Futurism

• Apollonio, U. (2001), Futurist Manifestos, Boston: Museum of Fine Art
• Berghaus, G. (ed.) (2008), F.T. Marinetti – Critical Writings, New York: Farrar Straus Girou
• Flint, R. W. (ed.) (1972), Marinetti – selected writings, London: Secker and Warburg
• Kirby, M. (1987), Futurist Performance, New York: PAJ Publications

The best resource is the eBook Understanding Futurism Through its Manifestos (highly recommended and well worth the £5.99 price), from which the list below is drawn.

Where known, manifesto titles are linked to English translations on the Internet.

• Founding and Manifesto of Futurism – Marinetti
• Let’s Murder the Moonshine – Marinetti
• First Political Manifesto – Marinetti

1910

• Manifesto of the Futurist Painters – Boccioni et al
• Technical Manifesto of Futurist Painting – Boccioni et al
• Against Past-loving Venice – Marinetti
• Futurist Speech to the English – Marinetti
• Futurist Venice – Marinetti et al
• Futurist Discourse to the Venetians – Marinetti
• Our Common Enemies – Marinetti
• Manifesto of Futurist Musicians – Pratella

1911

• Manifesto of Futurist Playwrights – Marinetti
• Technical Manifesto of Futurist Music – Pratella
• War, Sole Hygiene of the World – Marinetti

1912

• Manifesto of the Futurist Woman – Valentine de Saint-Point
• Technical Manifesto of Futurist Sculpture – Boccioni
• Technical Manifesto of Futurist Literature – Marinetti
• Futurist Painting in Belgium – Nyst
• Futurism and Philosophy – Joly
• Supplement to the Technical Manifesto of Futurist Literature – Marinetti
• Abstract Cinema – Chromatic Music – Corra
• Destruction of Quadrature – Pratella

1913

• Futurist Manifesto of Lust – Valentine de Saint-Point
• Against Rome and Against Benedetto Croce – Papini
• The Art of Noise – Russolo
• Plastic Planes as Spherical Expansions in Space – Carrà
• The Plastic Foundations of Futurist Sculpture and Painting – Boccioni
• Imagination Without Strings – Words-ln-Freedom – Marinetti
• The Futurist Intonarumori – Russolo
• Futurist Anti-Tradition – Apollinaire
• Futurist Photodynamism – Bragaglia
• Futurist Manifesto Against Montmartre – Dei Marle
• The Painting of Sounds, Noises and Smells – Carrà
• Chromophony – The Colour of Sounds – Prampolini
• The Variety Theatre – Marinetti
• Political Programme of Futurism – Marinetti
• The Plastic Analogies of Dynamism – Marinetti
• Plastic Dynamism – Boccioni
• Futurist Manifesto of Men’s Clothing – Balla
• The Painkiller – Palazzeschi
• Why We Paint Ourselves – Larionov

1914

• The Subject in Futurist Painting – Soffici
• Manifesto of Futurist Architecture – Sant’Elia
• Down with the Tango and Parsifal – Marinetti
• Synthetic Lyricism and Physical Sensation – Foigore
• Weights, Measures and Prices of Artistic Genius – Corra, Settimelli
• Absolute Motion + Relative Motion = Dynamism – Boccioni
• Geometric Mechanical Splendour and the Numeric Sensibility – Marinetti
• Vital English Art – Marinetti, Nevinson
• The Anti-Neutral Suit – Bella et al
• Futurist Synthesis of the War – Marinetti
• In This Year of Futurism – Marinetti
• Futurist Architecture – Boccioni
• Against Sadness – Palazzeschi

1915

• The Futurist Synthetic Theatre – Marinetti, Settimelli, Corra
• The Futurist Reconstruction of the Universe – Balla, Depero
• Manifesto of Futurist Scenography – Prampolini
• Italian Pride – Marinetti
• After the Marne… – Marinetti
• Only Solution to the Financial Problem – Futurism and the War – Marinetti
• Synthetic Report – Marinetti, Pratella
• Words, Consonants, Vowels, Numbers Liberated – Marinetti et al
• A New Art? Absolute Construction of Machinery Noise – Prampolini
• Futurist Ultimatum to the Portuguese Generations of the 20th Century – Almada-Negreiros

1916

• Dynamic and Synoptic Declamation – Marinetti
• The New Religion – Morality of Speed – Marinetti
• The Futurist Cinema – Marinetti, Corra, Settimelli, Ginna, Balla, Chiti
• Manifesto of Psychopainting – Rognoni
• Notes on the Theatre – Depero
• Manifesto of Futurist Science – Carli et al

1917

• A Slap in the Face of Public Taste – Burliuk et al
• Manifesto of the Futurist Dance – Marinetti

1918

• Manifesto of the Futurist Political Party – Marinetti
• The Futurist “Atmosphere-Structure” – Basis for an Architecture – Prampolini
• The Futurist Universe – Balla
• Manifesto of Colour – Balla
• Alphabet of Surprise: Futurist Manifesto – Marinetti

1919

• Futurist Aerial Theatre – Azari
• Manifesto of Synopsy or Visual Transposition of Music – Bragaglia et al
• Manifesto – Programme to the Milanese Electors – Marinetti
• Manifesto of the Futurist Ardito – Carli
• Marriage and the Family – Marinetti

