Robot Ballet



The Italian Futurists had a thing for robot costumes in their dance performances. They left behind some weird imagery.

Read about them here.

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     Posted By: Paul - Tue May 17, 2016
     Category: Costumes and Masks | Futurism | Robots | Avant Garde | Dance | Europe | Twentieth Century





Comments
I'll cut the Futurists at least this much slack: they did live in confusing, revolutionary, tumble-about times, and their art was a reaction to that. Contrast this with so many of their successors, whose art is a reaction to a lack of talent.
Posted by Richard Bos on 05/19/16 at 07:15 AM
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