(44) constraint manifesto
Mikal Czech
(2011)
page last updated Mon, 2 Jan 2012, 3:40pm PST
Keywords: experimental music, experimental performance, dance, occupation, manifesto, constraint, occupyLA, occupyWallStreet, occupyEverything
Duration: one word to several paragraphs minutes
# of Performers: 1 or more, a collective real or fake
Score / Notes
while writing your next occupy-inspired manifesto (of any length – one word to several paragraphs)
abide by some arbitrary constraint
for instance, all, some, or [n]one of the following could apply:
- don't use the letter "e" (for georges)
- don't use any words more than once, including articles and prepositions (for doug)
- don't use the word "manifesto"
- don't use the singular pronoun "I"
- don't use the plural pronoun "we" or/and "us" (for the johns)
- don't use any interesting verbs
- don't use any violent verbs
- don't use any sexual verbs
- use only sexual verbs
- use only innuendo
- if you have any complaints, give specific examples for each one (for anna)
- don't give any specifics, in fact be so general that the reader has no idea what you're talking about, who's side you're on, etc
- mostly only use words you barely grasp (but not in an ironic way)
- don't use any irony
- write a manifesto that contradicts itself again and again, supporting both sides of an issue
- write a great manifesto that proposes solutions in the form of non sequiturs
- anecdotes galore
- start each sentence angry, but end it conciliatory
- start each sentence conciliatory, but end it angry
- start each statement with surety, but end each in confusion
- with a few small edits, turn an angry, possibly slightly psycho [ex-]love letter you once embarrassingly sent to someone into a manifesto
- with a few small edits, turn an angry, possibly slightly psycho [ex-]love letter you once uncomfortably received into a manifesto
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