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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.
1989-1999
In the 1990’s physicists developed the M-theory. DNA identification of individuals found a home in criminal law. There was the discovery of dark matter, dark energy, brown dwarfs and the first confirmation of black holes. Dolly the sheep was cloned. NASA’s spacecraft “Pathfinder” lands on Mars. We developed biodegradable products and genetically engineered crops. We also saw the growth of the World Wide Web. By the end of the 90’s it was estimated that 295 million people were using the Internet. Intel developed the Pentium processor. Cell phones replaced pagers. CD burners were introduced. DVD media was developed and Apple introduced the iMac computer. The first GSM network was launched and the Java programming language was developed.
dada
cubism
fauvism
surrealism
bauhaus
futurology
constructivism
Thanks to:
Bruce Mishkit
Kim Hines-Dozier
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