aero… futurismo e mito del volo by Claudia Salaris (Le parole gelate 1985) studies the Futurist movement and their reaction to the development of aviation.
I futuristi hanno riproposto in versione riveduta e corretta alla luce del modernismo il mito di Icaro, che rappresenta una delle più antiche aspirazioni dell’uomo. Questo mito del volo, suffragato dalla marinettiana “religione-morale della velocità” e soprattutto dall’idolatria della macchina, che caratterizza il gruppo fin dagli esordi, significa per i futuristi aspirare a fuggire da tutto ciò che è grave, pesante e pedante, per raggiungere una dimensione di libertà degna del superuomo di nietzschiana memoria. Tale spinta ha preso senz’altro vigore sull’onda degli entusiasmi crescenti per i successi dei trasvolatori e per il decollo dell’aeronautica. Negli anni trenta il fenomeno esplode ed in casa futurista tutto assume il prefisso di “aero” o l’aggettivo “aereo”: aeropoesia, aeropittura, aeroplastica, aeromusica, aerodanza, aeroceramica, e via dicendo. Si vola. Nuove emozioni suscitano nuove espressioni artistiche.
The futurists re-proposed the myth of Icarus, representing one of man’s oldest aspirations, in a revised and corrected version in the light of modernism. This myth of flight, supported by Marinetti’s “religion-morale of speed” and above all by the idolatry of the machine, which characterised the group from the very beginning, meant for the Futurists an aspiration to escape from all that is grave, heavy and pedantic, in order to reach a dimension of freedom worthy of the Superman of Nietzschean memory. This drive undoubtedly gained momentum on the wave of the growing enthusiasm for the successes of the transfliers and the take-off of aeronautics. In the 1930s, the phenomenon exploded and in the Futurist home everything took on the prefix of “aero” or the adjective “aeroplane”: aeropoetry, aeropainting, aeroplastics, aeromusic, aerodance, aeroceramics, and so on. One flies. New emotions arouse new artistic expressions.
– Claudia Salaris, aero… futurismo e mito del volo (Le parole gelate, 1985), excerpt from p.5
The text is in Italian. The book is profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs and art images.
Our copy in stock is in good condition. The pages are clean, no markings, but some toning occur on the edges of the pages. The glueing of the binding is fine. The covers show some traces of shelf wear, edge wear, and use and there is a small coffee (?) stain on the front cover. The front cover has also a small (c. 3 cm) tear against the bottom of the spine.
