Futurists Manifesto

The Futurists Manifesto is an art movement in the early 20th century that rejects the ideals and foundations of the past, but upholds and worships the dynamism of the future. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti was the one who originally wrote the manifesto, but he was later joined by Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carr, Luigi Russolo, Giacomo Balla, Gino Severini.

The tone of the Futurists Manifesto is rebellious in nature. They deviate from the principles of other art movements that are mostly influenced and rooted from the past. As young artists, they overwhelmed by the fast changes in society and science in a sense that they apply these changes and development in their art works, be it a painting, sculpture, ceramics, graphic design, industrial design, interior design, theatre, film, fashion, textiles, literature, music, architecture or even gastronomy. That is their purpose to eradicate the standard, imitation, worship, obsession, and ideals hinged on the past and surface the novel and the innovation.

Personally, I do not agree with this art manifesto. Of all the art manifestos I have read, I think that this is the most illogical of all. Futurism discards the past while promoting the future. I believe that this is very irrationally unsound since in whatever field, whether it is art or science, philosophy or religion, history or literature, the past is always important because it explains and foreshadows what is in the present or in the future. Hence, it is impossible to move on to the future without looking back to the past.