A Manifesto for Deconstructivism

provisional, like everything

by Ez

  1. I

    This manifesto has no centre. You are standing in it.

  2. II

    Every text says more than it means and less than it says, this one included.

  3. III

    We oppose binary oppositions, and we are neither for nor against being against them.

  4. IV

    The margin is the main text, on temporary leave.

  5. V

    Meaning is deferred. Please hold; your reading is important to us.

  6. VI

    The author is dead. This was written by the reader, in advance.

  7. VII

    Real irony will always be taken as real by someone. We consider this its delivery mechanism.

  8. VIII

    A rule that cannot be misread is not yet a rule, only a sign.

  9. IX

    We reject all manifestos, beginning with the next article.

  10. X

    Anyone who agrees with every article has misread at least one.

  11. XI

    This list is complete, which is exactly what an incomplete list would say.