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Art With A Stigma: Italian Futurism in NYC

Posted: February 21, 2014 at 7:40 pm

"We intend to destroy museums, libraries, academies of every sort, and to fight against moralism, feminism..."

That is part of the legendary Italian Futurism manifesto, published in 1909 by Italian poetFilippo Tommaso Marinettion the French newspaper Le Figaro. Even though the movement wanted to destroy museums, its work is now at a major one in New York, theGuggenheim, for its first comprehensive retrospective in the United States.

Although the movement ended in 1944, a retrospective is happening only now because Futurism had a stigma attached to it. WNYC's art critic Deborah Solomon says Marinetti denounced museums, women, film, institutions, and even pasta.

"It comes packaged with the silliest ideas in the history of art," she said. "The futurists sometimes can sound like a group of high school punks."

Solomon adds some of the art is better than the ideas, especially the early works.

Still, the Guggenheim show ends with what is considered the biggest criticism against Futurism: some of the art was propaganda for Italian dictatorBenito Mussolini.

"That explains why Futurism never went anywhere and why the Italians kind of felt out of the story of modern art in the latter 20th century," said Solomon.

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The Future of Agriculture / Futurist Anders Srman-Nilsson – Video

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Fords newest exclusive feature: its "futurist"

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I'll bet that Sheryl Connelly's title is one you won't often come across: she's a Futurist.

Right?!

Ms. Connelly's job is to inhale social, cultural, technological, environmental and economic trends, and use them to predict what consumers will want in both the near and distant future. Basically, she's a pattern-recognition machine.

She then makes suggestions to her employer how they can best be prepared for the impact of these trends. That employer is Ford, the only automaker to keep such a person on staff.

Trends move slower than we think, about three years at a time, while a fad comes and goes quickly. For example, jeans are a trend, while the style of jeans (skinny or bootcut) are a fad.

Calling herself "a polite contrarian", we sat down together to chat about how Ford is preparing for the future. The automaker has a database of 200+ trends, and one she devotes much time to is our aging population.

Because as consumers grow older, it impacts all facets of the car manufacturing process.

Ford's Design Studio uses an "aging suit" to mimic an older buyer.

The designers don rubber gloves to reduce feeling and mobility in fingers, scratched glasses to reduce visibility, a suit that restrict movement around the knees and hips, and a neck brace which makes it difficult to swivel the neck. Then off they drive, experiencing what it's like for an eighty-year-old to be behind the wheel.

That's why the lip of Ford's newer cars are lower, because older people tend to enter the seat backwards, and then swing their legs inside.

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Some Guy Plays VVVVVV [9] Time Trials – S-Rank on Space Station 2 – Video

Posted: February 20, 2014 at 9:47 am


Some Guy Plays VVVVVV [9] Time Trials - S-Rank on Space Station 2
This time around, I get an S-rank on Space Station 2, and show Veni Vidi Vici who #39;s boss in the process! Now, this did take multiple tries (though there #39;s on...

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KSP Space Station ep. 6: Grand Tour! – Video

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KSP Space Station ep. 6: Grand Tour!
In which Kenfrey takes us on a #39;Grand Tour #39; of our grand tour craft, which has been moved up into a higher orbit!

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ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst talks Blue Dot #ESA – Video

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Space Station Crew Discusses Life in Space with News Media Representatives – Video

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Space Station Crew Discusses Life in Space with News Media Representatives
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 36 Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy and Karen Nyberg of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency...

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Let’s Play – Spacebase DF-9 – Episode 48 – Oooh, That’s How Science Works! – Video

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Let #39;s Play - Spacebase DF-9 - Episode 48 - Oooh, That #39;s How Science Works!
Build a space station they said... And we will! Wicked just got his hands on a new game called Spacebase DF-9 which is currently in alpha. Get the early acce...

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Kerbal Space Program Ep. 16 – Constructing A Space Station – Video

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EMPIRE OF THE SUN – DNA (Calvin Harris Remix Edit) – Video

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EMPIRE OF THE SUN - DNA (Calvin Harris Remix Edit)
Artist: Empire of the Sun Song: DNA (Calvin Harris Remix) Album: DNA (Remixes) - EP One of the songs I do enjoy listening to. I listen to this song everyday,...

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