Fox Glacier Valley, New Zealand - I took this photo on 27 Dec 2013 (Lived in NZ for 1.5 year before)
Mash-up
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That Futurist architecture is not because of this an arid combination of practicality and usefulness, but remains art, i.e. synthesis and expression.
That decoration as an element superimposed on architecture is absurd, and that the decorative value of Futurist architecture depends solely on the use and original arrangement of raw or bare or violently colored materials.
Destroy adoration of the past, obsession with the antique, academic arrogance and formalism.
Drive artistic thematic to the city. The new city thought of as a machine in movement;
Reinforce the original behaviour based on daring, courage and rebellion as
essential elements of artistic transformation.
negative space is both the result and manufacturer of the oppression of the working class. The perpetual state of being in an emptiness, an in-between space, is an expression of the alienation and isolation produced by the modern metropolis the Futurist wanted to perfect.
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References:
Manifesto of futurist architecture Antonio Sant'Elia, architect Milan, 11 July 1914
An investigation in futurist architecture design
Negative Urban Space, the Futurist City as Avatar, and Fritz Lang's Metropolis.
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