A Very Beautiful Day After Tomorrow

This project for the 2007 Venice Biennale elaborates on and questions the prediction, “There will be a very beautiful day after tomorrow.” F. T. Marinetti tried to reassure his daughter with these hopeful words near the end of his life. The project’s initial phase, Anachroheroism, explores aesthetic and well as political aspects of aeronautics. Dynamic vector lines and an idealized, mechanized flying human shape surround the viewer upon entering the Arsenale. Hand-made “Propaganda Posters” and words rendered in mosaic and resin rise along the walls. The style of these works not only refer to myths of velocity, virility and violence, but also deflate them with entangled rhythms, collapsing letters, and non-heroic content. The video, shown inside the circular room, begins as Vittoria Marinetti recounts her father’s prophecy. As Vittoria fades out, the video lyrically transitions between animated segments and archival footage of political rallies and air shows.