A manifesto is often used to spread message, intentions and ideas. As a result, a manifesto would normally contain intent, views, and motivation and present them in a straightforward way. In this written response, I chose the article ‘Fuck Content’ (Rock,2013) and rewrite it in to the form of the ‘Conditional Design Manifesto’ (Blauvelt, et al) in order to directly convey the main messages illustrated in the ‘Fuck Content’, which is the form (or the container) is just as important as the content, and the manipulation of the form can also change the content. Just like my project in method of translating, I picked several documentary photographs and translating them together into a zine, cropping them to focus on certain views and adding comments and explanations, which tells a story of “Love” in a special period of time.
Reference:
Rock, M. (2013) ‘Fuck Content’, Multiple Signatures: On Designers, Authors, Readers and Users. New York: Rizzoli International.
Blauvelt, A. et al. ‘Conditional Design Manifesto’, Conditional Design Workbook, pp. ii.