1909 -1930s · Continuous body, mechanical cadence and collective energy

Futurism transforms movement and machine into visual syntax: repetition, diagonal and fragmentation make speed felt instead of simply representing it.

For futurists, modern beauty lies in the energy of the machine, vehicle and body launched into space. The 1909 manifesto places speed at the center of an aesthetic and political rupture. Boccioni seeks a unique form capable of bringing together object, movement and environment; his sculptures and paintings of dynamism abolish the closed silhouette. Balla breaks down race and light into sequences, Russolo translates revolt into lines of force, while Nevinson applies a mechanical cadence to military marching. In Britain, Claude Flight breaks down race and light into sequences, Russolo translates revolt into lines of force, while Nevinson applies a mechanical cadence to military marching. In Britain, Claude Flight translates revolt into lines of force, while Nevinson applies a mechanical cadence to military marching. In Britain, Claude Flight translates revolt into lines of force, while Nevinson applies a mechanical cadence to military marching. In Britain, Claude Flight translates revolt into lines of force, while Nevinson applies a mechanical cadence to military marching. In Britain, Claude Flight spreads a popular vision of sport, transport and leisure in motion through linocutting. This celebration is not neutral: it sometimes accompanies militarism and enthusiasm for war, the experience of which will reveal violence. The collection therefore allows us to simultaneously read the formal invention of futurism and the historical contradictions of its cult of acceleration. The selection "Speed, movement and futuristic machines" notably compares Unique forms of continuity in space and the Dynamism of a footballer. His reading favors drawing.

Futuristic speed is not a painted thing: it is a force that distorts contours, repeats phases and drives all space in the trajectory.