FUTURISM CONFERENCE Schedule of Events
Starts Oct 15th 2009 , Ends Oct 17th 2009
Schedule of Events
Thursday, October 15th
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Welcome Reception and Exhibition at
Ganzo Via de' Macci, 85/r
Friday, October 16th
CCIS – Center for Contemporary Italian Studies
Via dell’Oriuolo, 43 – Aula Cinema
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Registration
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Welcome
Representatives from FUA Dean, International Academic Programs Dr. William Arens, Stony Brook University
Chairs: Dr. William Arens, Stony Brook University
Professor Mario B. Mignone, Stony Brook University and Dr. Fabio Massimo Faggi
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Session I:
Guest Speakers
Ernest Ialongo, Hostos Community College, CUNY
• Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Artist and His Politics
Elisa Sai, University of Bristol
• Reassessing Futurism: A Contemporary Artistic Perspective
Luigi Fontanella, Stony Brook University
• A Re-Reading of the Manifestoes of Futurism and Surrealism: Affinities and Polarities
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Coffee Break
11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Session II:
Guest Speakers
Giovanni Bove, Università di Roma, “La Sapienza”
• Visual Rhetoric and Graphic Prosody in the Parole in Liberta' and the Tavole Parolibere: A Case Study of L’Italia Futurista (1916-18)
Dr. Fabio Massimo Faggi
• Futurismo: Semantic Reflections and Potentials of Neologisms
Peter Carravetta, Stony Brook University
• Poetics and Linguistics. Marinetti and Gertrude Stein as Theoreticians of Language
1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lunch
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Session III:
Guest Speakers
Ernesto Livorni, University of Wisconsin
• The Machine as the Rebirth of Humankind
Christa Erickson, Stony Brook University
• Speed Machines
Deirdre O'Grady, University College, Dublin
• Invention, Industry and the Superpower: the Artificial Human Being and Its Consequences for the "Future"
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Coffee Break
4:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Session IV: Guest Speakers
Christian Filstrup, Stony Brook University
• "Cemeteries of wasted effort": Do research libraries have a Futurist future?
Andrew V. Uroskie, Stony Brook University
• A Matter of Time: Bergsonian Temporality and the Futurist Image in Motion
Clodina Gubbiotti, University of Edinburgh
• The Influence of Futuristic Aesthetics:The Specific Case The Italian Neo-avantgarde
Evening, Friday October 16th
Fondazione Primo Conti Via G. Dupré, 18 – Fiesole
8:00 p.m. Private Reception and guided tour of the museum
8:30 p.m. Dinner is served
Saturday, October 17th
CCIS – Center for Contemporary Italian Studies
Via dell’Oriuolo, 43 Aula Cinema
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Registration
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Session I:
Guest Speakers
Zabet Patterson, Stony Brook University
• The Wireless Imagination
Vera Castiglione, University of Bristol
• The War Against Love: A Contemporary Polemic
Ursula Fanning, University College Dublin
• Futurism and the Abjection of the Feminine
11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Coffee Break
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Session II:
Guest Speakers
Kevin Clouther, Stony Brook University
• Sant'Elia's Invisible Cities
Ricarda Vidal, School of Advanced Study, London
• Sant'Elia on the Thames: London's Docklands as Futurist Developments
Antonella Valoroso, The Umbra Institute, Perugia
• Futurist Theater: Theories, Experiments, Legacy
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Lunch
2:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. Session III:
Guest Speakers
Nicholas Rzhevsky, Stony Brook University
• Regaining Futurism: Russian Theater 2003-2005
Margaret Schedel, Stony Brook University
• Neo-Futurist Sound: Re-embodying Noise
Giuseppe Gazzola,Stony Brook University
• Prolegomena on a New Edition of Marinetti's Versi e Prose
4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Coffee Break
4:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Session IV:
Guest Speakers
Mariana Aguirre, Middle Tennessee State University
• Futurism and Ardengo Soffici in the pages of Lacerba (1913-1915)
Mario Moroni, SUNY/Binghamton
• Beyond Matter: Futurism and Occultist Practices
Nick Ceramella, LUMSA Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta Perugia
• "But I like the futurists. Only I don't believe in them."
6:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Break
Evening, Saturday, October 17th
FAST – School of Fashion Accessory Studies and Technology
Corso Tintori, 21 – Sala Rosa
7:30 p.m. Special Poetry Readings
Dr. Fabio Massimo Faggi A selection of poems
8:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception
For Information and registration please contact: CCISS Center for Contemporary Italian Studies
Via dell’Oriuolo, 43 - Tel. +39 055 0332424 - Fax +39 055 0332425 - info@squolafirenze.it
REGISTRATION FEES: (include 2 coffee breaks & a buffet lunch)
1 Day: Euro 25,00 - 2 Days: Euro 40,00
* For Faculty, Staff and Students 50 % discount
Reservation for Dinner at Fondazione Primo Conti: info@squolafirenze.it or
call + 39 055 033 24 24