Sanatorium Manifesto

SANATORIUM MANIFESTO IN PROGRESS
 

[commentaries on the affinity

and/or critical distance to

the identifiable sources

of the current therapies ]


SANATORIUM takes COGNITIVE SCIENCES
out of BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION
and into A THEATRE OF PROOF
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

SHAMANISM

out of ETHNOGRAPHICAL SPECIFICITY
and into INSTRUCTION BASED ACTIVITIES
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

CURATORIAL PRACTICE

out of THE SYSTEM OF ART OBJECTS
and into THE NARRATIVES OF THE SELF
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

ANGER MANAGMENT

out of 12-STEP PROGRAMS
and into SOCIAL CATHARSIS
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

WORSHIP

out of RELIGION
and into SECULAR MEANINGFULNESS
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

SORCERY

out of THE GLOOM
and into RATIONAL INTENTIONALLITY
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

PROXEMICS

out of ANTHROPOLOGY
and into WARM-UP ROUTINES
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

out of DIAGNOSTICS
and into TACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

ONTHOLOGY

out of PHYLOSOPHY
and into THE OCCAM’S RAZOR OF ALGEBRA
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

CONFESSION

out of THE ECONOMY OF GUILT
and into INNOCUOUS HERSAY
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

SINESTHESIA

out of POETICS
and into EXPERIMENTAL METHOD
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

ORACLES

out of ESOTERISM
and into GAME THEORY
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

BODY LANGUAGE

out of LOCAL CULTURAL SYNTAX
and into AN UNIVERSALTHESAURUS
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

VISUAL ORDINANCE

out of ICONOGRAPHY
and into SELF-MADE MANDALAS
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

LITERARY FORM

out of CULTURAL VALUE
and into A PERSONAL RHETORIC
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

MEDITATION

out of SPIRITUALITY
and into AESTHETIC PURSUIT
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING

out of SELF-HELP
and into PRACTICAL JOKES
 

SANATORIUM

 

AIMS TO BE A TOOL

IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF SOCIATRY * 

 

*The technique of Healing Social Systems 

 

 

Pedro Reyes

Brooklyn, may 2011