The Futurist Spark

The idea didn't appear from nowhere. Decades earlier, the Italian Futurists had staged the first rough prototypes: rowdy evenings of noise, insults, and staged chaos meant to jolt audiences out of their comfort.

Things often spilled into actual fistfights and riots — which the Futurists counted as a triumph. Their aim was to make art as urgent and unpredictable as a street brawl, not a quiet object on a wall.