The Manifesto That Changed Nothing (Annotated)

The manifesto in question was published in 1972. Its title is not given in this book, at the request of the manifesto's surviving authors, who have asked that their work be considered in context. The context, as Morrow-Sink establishes in his introduction, is the full context: not just what the manifesto said, but what happened after, and whether any of it was related to the manifesto.

The annotators are six architects, two historians, one critic, and one person who was present at the original reading of the manifesto in 1972 and has been thinking about it ever since. Their annotations appear in the margins of the facsimile in six colors, which are not explained in a legend because, Morrow-Sink writes, 'the colors were assigned by proximity to the text, not by annotator, and the reader should determine for themselves who is speaking.'

The manifesto itself is eleven pages. The annotations are 340 pages. Several of the annotators are in direct conversation with each other, and at least one of those conversations became, during the editing process, a genuine argument.

Harold has annotated his personal copy of this book in pencil. He considers this appropriate.