Something New-Method
Yuki Harada (Artist)

1. Exposition

"New-Methodicist Manifesto" declared in 2010 is the first manifesto by New-Methodicist.  It asserts "New-Methodicist Manifesto is the manifesto of New-Methodicism," "New-Methodicism is what is declared here," and "We are the New-Methodicist." Also, their latest manifesto "New-Methodicist Rock-Paper-Scissors Manifesto" states that "Rock beats Scissors while beaten by Paper," "Paper beats Rock while beaten by Scissors," and "Scissors beats Paper while beaten by Rock."

Their thoroughly tautological manifestos seem to try distancing themselves from the reader as far as possible, but it is not really true.  If I can tell my personal impression here, no doubt that I did sense a certain nuance in those manifestos when I meet New-Method for the first time.  It had long been the biggest mystery I found with New-Method.

The mystery lies inherently in what can be called "something New-Method" - a certain group of other meanings anticipated by and around a nonsense tautology "New-Method is New-Method." In reality, the letters "New-Method" and the sounds "new-method" suggest a certain kind of "something" out of these words "New/new" "-" "Method/method," and "New-method" is understood vaguely as "New-Method" including such "something."

In this sense, New-Method as defined in their manifestos appears in reality simultaneously as New-Method in its own definition and as what approximates to "something New-Method." Let's see its specific examples.

2. Proposal
Reference:
Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford Thesaurus of English: Third Edition, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2009.

1) Separation
1-a) Something New
Fresh / Novel / Brand New / Untried

1-b) Something Method
Way / Approach / Style / Manner / Technique / Means / Process / Mechanism / System / Methodology

2) Recombination--Something New / - / Method
Fresh-Way
Fresh-Approach
Fresh-Style
Fresh-Manner
Fresh-Technique
Fresh-Means
Fresh-Process
Fresh-Mechanism
Fresh-System
Fresh-Methodology
Novel-Way
Novel-Approach
Novel-Style
Novel-Manner
Novel-Technique
Novel-Means
Novel-Process
Novel-Mechanism
Novel-System
Novel-Methodology
Brand New-Way
Brand New-Approach
Brand New-Style
Brand New-Manner
Brand New-Technique
Brand New-Means
Brand New-Process
Brand New-Mechanism
Brand New-System
Brand New-Methodology
Untried-Way
Untried-Approach
Untried-Style
Untried-Manner
Untried-Technique
Untried-Means
Untried-Process
Untried-Mechanism
Untried-System
Untried-Methodology