple main points with accompanying links respectively. The link that i happened to stumble upon was just one out of the many and its title was 'Viral'. When clicking on the first link 'Space', the user is redirected to the page below, with the visuals in each pop up relaying in gif like formats.
Subsequently each section is simple but unique and effectively conveys each specific point succinctly and interestingly, relying on interactivity as well.
The summary of the manifesto is as follows:
The art I am interested in is the one that uses digital technology as an essential part of the creative process. These artistic practices determine, from their tools and media, a unique and expressive language by themselves, that can't be compared or treated as other arts. In this sense, it is difficult to define because it is beyond the existing structures in art market and amongst curators. Digital art is then the most clear and direct way an artist may reach its audience, without intermediaries and with the active participation of others: digital art requires an action to be shown. A click, dragging an object, pressing the "play" button, and roughly lots of other types of interaction.
This manifesto is a practical experiment exploring the expressive capabilities of digital media through statements that can only be verifiable in their own environment. In this way, the artist seeks to clarify for herself the limits of the tool she has chosen, while opening a pragmatic discussion based on facts about what may or may not be digital art. Therefore it is flexible and will surely change over time.
What i found particularly interesting is that some manifestos tend to utilise different mediums and different formats to convey their points, to differing effects and likely with specific audiences in mind. While the pragmatic digital art manifesto is short and sweet and appeals to the larger public audience like me as it is easily digestible, the Cyborg Manifesto by Donna Haraway is highly specific and often requires prior knowledge of feminism.
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