A type manifesto, 2022.
Type is not passive
Type marks and enforces borders
Type renders violence orderly
Type is authoritarian
Type creates an in-group and an out-group
Type co-opts, appropriates and extracts
Type colonises
Type launders institutions
Type constructs legitimacy
Type is conserved, and conservative
Type is a hierarchical structure
Type is policed, and polices bodies
Type is guarded and gate-kept
Type is expensive
Type is competitive
Type serves property and property owners
Type is political
Type might be interrogated
Type might be subversive
Type might reveal and challenge injustice
Type might be inclusive and caring
Type might create counter-spaces
Type might represent community
Type might be grounded in place
Type might understand its relation to stolen land
Type might be collaborative
Type might live in the commons
Type might be free/open-source
Type might have non-visual forms
Type might be embodied
Type might be an action
Type might incite radical ideas of care
Type might fiercely express identities
Type might strengthen solidarities
Type might be liberated, and liberate others