A Punk Prayer — Pussy Riot Closing Statements, 2012
Closing statements delivered by Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina, and Yekaterina Samutsevich at the Khamovnichesky District Court, Moscow, on 8 August 2012. The…
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Manifestos
The Declaration of the Occupation of New York City — Occupy Wall Street, 2011
Adopted by the New York City General Assembly on 29 September 2011, in Zuccotti Park (Liberty Square), Lower Manhattan. The Declaration was…
Fluxus Manifesto — George Maciunas, 1963
Written by George Maciunas and distributed as a broadsheet in 1963. The Fluxus Manifesto is one of the most concise and aggressive…
Auto-Destructive Art — Gustav Metzger, 1959
First manifesto on auto-destructive art, published by Gustav Metzger on 4 November 1959, London. Metzger (1926–2017) wrote a series of manifestos on…
Manifesto for Useful Art — Tania Bruguera
Tania Bruguera’s concept of Arte Útil (Useful Art) has been developed through her practice and public statements since approximately 2011. The principles…
A Call to Arms for the Practice of Art as Direct Action
An editorial manifesto synthesizing the principles of art-as-direct-action movements that emerged during the anti-globalization struggles of 1999–2003. Drawing on the practices of…
Definitions — Situationist International, 1958
First published in Internationale Situationniste #1, June 1958. Translated from the French. The following definitions were collectively authored by members of the…