1 Destroy the cult of the past, the obsession with the ancients, pedantry and academic formalism.
2 Totally invalidate all kinds of imitation.
3 Elevate all attempts at originality, however daring,however violent.
4 Bear bravely and proudly the smear of ‘madness’ with which they try to gag all innovators.
5 Regard art critics as useless and dangerous.
6 Rebel against the tyranny of {...}

1 We intend to sing the love of danger, the habit of energy and fearlessness.
2 Courage, audacity, and revolt will be essential elements of our poetry.
3 Up to now literature has exalted a pensive immobility, ecstacy, and sleep. we intend to exalt aggressive action, a feverish insomnia, the racer’s stride, the mortal leap, the punch and the slap.
4 We affirm that the world’s magnificence {...}

Mikhail Karikis esimorP, part of Oreet Ashery’s Saints of Whitstable, Whitstable Biennale 2008 Photo: © Marcus Kern

As part of the Futurism show at The Tate Modern Mikhail Karikis will be running a workshop called The Voice and Everything Else this Saturday. You might have heard of his recent rough trade album, his website is {...}

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