Interface Manifesto

Hangar, Barcelona. 2015-2015

The Interface Manifesto is a collective declaration that challenges dominant notions of the interface as a neutral, transparent or purely functional layer between humans and machines. Developed through artistic and experimental research at Hangar (Barcelona), the manifesto foregrounds the interface as a site of power, ideology and negotiation.

Rather than seeing interfaces as seamless tools, the manifesto reclaims them as cultural, political and aesthetic objects, always situated, always mediating. It critiques the drive for invisibility, efficiency and user control that characterises mainstream interface design, and instead proposes alternative approaches rooted in opacity, friction, speculation and collective authorship.

The manifesto was created through a collaborative process involving artists, designers, theorists and technologists, and is available as a wiki document that invites further intervention. It functions as both a theoretical tool and a practical prompt to rethink how interfaces shape perception, behaviour, the economy and societal relations.

Read the interfacemanifesto.hangar.org

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