MANIFEST. 1987.

Rotterdam: V2 Lab , 1987
84 x 60cm, 2pp large broadside manifesto/promotional poster for V2 – an “interdisciplinary center for art and media technology”. 10,000 were printed and distributed door-to-door, additionally, a copy was printed in Volkskrant, one of the largest Dutch newspapers. V2 received many (and different) reaction to the manifesto, mostly through its newspaper version.

In support of this manifesto, the Manifest[o] exhibition was organized from January 3-17. This event opened on January 3rd, and featured The Haters, Strafe für Rebellion, Selektion, the Iron Brotherhood, and a live telephone interview with Kim Cascone in San Francisco. The exhibition with works by Selektion Optik, Die Tödliche Doris, Annemie van Kerckhoven, Bernd Kastner, G.X. Jupitter-Larsen, Vivenza, V2 and Sigi Sinyuga continued till 17 January 1987. This was the publicity for the event. Folded and somewhat browned due to the use of newsprint and the usual edge damage.