1885 -1947 · Portogruaro, Milan and Italian futurism

Speed, light, revolt and sound vibration make Luigi Russolo a radical inventor, on the border of painting and modern music.

Luigi Russolo was born in 1885 in Portogruaro into a family of musicians. Based in Milan, he trained in engraving and soon joined Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carrà, Giacomo Balla and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Signatory in 1910 of the manifestos of futuristic painting, he seeks to represent not the immobile object, but the energy that passes through it. Automobile in Corsa breaks down speed into lines of force, while The Revolt makes the crowd spring forth in a red and angular thrust. In Music, faces, waves and colors give visual form to sound. This research takes Russolo beyond the painting. In Music, faces, waves and colors give visual form to sound. This research takes Russolo beyond the painting. In Music, faces, waves and colors give visual form to sound. This research takes Russolo beyond the painting. In Music, faces, waves and colors give visual form to sound. This research takes Russolo beyond the painting. In Music, faces, waves and colors give visual form to sound. This research takes Russolo beyond the painting. In Music, faces, waves and colors give visual form to sound. This research takes Russolo beyond the painting. In Music, faces, waves and colors give visual form to sound. This research takes Russolo beyond the painting. In Music, faces, waves and colors give visual created a new acoustic universe. With Ugo Piatti, he built intonarumori, instruments capable of producing rumblings, buzzes, whistles and crackles. Futuristic concerts cause scandal and fascination, but anticipate concrete, electronic and experimental music. Injured during the First World War, Russolo then resumed painting and sound research, then gradually moved away from the movement. Wounded during the First World War, Russolo then resumed painting and sound research, then gradually moved away from the movement. Died in 1947, he then resumed painting and sound research, then gradually moved away from the movement. Died in 1947, he remained one of the rare artists to have simultaneously transformed the outlook and listening of the 20th century. Died in 1947, he remained one of the rare artists to have simultaneously transformed the outlook and listening of the 20th century. Died in 1947, he remained one of the rare artists to have simultaneously transformed the outlook and listening of the 20th century. Died in 1947, he remained one of the rare artists to have simultaneously transformed the outlook and listening of the 20th century. Died in 1947, he remained one of the rare artists to have simultaneously transformed the outlook and listening of the 20th century. Died in 19

Russolo does not paint the machine: he paints the vibration it imposes on the body, the street and the ear.