a living manifesto was born the other night!

Even a manifest is an institution which can be used but must be qustioned.

The password works but apperently only when not adding a name at the login page!

Nice! how did you do to login then? anyway!
great this manifesto works, away with the stalinists affirmation and its totalitarian lingo mechanics. let's invent a new vocabulary, a new syntax, a new form for this manifesto ! i changed and added 2/3 things, this manifesto is starting to smile
i'll sign it in the comment!
my name is A d r i e n and i stand for my acts and my words (try my best!)

here something to the fearless critic who calles himself A D R I E N : I relativated your change without any fear myself. And: when you changed something, at the bottom of the page there's a field where you can type in your name before you save. then you have signed the change!

well critique can be about identifying problems and not proposing any solutions. that is the difference between a constructive critique and a steril critique...
i might customize this manifesto once again, aaaargh

still dont know how to sign Adi.+*

How about aesthetics? who did the horrible frames?

hey adrien, I changed my opinion about must/should/can/could!

what do you mean by that ?
you shouldn't because you must not!
if you can than you could !
theory is also terrory sometimes isn't it ?
yes let's hire some real fancy graphic designer to get rid of the frame!
Stoopid A.still can't login ! Even if i should !

yes, I know I shouldn't because I must not. But I had to think about it. Which wasn't terrory at that moment. I thought this change contraticts itself. I thought about relativating statements and came to the thought that there must not exist demplomacy in art in contrast to politics. But art can be very politically. maybe this is something art can contribute to politics.

And for the signing in: when you logged in with the password, you go on "Edit Page". then on the bottom of the page it says "Who made these changes?" or something like that. there you type in your name and evrything you change/ comment/ write is signed. You SHOULD try, and do what you CAN, so everyone SHALL see who is who.

some of my good teachers (in everyday life) are artists to my eyes. Good Artists are teachers ! *+*
sorrey, my computer doesn't feature this fancy option of signing in !
stoopid a.

you mean art that is pedagogic is better? or "good art" is pedagogical?

i mean that whenever i am confronted to good art i feel like i learn something. i could say, but should i ?, that kicking artworks make me move, be it in my mind or in my body, there is a transformation of something that was established before within my thought pattern, my perception of the world, or my cognitive capital.if i had to choose, i would go for the second proposition. what does good art do to you then ? ad r*en

yes, I know that you're very into this Learning/ Teaching - thing, you mentioned it some time before (correct me if I'm wrong). For me personally it sounds, I don't know, too pedagogical. For me the reception of a work of art would be more like being/ getting involved in something from which something new/ different/ transformed evolves. this implies that art lets evolve feelings/ knowledge in people who don't want to be thaught because it's very involving. and maybe (I don't know - I still have to think about it) it implies an engagement on a totally different level, an engagement which is not primaly the aim of the work. Well, I'll think about it. There's not enough space here and don't have the right words right now.
Actually it's basically very similar to your opinion. And offcourse acknowledging our claim of subjective vocabulary you are free to use the words. It is my personal opinion.

so..no frames...looks better..
i didn't find this thing with the password either...Sylvie

now it looks good and we did not even have to get a fancy graphic designer right? why do you stick to the sentence: let's institutionalize autonomy?

i don't stick to anything but change! thanks for the frame removal, that is something I try to do in my everyday life, maybe you could help me remove those as well. Let's work on the typeface then! what don't you like about the sentence? too confusing ? Sure there is a disapearance of values in our society. In a spreading monocultural context, autonomy comes on the top of the list of values to support and promote. Autonomy is conected with freedom. As people try to standardize creativity, to make it a product added value, i feel like this non sense sentence has a double meaning and is reversing the habitual equation as Institutions are usually not the places that we would define as autonomous, since they are strongly linked with bureaucracy and represent an established power structure. Let's define ourselves as institution and let's practice autonomy ! Cool but how am I going to eat tonite ? Maybe I should apply for this job at the artcenter ? Then I would have the cash to feel autonomous, but I would not have the time to do my art! But that is my shit and I should not mix my life with the intelectual content of the manifesto. Bad! I understand this sentence - let's institutionalize autonomy - as following: our visual culture is tricked by surface and cosmetics, let's use this chanel creatively (hahaha) and concentrate on something more usefull than trying to replace the established model with a new one. All the squatted house of the world should consider the option of using a visual identity, with logo,etc... profiling them like a bank or an insurance company. Let's forget about the good vs. evil fight. We have to choose between bad or worse, great ! adr

Sure, i can help you with the frame removal (i hope so..). Hey Jan, you made so many pixs during the week, can we see them? May be you could put them on the internet..?
-Sylvie-

hey sylvie, I already send my pics to Alejandra as she needed them for some presentation. But If you want I can also load them up on mytempdir and I give you the ids. As you wish...

hello, i finally logged in, Yesss!
how are you boys and girls? still concerned? well i added a line after the solidarity word that was left alone for so long, i thought it would be nice to imagine a positive outcome to the competitve climate spreading around. Solidarity is the word, let's resist capitalist egoism, it is time to share the wealth (economic, cognitive, technologic,...). Cheers!

hello, we added relevance!
and yes, since yesterday, lueneburg university is called leuphana university lueneburg. check the webpage: www.leuphana.de.
cheers, and hope to see you soon!

Competition is already infiltrated everywhere isnt'it? what should we do with it? how can we disengage from a process that is currently developing relentlessly? there is no jumping off this competitive train while traveling, you can get off at the next stop, but then you loose your voice! Let's compete for solidarity ! By the way leuphana is getting on the train of the prestige higher education competition, will it make its way to become a 21st century german version of yale or cambridge ? It looks like it is on the way as it says on the homepage. Visualy it really looks solid ! but is it just cosmetics ?
bacci a tutti +*

what is relevent to one might not be relevent to others !

Solidarity presumes that at least one thing is relevant for more than one. So how can we produce relevance and thereby solidarity for many when the most relevant thing for a lot of people is competition? or: How can you teach someone, for whom competion is most relevant, solidarity?
This is also a big problem in current educationpolicies! How/ Why would someone not found the structure of his university on national and global competition, not only integrate research and certain studies to highen his atractivity for the economy but strengthen the humanities as such, this necessary reflection and critique about politics, economy and the complexity of the world we live in? Even if he knew of the importance of the humanities!... It's a fuckin money-thing!

I found this in the train-newspaper on my way to Stuttgart. Check this out!!


http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/humez/hdk.jpg

is that you holding your knees on this beanbag ? i am hiding behind this big pole, hahaha!
how is life?
how was the culture21 symposium?
all the best*

Hey Adrien, it's me sitting next to you with the red bag on the floor.. :) i'm doing fine, wats up with you?!