the futurists
a. who were the futurists?
b. reaction against dependence on the past
c. the first manifesto
d. futurism and the role of the artist
- new forms and blurring of artistic boundaries
- in poetry
- in synthetic theatre
- in cinema
etc.
- inspiring outrage
3. film: Vita Futurista
4. so what? legacies and
connections
-- suggests importance
of the impact of radically new forms of technology and the
relationship to artists and expression
- relationship to dada
and surealism, performance art, fluxus ...
- what connections do you
see/can you imagine?
questions:
Consider "The Founding manifesto of Futurism"
discussed in lcture and available online as well as in the
Performnace Reader
1. in the first third of the manifesto marinetti
describes what we might call a joy ride. What led marinetti
and his friends to drive aimlessly through the streets of
Milan italy?
2. Describe marinetti's style of writing
in the first section of the manifesto. What kinds of stimuli
take centre stage in his narrative? How does he desribe them?
3. (How) does marinetti's story of the car
crash relate to his manifesto?
4. What do Marinetti and his friends target
with thier love of violence? Are any of these targets problematic
for you? Which ones? Why?
5. At the close of his manifesto marineti
describes futurism's Achilles heel. What is the one thing
that marinetti believes can and will destroy his futurist
movement?
6. What is the relationship between the
afrofuturism be discussed last week and the Italian futurists?
7 -- Once you have the Performance Reader:
what is the relationship between futurism and contemporary
performance art? can you think of examples of perfromance
art that take up the ideas we discussed today?
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