mar 1, 1912 - Exhibition of Futurist paintings in London

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- point at which Futurism made an impact in Britain
- drew over 40,000 people
- one picture exhibited was Umberto Boccioni's 'The Street Enters the House'
- a multi-coloured tide of revolution, no mix between interior and exterior (a swirling mass)
- formulated the new literary style of 'parole in libertà' or 'words in freedom'
- destroyed syntax, abolished adjectives/ adverbs, suppressed punctuation, employed musical/ mathematical symbols

vibrant onomatopoeia - wants the text to perform something

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