THAR 281 1st Edi-tion Lec-ture 16Outline of Last Lecture II. RealismIII. NaturalismIV. SymbolismOutline of Current LectureV. Futurism (1909)VI.Dada (1916)VII. Surrealism (1924)Current LectureI. Futurism (1909)•Immediacy - believed in energy, speed, & newness•Futurish evenings•Believed you could use art to speed up human perception•multitasking was good, most futurist plays are very short (“con-centrated”)•the war was the ultimate expression of technology, “sweep away the old & make way for the new”•made futurism a very short movement•idea of “rescuing” theatre from this museum feel, incorporate technology/new media•F. T. Marinetti - Futurist ManifestoThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.II. Dada (1916)•Originated in Switzerland•Short-lived, but influenced later avant-garde movements•were pacifists, stemmed from a reaction to WWI - there was a feeling ofbetrayal•Wanted to “relieve theatre of the duty of representing reality”•“Anything that is not, Dada is; Anything that is, Dada is not.”•went to the surrealist movement•art had to deal with things put together, the meaning had to do with the offshoot of realityIII. Surrealism (1924)•Andre Breton - leader•The subconscious mind in a dreamlike state represents the source of artistic truth•The mind of the artist should become like the mind of the dreamer•Surprising relationships between familiar
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