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Print, Fuochi D'Artificio (particolare) (Fireworks, Detail), Progetti scenici per "sintesi futuriste" 1915/1925 (Set Designs for Futurist Syntheses 1915/1925)
Designed by Giacomo Balla
Giacomo Balla, a leading figure in the Futurist movement, which rejected the past in favor of the dynamic technological developments of the future, created this set and lighting design for Fuochi d'Artificio (Fireworks). Featuring music by Igor Stravinsky, the short performance was first produced in Rome in 1917 and included no actors or dancers -- only dynamic, colorful sets and lighting. Included in a portfolio of Balla's set designs, this composition incorporates geometric shapes in vivid colors that would have been lit internally and externally, responding to Stravinsky's musical score. |