EMMET BYRNE VE ALEX DEARMOND

Doðum yeri: Raleigh ve Tucson, ABD

Merkez: Minneapolis, ABD

Manifesto malzeme: büyük format vinil baský, çeþitli basýlý malzeme

Emmet Byrne ve Alex DeArmond, tasarým manifestolarýndaki formun, yakýn geleceði düþlemede nasýl bir araç görevi görebileceðini anlamak üzere “Dünyevi Bilimkurgu Manifestosu”nu (MSFM) yeniden ele alýyor. 2002’de yazar Geoff Ryman ve arkadaþlarýnýn önerdiði ve sonra geri çektiði MSFM metni, yazarlarý, türe özgü kliþelerden (ýþýk hýzýný aþan seyahat, ýþýnlanma, uzaylýlarla etkileþim) vazgeçmeye ve yakýn geleceði konu alan makul spekülasyonlar üzerinde çalýþmaya davet ediyordu. Orijinal metni analiz eden ve yapýsökümden geçirerek baþtan oluþturan Bryne ve DeArmond ise, tasarým disiplinlerine aktarýlabilecek parçalý bir grafik kit meydana getiriyor.

2009’da MSFM ile ilgilenmeye baþlayan Byrne ve DeArmond, (Bryne, DeArmond ve tasarýmcý Jon Sueda tarafýndan hazýrlanan) dönemsel Task Newsletter yayýnýnýn ikinci sayýsýnda tasarýmcýlarý bu manifestoya yanýt vermeye çaðýrdý. Söz konusu sayý, bienal süresince Byrne ve DeArmond tarafýndan yeniden ele alýnýyor ve “þöyle olsa” demek yerine,“öyle olmasa nasýl olur?” diye sormaya teþvik ediyor.

EMMET BYRNE AND ALEX DEARMOND

Born: Raleigh and Tucson, USA

Based: Minneapolis, USA

Manifesto materials: large-format vinyl print, various printed materials

Emmet Byrne and Alex DeArmond revisit the “Mundane Science Fiction Manifesto” (MSFM) to see how the form of the design manifesto can be a tool for imagining the future proche (near future). The original MSFM, from 2002 (proposed and then retracted by author Geoff Ryman, Julian Todd, and others)challenged writers to put aside the clichés of the genre (faster than light travel, teleportation, interactions with alien cultures)to instead work within plausible near­future speculations. For the biennial Byrne and DeArmond analyze, deconstruct, and re­construct the original document, creating a graphic kit­of­parts that can be transported across design disciplines.

Byrne and DeArmond became interested in the MSFM in 2009 and invited designers to respond to the manifesto for the second issue of their occasional Task Newsletter (edited by Byrne, DeArmond, and designer Jon Sueda). This issue of Task has been revisited for the biennial through which Byrne and DeArmond encourage us to ask: “What if not?” rather than “what if?”