| |
|
In the sense of fun and obscurantia that the Neoist manifesto is written in, I'd have to say I'm impressed by them. They've definitely managed to bring a THX-1138 sort of blank-white 1970's sci-fi space opera gloss to their writings. Like something from the back cover of a '70's hard-SF novel. Personally, I'm fascinated by these things. There were a lot of de-humanising novels like that written back then. I have to wonder if that was the intent.
>Whenever you meet a Neoist or one who professes to be a Neoist etc. perform
>the following:
>5 or 10 minutes into the meeting say in a conversational tone ""telephones
>and telephone bells have always made me uneasy.". (Offer no explanation for
>this.) Shortly before the meeting ends say in a non-conversational tone,
>"Its head was ...white ...all white.". (Offer no explanation for this.) Do
>this as many s a day as you like but always at least once a day; (if no
>neoists are around, you can always pretend that the person you're talking to
>looks like a likely candidate for Neoism.)In Neoism individual performances are >approached not as isolated pieces but
>rather as part of the performance of a much larger work, Neoism itself. As
>such everything done under the banner of Neoism, from writing a poem or
>letter to being interviewed by a newspaper or magazine is to be considered a
>performance which in turn forms part of the performance of a movement called
>Neoism. Of course the performance of a movement called Neoism is simply a
>cynical play to gain attention for the individual performance pieces which
>go to make up the performance of Neoism.
definitely an interesting way to show how far culture-forward you are. |
|
|
