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Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti advocated the modernisation and cultural rejuvenation of Italy, and his art movement was one of several with radical aims and manifestos.

"The beauty of speed. Time and space died yesterday. We already live in the absolute, because we have created the eternal, omnipresent speed." Part of the 1909 manifesto drawn up by Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti that declared the aims of the groundbreaking Futurist branch of modernism. Their rejection of the past included embracing the march of machinery, the power of youth and of violence so how do we view this now? Matthew Sweet is joined by Steven Connor, Selena Daly, Rosalind McKever, and Nathan Waddell.

Producer: Luke Mulhall

Image: Futurist food

Originally broadcast as part of the Modernism season on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 and 4 and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds. There is a collection on the Free Thinking programme website /programmes/p07p3nxh

And across the Proms season, various interval features are focusing on cultural openings and events from 1922. You can find those available to download as Arts and Ideas podcasts.

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