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Publication Date:
October 2007
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1613-0642
DOI:
10.1515/ARCA.2006.017

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arcadia

International Journal of Literary Culture Internationale Zeitschrift für literarische Kultur

Ed. by Liska, Vivian / Neubauer, John

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Militant Politics and Avant-garde Performance Art in the Early Futurist Movement

Günter Berghaus

Citation Information: Arcadia – International Journal for Literary Studies. Volume 41, Issue 2, Pages 245–259, ISSN (Online) 1613-0642, ISSN (Print) 0003-7982, DOI: 10.1515/ARCA.2006.017, October 2007

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Published Online:
2007-10-24

Abstract

Published and archival documents in Italian archives reveal how Marinetti sought to fuse art and life in order to foster an action-oriented (rather than reflective) artistic practice. Of particular interest is the Futurist political engagement in Anarchist and Syndicalist circles, and the impact of this on Futurist artistic practices in the 1910s. Selected examples from the theatrical genres of Serate and Public Actions and their relation to the beaux gestes libertaires of the Anarchist movement illustrate why the self-proclaimed Anarchist avant-garde and Futurism could not join forces in order to activate a country deeply steeped in traditionalism. Paradoxically, Futurism dealt more successfully with the bourgeoisie than with the revolutionary Left.

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