Vita Futurista. Italian Futurism 1909-44 - ACE170.4

Works by Giacomo Balla: Dinamismo di un Cane al Guinzaglio / Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash (1912), Figure in Movimento / Figures in Movement (1913), Bambina che Corre sul Balcone / Girl Running on the Balcony (1912), Volo Rondini Grondaia Cielo / Swifts: Paths of Movement and Dynamic Sequences (1913), Elasticità / Elasticity (1912). Io Noi Boccioni / I We Boccioni (1907-1910), photographic self-portrait by Boccioni. Costruzione Verticale / Vertical Structure [identified on several websites as Costruzione Orizzontale / Horizontal Construction (1912)], a portrait of Boccioni’s mother. Boccioni’s sculpture of his mother, Antigrazioso / Antigraceful (1913); photograph of his mother with the sculpture sculpture Testa + Casa + Luce / Head + House + Light (1912). Boccioni’s masterpiece, Forme Uniche della Continuità nello Spazio / Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (1914), reaching towards "physical transcendentalism". Details of several different copies of this work. Luigi Russolo’s painting Musica / Music (1911); he published his manifesto, L’Arte dei Rumori (The Art of Noise), in 1913. Photograph of Russolo.and his intonorumori, "noise intoners" or noise machines. The Russolo Ensemble in their interpretation of a work. Franco Maffi, musicologist, on Russolo’s use of "raw noise" and its slow acceptance by musicians like Stravinsky. VO continues over details of Russolo’s piano enharmonico, the "enharmonic piano". Photograph of original performers. The Russolo Ensemble in an excerpt from Francesco Balilla Fratella’s opera, L’Aviatore Dro / The Last Flight of the Aviator (1912-1914) for voice and noise machines