The Futurist Manifesto, composed by FT Marinetti and published in 1909, on the front page of Le Figaro, sparks not only the ignition of The Futurist Movement, but the entire avant-garde of the 20th Century.

Subsequent movements – such as Vorticism, Dadaism, Surrealism etc. – would be heavily indebted to this manifesto. Either, supporting the Futurists, or using them as a foil, to put forward their own agendas. Importantly, though, each movement would adopt Marinetti’s manifesto-ing and see this Manifesto as the standard to meet or beat.

Welcome to the first episode of The Manifest Image.

https://archive.org/details/FuturistManifesto