From the They-Don’t-Make-’Em-Like-This-Anymore Dept.
Posted by ben on 26 Dec 2006 at 01:49 pm | Tagged as: essays
Have we lost the art of writing a good manifesto??
Money quote:
When, in the year 1913, in my desperate attempt to free art from the ballast of objectivity, I took refuge in the square form and exhibited a picture which consisted of nothing more than a black square on a white field, the critics and, along with them, the public sighed, “Everything which we loved is lost. We are in a desert …. Before us is nothing but a black square on a white background!”
from the good-humor dept.
you know.. as part of our ongoing discussion of all things slashdot, I have actually seen that particular dept used before..
good play, old chap.
as part of our ongoing discussion of ongoing discussions, glad you caught the reference….
[...] Posted by ben on 23 Mar 2007 at 09:30 am | Tagged as: video/film, essays, poetry A few months ago I wondered whether we’d lost the art of writing a good manifesto. Recently a friend sent me Herzog’s “Minnesota Declaration,” which pretty much answers that question. It is interesting to think about in terms of Herzog’s own documentary work, which is always an examination of the construction of reality, rather than an attempt to hold reality captive. Here is the text in full: Minnesota declaration: truth and fact in documentary cinema “LESSONS OF DARKNESS” [...]