RE: [microsound] art of noise

[Steven Taylor <StevenT@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >> >>so did Marinetti (the guy who wrote 'the art of noise'
> >> manifesto), but he
> >> >>ended in the wrong camp of politics...
> >> >
> >> >actually Luigi Russolo wrote the "Art of Noise"
> >> >
> >> entirely true, but he too ended in the wrong camp...
> >> (although I believe
> >> not as heavily as marinetti). thanks for your correction, Kim
> >
> >When you say wrong camp do you mean Facist?
> 
> yes, that's what I mean. wrong of course depends on your own view...
> 
> >This is certainly not something ive ever seen overtly 
> covered at exhibitions
> >of Futurist works at Esoterik.
> 
> it's usually well hidden, the futurist-fascist link. and if 
> talk about,
> it's usually in terms of how different fasciscm is from national
> socialism...

I must admit I'd mainly appreciated Futurist art on an aesthetic level and
the way it has influenced Modern graphic art, but thats also generally the
way it has been presented to me in the past. From the imagery alone I had
thought the ideology was more Socialist or possibly Communist.

Steve