The Dada manifesto takes an interesting approach to stating
intent. The manifesto seems to revel in its ambiguity, which I would say opens
the text up for more reader interpretation and meaning association. The author
does make a few points clear. Some of these ideas include the human love of
novelty, the death of beauty, anti-objectivism, divorce from logic,
spontaneity, and disgust.
The Gutai manifesto states that the movement is based in
abstract painting, but it later evolved to more performative work. One of the
main goals of the Gutai group was to push art making beyond conventional media.
In this manifesto, it is pointed out that all “traditional” art media is
arbitrarily glorified thus making it hollow, meaningless, and submissive to
authoritative ideals.
The Maintenance Art Manifesto is comprised of a list of
thoughts or ideas. This manifesto critiques culture through terms of Avant-garde
art and feminism.
Response:
I enjoyed reading these manifestos. When I once wrote a
manifesto I looked investigatively into both the Dada and Gutai manifestos. The
Maintenance Art Manifesto was very interesting to read because it takes on a
slightly different format. I do appreciate the ambiguity of all of these
documents as I feel it allows the reader to personally contemplate what the
intent of the writer may have been.
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