This is an essay written by Vincent Giroud explaining the beginning of the Italian Futurist movement. Detailed analysis of poet F.T. Marinetti. Parole in libertà means “words in freedom.” It explains the reasons behind Marinetti’s idea to make words liberated. Giroud also talks about the literary movement of futurism: “futurist poets and artists were interested in its making – its design, typography, printing, and final appearance” (Giroud, 3). Marinetti introduced new ways to associate words together by mixing typefaces, fonts, bold and italics, to break away from the conventional typographical decorum.
Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso. Parole in Liberta Futuriste Olfattive.
The second version is a photo-lithographic reproduction of the metal book itself and it is published to accompany Vincent Giroud’s essay, Parole in Liberta, Marinetti’s Metal Book. This “mechanical” book is full of futurist poetry with a related painting on the left which has a binding held together by two machined bolts. The original book is printed not on paper but on tin sheets where the reflective materials and textures represent the Machine Age. This reproduction book is printed entirely on black paper to emphasize the metallic aspects of the original.
Russolo, Pratella, et al. The Art of Noise: Destruction of Music by Futurist Machines.
This book shows the influence of music in futurism. It explains the relevance and understanding of noise-art in the works of futurists. Not only does it discuss futurist musicians, but it also goes in to examine the art of noise machines and how paintings were created using sounds, noises, and smells. Futurists are to be acknowledged for fundamental innovations which were later developed throughout the 20th century like: noise-sound, micro-spacing, improvisation, simultaneity, interdisciplinary activity, and mechanization.
Martin, Sylvia. Futurism.
Taschen, 2005.
This book will be used to refer to a specific work of art.