1920

• Surprise Programme for 1920 – Marinetti, Balla
• Manifesto of Dynamic, Instinctive, Dramatic Futurist Architecture – Marchi
• Against Feminine Luxury – Marinetti
• Against All Returns in Painting – Dudreviiie
• For a New Theatre: “Electric-Vibrating-Luminous” – Montalti
• Manifesto of Futurist Furnishings – Surprise, Talking and Free-Word Furniture – Cangiullo
• What is Futurism? – Marinetti, Settimelli, Carli
• Futurist Manifesto of Feminine Fashion – Volt
• Visionic Theatre – Masnata
• Against Poets with a Small ‘p’: First Catalan Futurist Manifesto – Salvat-Papasseit
• Beyond Communism – Marinetti

1921

• The Manifesto of Tactilism – Marinetti
• Musical Improvisation – Bartoccini, Mantia
• Wake Up, Italian Students – Clerici, Leskovitch, Albrighi
• Manifesto of the Sicilian Futurists – Jannelli et al
• Manifesto of the Polish Futurists – Jasienski

1922

• The Theatre of Surprise – Marinetti, Canguillo
• Intellectual Revolt / Communist Art  Appeal to the Intellectuals – Paladini
• Manifesto Of Futurist Mechanical Art – Pannaggi, Paladini
• To Every Man, Every Day a Different Job! Inequality and Artocracy – Marinetti

1923

• Artistic Rights Promoted by Italian Futurists – Marinetti
• Italian Empire – Carli, Settimelli, Marinetti
• Turin Futurist Movement: Futurist Artistic Syndicate – Bracci, Fillia
• Mechanical Art: Futurist Manifesto – Prampolini, Pannaggi, Paladini
• Second Catalan Futurist Manifesto – Sanchez-Juan

1924

• Tactilism – Marinetti
• World Futurism – Marinetti
• Technical Manifesto of Futurist Scenic Atmosphere – Prampolini
• Futurist Flora and and Plastic Equivalents of Artificial Odours – Azari
• Futurist Music – Casavola
• Visual Synthesis Of Music – Casavola, Luciani, Bragaglia
• Chromatic Atmospheres of Music – Casavola
• Scenoplastic Versions of Music – Casavola
• Illustrated Music – Casavola
• Theatre of the Dilated Moments – Casavola
• Imaginary Theatre – Casavola
• Little Theatres – Casavola
• Manifesto of Futurist Artists to the Fascist Government – Marinetti

1925

• Proletarians and Intellectuals – Paladini
• The Mechanical Idol – Fillia

1926

• Universal Camp of Radio-Modernists – Buliuk
• Sacred Art Mechanics – Fillia, Curtoni, Calligaris
• Abstract Cinema is an Italian Invention – Marinetti

1927

• Simultaneous Futurist Life – Azari
• In Favour of a Society for the Protection of Machines – Azari

1928

• Manifesto of Dynamism and Muscular Reform in Painting – Sassu, Munari

1929

• Manifesto of Aeropainting – Marinetti et al
• Outline of the Art of Advertising Manifesto – Depero

1930

• The Futurist Photograph – Marinetti, Tato
• Manifesto of Futurist Cooking – Marinetti

1931

• The First Statement of a New Italian Art; Aeropainting – Marinetti
• Manifesto of Futurist Sacred Art – Marinetti
• Against Xenomania – Marinetti
• Supremazia Futurista – (1930s) Futurists Group of Initiative, Florence

1932

• Manifesto of the Student Spirit – Burrasca

1933

• Futurist Manifesto of the Italian Hat – Marinetti et al
• Futurist Manifesto of the Italian Necktie – Di Bosso, Scurto
• Futurist Manifesto of the Musical City – Futurist Group of Verona
• Futurist Radiophonic Theatre – Marinetti, Masnata
• Manifesto of Aeropoetry – Marinetti

1934

• Futurist Manifesto of Aerial Architecture – Marinetti, Somenzi, Mazzoni
• Futurist Manifesto of Geometric, Synthetic and Curative Aeromusic – Giuntini
• Technical Manifesto of Futurist Aeroplastics – Regina et al
• Mural Plastic Art – Fillia

1935

• African Poetry, Music and Architecture – A Futurist Manifesto – Marinetti et al

1937

• In Defence of Futurism – Somenzi

1938

• Manifesto of Aeroceramics – Marinetti

1940

• Typographic Art of War and the Post-War Period – Marinetti
• Manifesto of Aeropainting of Bombardments – Marinetti
• Manifesto of War Toys – Marinetti

1941

• Manifesto of Aeroxylography (wood-engraving) – Di Bosso
• Manifesto of Marine War Aeropainting – Marinetti
• Umbrian Futurist Manifesto of Aeropainting – Dottori
• Imaginative and Qualitative Futurist Mathematics – Marinetti

1942

• Fundamental Theoretical Text of the Futurist Printing Office – Tremarco
• Plastic Illusionisim of War and Perfecting the Earth – Marinetti, Crali
• Manifesto of the Love of War – Marinetti

1943

• Shoot While Singing: Song Manifesto – Marinetti

1944

• Manifesto of Musical Worlds – Alphabet in Freedom – Marinetti, Crali

1959

• Sassintesi – Futurist Manifesto – Crali

1969

• Orbital Art – Crali

Dates Unknown

• Meccano Style – Volt
• Machine Aesthetics and Rural Futurism – Dottori
• Futurist Synthetic Water and Cures with Radio Waves – Tonta
• Aeropainting and Aerosculpture: Technical Futurist Manifesto – Somenzi