MPC 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: El Lissitzky, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Vladimir Mayakovsky
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Marinetti tried to reproduce the sound effects of the front line. He tried to reproduce the sound of: the front line, the ratata of the gunfire, the clatter of the telegraph, the screeching of trains. These performances occurred before the war, but artists also depicted ww 1 once it began, depicting the concrete aspects of the conflict. 2 dimensions to futurist movement: revolutionary: reached the masses, the working class with promise of dramatic changes in life style, reactionary: They had a naive belief in technological progress. There was a great excitement about this new social and political project. And the artists were on board, and engaged. Post russian revolutionary art had social-political mandate: Art would help construct a new socialist society. Constructivist artists made things out of what was at hand. They were working and constructing things for the revolution. They turned away from art was meant to represent imagination, individuality, emotion, stories", etc.
