Movement Manifesto

New Flayvas!

Art is simply elements, particles, and textures.  It is not until a unique flavor is added that the art becomes beautiful and worth while. 

·      It is formed out of necessity which fuels creativity.

·      It is simple.

·      It is straightforward.

·      It has to be made of many parts to be made whole.

Our group started the process of creating our manifesto by reflecting back on the readings we did for class. Looking at our class blog we were inspired by the Dogme 95 manifesto. We recognized how well written and thought out it was; there were specific guidelines and restrictions to the type of art they were promoting. We knew we wanted to come up with specific rules and constraints to make sure our ideas were clear and precise. With these goals in mind, we made an outline of our manifesto. We started with Adam’s idea that good art has its own unique flavor. We were inspired by Super Mario Bros. (1985) and how the characters were created. It was based off of Alice and Wonderland’s characters and story elements. We concluded that if there was a video game with Alice and the Cheshire cat no one would be interested. But these same characters were given a new flavor and Mario was born. It became popular and is still prominent in the video game world today. This was the basis for our manifesto. We are surrounded by elements, textures, paintings, but they do not truly become beautiful and worthwhile until a new flavor is added to them. Our art piece is reflective of these ideas. Paint splotches are normally used to pick out the perfect shade of paint for your wall. Normally you would look at these rectangle pieces of paper and just see color. But when we add new flavor to this art, it becomes something more. It becomes a mural of Mario that our manifesto was inspired by.