What is a manifesto? According to the online
dictionary it is "a public declaration of intentions, opinions,
objectives, or motives, asone issued by a government, sovereign, or
organization."Having this clear I was able to understand a little bit
better "The Future Manifesto"by F.T. Marinetti and the first chapter
of Reality Hunger by David Shields.
I
believe Shield´s main purpose is to change the art as he states “intent is to
write ars poetica for the burgeoning
group of interrelated but unconnected artists in a multitude of forms and
media… who are breaking larger and larger chunks of “reality” into their work”
(3). From what I was able to understand, he was mainly discussing the reality
and originality of the arts. He believes that artistic movements are the ones
that influence and help evolve the arts, leading to a connection between the
art and real life.
On
the other hand, “The Futurist Manifesto” deals with the idea that people should
embrace to the new technologies, therefore to the future. When he states, “Do
you want to waste the best part of your strength in a useless admiration of the
past, from which you will emerge exhausted, diminished, trampled on?” It is
clear to me that he no longer cares about the past and that he believes that
its just a waste of time. Leading me to a conclusion that his main idea is for
us to use our strength to focus on the future.
