Manifestos

What is a Manifesto? According to Dictionary.com a manifesto is a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization. It comes from the Italian word manifestare, which means to manifest.

In the Futurist Manifesto we can clearly see that there is a manifestation of ideas, of a new way of thinking. The manifesto describes a transformation in the way of thinking, which involves the leaving behind of mythology and other "absurd" ideas. This transition also involves the leaving behind of the mathematical point of view of the world. The Futurist Manifesto, to me, is all about either adapting to these new ideas or getting screwed by them. A world of science and technology is going to take place and innovation is unpreventable.

Reality Hunger is much more literal than the Futurist Manifesto. David Shields states directly that what he will refer to an Art Revolution in his book. In this Manifesto, Shields will explain how each artist demonstrates what he/she depicts of reality in each of his/her pieces. Artists are realists.

After reading both pieces I realized that a Manifesto doesn't necessarily have to be famous or known amongst many people. A Manifesto could be a simple statements that implies a change in the way of thinking or perspective over a subject. Over anything.