SHIFT Manifest
1. meaning is shifty water under the caskets of dictionaries. meaning is territory to be explored; its structures and borders are flexible; they may be bought, owned, shared, gifted, fought over, colonised, won, lost, mourned, loved.
2. text is a habitat; a geography to be activated by the reader who will not be led via the carrot of suspense.
3. poetry is the supreme act of communication. the novel is a branch of poetry.
4. we defy the will of market.
5. we call for other artforms to be the lovers of our page.
6. writing is a political act.
7. translation is a junket to other worlds.
8. who does language belong to? who does the poem belong to? how does one move the lawn?
9. we are collectors and treasure hunters. we explore margins, gathering refuse and scraps. we are impoverished pirates, exiled, a cohort of strugglers. we search for the disappeared. we navigate by stars during daylight hours.