| Abstrakt: |
The term avant-garde feels outdated. In the not too distant past, after its deconstructive examination, the avant-garde was pronounced dead. By burying the avant-garde we ‘liberated’ ourselves from the risky task of proposing a new transformative agenda for today and new visionary projects for tomorrow. Without reverting to reactionary nostalgia for its simple recuperation, and expecting from it new agendas and methodologies, we must bring the avant-garde back to life. By calling it ‘transformative’, this Manifest points to an important facet of the avant-garde's contemporary function: its proactive attitude and role in intelligent, critical, post-contestational and post-deconstructive engagement. This is not a call for action. It is not a manifesto for the future. It is a Manifest of the Present. It is a statement of evidence. It is a supportive recognition of the active existence the avant-garde today. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
