The spaces of debate

What maintains a manifesto?

Manifesto's are often created within a forum, a socially dynamic space, in which debate and rhetoric are utilised to boil down the moral justifications of our actions. When we leave this context and begin to bring these manifestos into existence within the everyday, they often become diluted or ignored. Why is this? Is it because we give the context or the 'institution' ownership of the manifesto, only existing as a group ideal, and as individuals we leave our responsibility for its maintenance at the door?

Does the manifesto only truly exist in its essence as a trace within the physical space it was defined? Is this physical space, this room, this studio, library, kitchen, cafe, pub, the place that holds potential to maintain the true quality of the manifesto. What if this place could always exist in its original state, a place where the manifesto makers could revisit to rekindle their ideals and refurbish their moral calculators?

What does a place like this afford us?

(Utilizing the unreal worlds of interactive gaming to create a forum in which discussion can happen)

A real, and yet unreal world, accessible anytime. A world in which the actual architecture can be defined to enhance debate/discourse and rhetoric, shaped and molded to expand and focus the practise of manifesto making. A space in which physical mapping can be enacted by representations of ourselves (our ideal selves) and recorded, documented and replayed. A space where extreme actions of debate can be tested, played and refined. Manifesto the game!