"When we talk of architecture, people usually think of something static; this is wrong. What we are thinking of is an architecture similar to the dynamic and musical architecture achieved by the Futurist musician Pratella. Architecture is found in the movement of colours, of smoke from a chimney and in metallic structures, when they are expressed in states of mind which are violent and chaotic."
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Carlo Carra "The Painting of Sounds, Noises and Smells" (1913); As translated in: Mary Ann Caws (2001) Manifesto: A Century of Isms. p. 203
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Francesco Balilla Pratella
Francesco Balilla Pratella (February 1, 1880 – May 17, 1955) was an Italian composer and musicologist, who joined the Futurist movement in 1910 and composed a number of modernist works for voice as well as for orchestra and chamber ensemble.
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