Futurist Performance and Performativity

Professor: Mary Russo

Term: 2011J

Meeting Info:  Monday 02:00 PM - 05:00 PM Emily Dickinson Hall (EDH) 4 Tuesday 02:00 PM - 05:00 PM Emily Dickinson Hall (EDH) 4 Wednesday 02:00 PM - 05:00 PM Emily Dickinson Hall (EDH) 4 Thursday 02:00 PM - 05:00 PM Emily Dickinson Hall (EDH) 4 Friday 02:00 PM - 05:00 PM Emily Dickinson Hall (EDH) 4

Description:  In this course we will examine the Italian avant-garde movement associated with radical art-making, Fascist politics, and Manifestos of art, war, domestic life, music, theater, architecture, and the visual arts. Students in this intensive course, will be expected to complete an extended essay on either the political history associated with the movement or the relation of Futurist performance to contemporary theories of "performativity." In addition, they must participate in a project inspired by painting, sculpture, or architecture, fashion cooking, or "noise band." These will be presented at a final Futurist "serata" or banquet. This course satisfies Division I distribution requirements. PRS, WRI, REA