What's manifesto? "A manifesto is a published declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer, be it an individual, group, political party or government." (Wikipedia, 2019) What is the meaning of the previous manifesto for today? Can we believe in the various manifestos of this information explosion era?Let us appreciate Julian Rosefeldt's art work"manifesto".
"Manifesto"is a art work composed of thirteen short films, and each one describes a different scene.Cate Blanchett plays all thirteen characters herself.Many important manifestos are utterly spoken in the daily life of the actors. The manifesto itself and the actors’ scenes and roles play a big conflict and contrast.In each film, manifesto of artists and politician are continuously spoked by actor.It's really hard to know every thing actor says, in the end I only have a feel as constant resistance, constant questioning.I think this is the theme of this work,the non-mainstream voice requires a manifesto, and the voice of the ruling, we can always hear.It's an excellent explanation of the word-manifesto.
When we have a theme of our works, there's always another question "how to better represent this art work? " Julian Rosefeldt played them simultaneously in Australia center for the moving image.When people watch them together, the overall effect is even more shocking.This also better expresses the theme of the work, not about the expression of a manifesto, but about the wording of the word itself and the meaning of the manifesto to people.