Nástia's Manifesto
2008
Video, 4:10 min.
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Nástia’s Manifesto
This is Nástia’s Manifesto and the title is hypocritical, ironic and do not give a fuck.
1. Allow events/people to fuck you up. Be inspired by what transcends your existence, and yes, sex is very nice, sometimes.
2. Forget about God, experience good. Fuck necessary suffering. God never said: “Fuck up your knees while you give a blowjob to the local priest.” God wants you happy and aware of consequence.
3. Outcome. Enjoy the process, but you better deliver.
4. Love your experiments, especially if you get paid. Uhhuh!
5. Go deep inside and go succinct outside. Simplicity is the result of pure knowledge applied to real life.
6. Study all you can, whenever you can. All but women, they can make you want to fuck their sister. Apply it, motherfucker!
7. Everyone is a leader. Feel your own balls. And that means you too, girls, and fight for it. Whatever it is or it's not.
8. Fear death. You must fear death. But remember that more important than death, it is to die, bitch! I just like the sound of that word. You got to try and say it with me: “Bitch.” It feels good.
10. Don't be cool, be relevant. Yep. And if you can be relevantly cool, well, that is very good for you.
11. Collaborate. Not because you have to share the bill, but because you'll grow taller with it.
12. Repeat yourself. Advice? Shut the fuck up.
13. Fuck original, be genuine. Love yourself, and yes, that includes masturbation.
14. Stand on everyone's shoulder. Look. Listen. Learn. Filter. Imitate.
15. Stop living your dream through other people's lives. Fuck you, American Idol viewer. Good luck for all the contestants. I hope your dream materializes.
16. Get paid big money even if you suck. Fuck winning. Love earning.
17. This is the last one. Remember. And this one - I've got to say that I stole it from Bruce Mau. He said it, and I like it, so I shall read it to you: “Growth is only possible as a product of history. Without memory, innovation is merely novelty. History gives growth a direction. But a memory is never perfect. Every memory is a degraded or composite image of a previous moment or event. That's what makes us aware of its quality as a past and not a present. It means that every memory is new, a partial construct different from its source, and as such: a potential for growth itself.
Good. Thank you very much. This was Nástia’s Manifesto: hypocritical, ironic and do not give a fuck.
Thank you very much.
Writing and performance by Nástio Mosquito
Camera by Pere Ortín and Vic Pereiró
Edit by Vic Pereiró
