Nevertheless, they were interested in embracing popular media and new technologies to communicate their ideas. Their enthusiasm ... The Futurists were fascinated by the problems of representing modern experience, and strived to have their paintings evoke all kinds of sensations - and not merely those visible to the eye. read more
Luigi Russolo, the most influential theoretician and practitioner of futurist music, wrote a 1913 manifesto called The Art of Noises, which advocated incorporating electronics and industrial noises into musical composition. read more
The Futurists were fascinated by the problems of representing modern experience, and strived to have their paintings evoke all kinds of sensations - and not merely those visible to the eye. At its best, Futurist art brings to mind the noise, heat and even the smell of the metropolis. read more
Futurism was one of several 20th-century movements in art music that paid homage to, included or imitated machines. Ferruccio Busoni has been seen as anticipating some Futurist ideas, though he remained wedded to tradition. Russolo's intonarumori influenced Stravinsky, Arthur Honegger, George Antheil, Edgar Varèse, Stockhausen and John Cage. read more