[Includes a mention of sexual violence]. This week we look at the Futurist Manifesto of Lust proclaimed by Valentine de Saint-Point in Paris’ Salle Gaveau on the eve of war in 1913. In it she will declare lust a force, the primal drive from which creative energies flow, and impel us to free it from the smothering effect of sentimentality.
Her provocation is not only exciting and beautifully written, but it marks a significant addition to the futurist corpus and widens the breadth and theoretical subtlety of the project.
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Referenced in the episode:
The Manifesto: https://www.unknown.nu/futurism/lust.html
Silvia Contarini: Valentine de Saint-Point a Futurist Woman? https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110422818-006/html
Tate Modern: https://www.tate.org.uk/tate-etc/issue-16-summer-2009/action-feminine
