Futurismo/Futurizm: Futurist Avant-Garde in Italy and Russia
| Nov ’09 |
| 13 |
| 5:00 pm |
| Nov ’09 |
| 14 |
| 9:00 am |
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of Filippo Marinetti’s founding manifesto of Italian futurism. The manifesto’s publication sparked intense interest across Europe and Eurasia, from France to Italy and Russia, and is widely considered the inaugural text of the 20th-century literary avant-garde. Marinetti’s subsequent visit to Moscow and St. Petersburg in 1914 allowed the Russian avant-garde to differentiate itself from rival European currents, raising important questions about the competitive diffusion of aesthetic modernism and cultural modernity within and beyond Europe. Taking advantage of Yale University’s unique resources for the study of the Italian and Russian avant-garde, our conference will add its comparative and transnational perspective to the many celebrations of Futurism’s 100th anniversary currently being held in the United States and abroad.
Full program here.
Presented by the Department of Italian at Yale University.
Nov. 13 5-6pm
Nov. 14 9am-6pm
FREE
