trees are people too

A few points Adrian made today in the lecture that are relevant to my manifesto:

Vernacular is an everyday language, a common language, everyone can understand it.

My manifesto is based on emergence. The structure of what will be done with the videos we collect, what will be the result of this collection, will be something that will only be defined over time. This is absolutely crucial to my manifesto – I propose no way of sorting, categorising or filing these videos, except that they be made public. The concept is to big, too wild, too random for me to predetermine the outcome or predefine what would and should happen. The idea relies on the fact that through the ecology of the internet and other public media (but particularly the web) an organic process would take place to determine a natural order or heirarchy (if one is necessary). This is similar to viral videos – the medium would take a life of its own and the manner of digesting it would be determined by the user, the prosumer. It’s an organic process of ordering.

My manifesto is encouraging noise, it is based on the principle that the more noise there is, the more likely we are to locate something of quality, a message that resonates with us. You need to immerse yourself in as much noise as possible to discover one that is appropriate for you, that speaks to you. It is a riot.

As I’ve mentioned before, a lot of this stuff is gonna be rubbish. Squishy rubbish. Inane, utter shite. But within the dull, everyday “you manage to capture the exceptional”, as Adrian pointed out. It is all that more special, important, reflexive and relevant because it is real. The more people involved in the lifemap manifesto, the more likely we are to capture something exceptional.

So what is the value of this? Adrian mentioned that the value is in the exchange – this is the nature of the medium now and the network we are working with. It becomes valuable because we are sharing it.. that is why this manifesto is important, this is why it matters – because of it’s ability and requisite to share. Its qualities – that it be free, open, public, accessible by all and thus completely democratic – are the reasons for this manifesto, are what gives it value. The more exchanges we have, the more people we reach, the more valuable the material becomes.

It’s brilliant, because the more people involved, the more powerful it is. The more exceptional and quality productions we see, the more reflexive abilities the concept has, the better it becomes. It’s like a beautiful avalanche. I may just be inspired.