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We intend to sing the love of danger, the habit of energy and fearlessness.
Courage, audacity, and revolt will be essential elements of our poetry.
Up to now literature has exalted a pensive immobility, ecstasy, and sleep. We intend to exalt aggresive action, a feverish insomnia, the racer’s stride, the mortal leap, the punch and the slap.
We affirm that the world’s magnificence has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. A racing car whose hood is adorned with great pipes, like serpents of explosive breath—a roaring car that seems to ride on grapeshot is more beautiful than the Victory of Samothrace.
We want to hymn the man at the wheel, who hurls the lance of his spirit across the Earth, along the circle of its orbit.
1949-1959
The Korean War lasted until a cease-fire on July 27, 1953. The Cold War, with the Eastern Bloc, ran for the entire decade. The most important scientific development during the 50’s was the transistor. Although it was invented in 1948 its full potential wasn’t realized until the 50’s. The pocket transistor radio made it possible to listen to music on the go. The further development and the affordability of the television changed the entertainment and news industries.
Notable inventions were the microchip, the video recorder and videotape, the credit card and the atomic clock. The development of the first oral contraceptive in the 50’s helped usher in the 1960’s and a new sexually attitude.
dada
cubism
fauvism
surrealism
bauhaus
futurology
constructivism
Thanks to:
Bruce Mishkit
Kim Hines-Dozier
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