We at the School of Slow Media believe that our relationships to images, each other, to ourselves, and to our surroundings can lead to social and political transformation and ultimately a more peaceful world. But our relationship to media has been changing at an exponential speed.
Images are everywhere — from our smart phones in our pockets to stadium-sized advertisements on the streets. According to the New York Times more than 1.3 trillion images were taken in 2018 than were taken in 2010. As the numbers continue to increase, we ask ourselves, have we learned to read the images? What images are we capturing? How were these images created?
We wrote this manifesto in 2017 when we started our journey of global community of learners to challenge ourselves towards mindful media consumption and creation. After running 11 mindful media labs in five countries in the Asia-Pacific Region, resulting in over 50 human-centered micro-docs, our thinking and approach have expanded beyond the words written below.
As we enter into 2020, we would like to open the conversation with those within our community and beyond — creatives, storytellers, thinkers, and listeners — to co-create a new manifesto that will serve as our collective guide moving forward.
Join the conversation and co-create a new manifesto with us?
Share your thoughts with us as comments below, email at hello@schoolofslowmedia.com, or suggest editing right on the Google Doc.