This article was taken from the July 2011 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online.
Dangerous ideas about the arts? The status quo has weathered plenty. To really incite cultural revolt you need others to take up your cause, and for that you need a manifesto.
But don't be daunted: just imitate the pros. It turns out that influential artistic statements share stylistic and thematic motifs -- and Stefanie Posavec, a Colorado-born designer living in London, has collated this data in her own infographical work of art. "I tried to select texts that most people would recognise, or were from prominent art movements of the twentieth century," says Posavec, 30. "I began by reading the texts, looking for themes that I found to be stereotypical, and marked down each example. I started with 35 themes and 30 texts, then narrowed the final themes and manifestos down to what you see on the page." So what's the top tip for your radical manifesto? USE ALL CAPS.
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