ARTH 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Luigi Russolo, Hugo Ball, Sound Poetry
2 Sep 2019
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Jedd Panopio
8/31/19
Hugo Ball
● The time Hugo worked was around the time of World War I, in which he insisted that the
dada movement was also intended to challenge the state of the world
● Hugo’s new media was a sound poem, which basically combines literary and musical
composition to emphasize the central role of human speech in the reading or recitation
of the text.
● During the time, the artistry of sound poetry is its focus on the phonetic aspects of
human speech rather than on semantics or syntax, and it is performed rather than simply
read silently
● They were revolutionary because Ball’s poems were meant to disconnect completely
from coherent language.
Luigi Russolo
● Russolo in the 19th century used machines to create noise.
● Instead of working with music Russolo worked with noises and believed that the
strongest noises interrupted the silence of life
● Russolo believed that this “musical evolution is paralleled by the multiplication of
machines, which collaborate with man on every front.” He believed that “the machine
during his time has created such a variety and rivalry of noises that pure sound in its
exiguity and monotony, no longer arouses any feeling.”
Marinetti
● The futurists were at its most influential and active between 1909 and 1914 and were
restarted by Marinetti after the First World War.
● The main focus of the futurists was to replace the traditional art and replace them with
the celebration of the machine age, which gave a unique and dynamic vision of the
Document Summary
The time hugo worked was around the time of world war i, in which he insisted that the dada movement was also intended to challenge the state of the world. Hugo"s new media was a sound poem, which basically combines literary and musical composition to emphasize the central role of human speech in the reading or recitation of the text. During the time, the artistry of sound poetry is its focus on the phonetic aspects of human speech rather than on semantics or syntax, and it is performed rather than simply read silently. They were revolutionary because ball"s poems were meant to disconnect completely from coherent language. Russolo in the 19th century used machines to create noise. Instead of working with music russolo worked with noises and believed that the strongest noises interrupted the silence of life. The futurists were at its most influential and active between 1909 and 1914 and were restarted by marinetti after the first world war.
