Fast forward : the aesthetics and ideology of speed in Russian avant-garde culture, 1910-1930

Fast forward : the aesthetics and ideology of speed in Russian avant-garde culture, 1910-1930 / Tim Harte.

This work reveals how the Russian avant-garde's race to establish a new artistic and social reality over a 20-year span reflected an ambitious metaphysical vision that corresponded closely to the nation's rapidly changing social parameters.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harte, Tim
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) > Soviet Union > History > 20th century.
Speed in art.
Speed in literature.
Experimental poetry, Russian > History and criticism.
Motion pictures and the arts > Soviet Union > History > 20th century.
ART > Reference.
ART > Performance.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Experimental poetry, Russian
Motion pictures and the arts
Speed in art
Speed in literature
Soviet Union
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : The Zeitgeist of speed
  • Part I. Avant-garde poetry in motion : Urban poets on the move
  • The accelerating word
  • Part II. Visual arts of acceleration : Light speed: Rayism in Russia
  • "Hurry! For tomorrow you will not recognize us": Suprematism and beyond
  • Part III. Fast motion pictures on the Soviet screen : Early Soviet cinema: tricks and kinesthetics
  • Soviet cinema's great leap forward
  • Conclusion : The speed of coercion.

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