The Manifesto Of The Sunset Avant-garde

THE MANIFESTO OF THE SUNSET AVANT-GARDE 1. W E

ARE

EVOLUTION OUTCOME WHOSE

IN

OF

WHAT

THE

SHOULD

COUNTRY

THE

THAT

TODAY

IS

IS

DROOPINGLY

OUTBURST

WORLD NEW

DECLARING OF

IS

A

STOP WE

THE THE

LANGUID

SUFFICIENT

PAST

DEVELOPMENT

OF

THE

SAY

AGAIN

THAT

COUNTRY

IF

LAST

OF

INVENTIONS

MUSEUMS THAT FIELD

2. W E

SOME

THE

HIM

LET

BACK

A

,

GOVERN

OF

THE

REPUBLIC, EQUALITY

AND IN

NOBILITY

IS

DOES

ERADICATED

FROM

THOUGHT TO

THE

DIGNITY

WHICH

IT

OF

OF

EXIST

FIERCE

LET

SHOWS

,

,

AND

THE

US

SAY

IN

,

BACK

BUT

AND WE

OF

IN

EVERY

. NOT

TO

TO

,

NOR

GIVE

HIM

MENSA

NATION;

A

GREAT

HEAP

KNIGHTHOOD

HYPOCRIT

NOT

BUT

SCROUNGERS

,

A A

DUST

COME

ABSOLUTICALLY

OF

THAT

;

THAT

KING

IS IS

WITH

CAPITAL

ENGINE A

OURS

COVERING

FOREIGN

MEAL

HONOUR

ITS

GO

BRIGHT

SURE

HIM

THE

PRIDE

BE

WHICH

OF ART, SCIENCE, ARE WANTING

GRANT TO

OF

FOR

,

THE

. SO THEN TO BUILD A -ONE TO WORK MASSIVELY MODERN AND THE ANCIENT.

SHALL

PAINTINGS

WHY

EVERY

NOBODY OLD

CENTURIES

REASON

REVOLVING

NEED

THE

BEWILDERING

EXCREMENTITIOUS

AND

AND

PROCLAMES

ARE

OF

ABOUT

WANTING

AN

IT

TO

ITALY, QUEEN

GLORIOUS

JUST WORLD, FOR TRIUMPHANT TRUTH ROME! 3. W E ARE WANTING TO ENJOY FREELY, WITHOUT RESERVATIONS, THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD, AND OF EXTOLLING NATURE. WE ARE WANTING A DECADENT FUTURE, WHERE THERE ARE NO FUMING FACTORIES NOR UGLINESS OF ANY KINDS, AND WHERE IVY CLINGS WITH ITS GREEN HANDS TO MODERN CRYSTAL PALACES. WE ARE WANTING THE FIRE TO BURN THE SEA, WE ARE WANTING THE WORLD TO LOOK BACK WHILE GOING ON. WE ARE WANTING TO SEE ITALY AS THE LAST BULWARK STANDING, AND

MOTHER

AND

THE

WHERE

OF

GLORY

MEDIEVAL

BATTLEMENT BEAUTIFUL TO

SWIM

WALK THE

THE

OF

AND

SMOKING

CITY

THEIR

THEM

ENTER

WE

TO ARE

ROMANTIC THE

ENVELOPE AND THE

AN

SEIZES CITY

AND

HEAR

OF

TO

THE

ABOUT CITY

ITS

THE

DEAD

ARE

-END

WHICH

TO

SINK

FISH

PEOPLE

CLOTHES

MURMURING

INVINTING

THE

AND

THE

MIX

.

THE OF TO

SOULS

AROUND

TO

EXIST AND

OF

NIGHT

WANTING

FACTORIES

.

TO

WONDERS

LANES

BITES

TO

WANTING

SETTING

WANTING ARE

THE

AND

THE

HIDDEN

, IF THEY ARE SO ESSENTIAL TO 5. W E A R E W A N T I N G T H E P R O G R E S S T O PAST, IN ORDER TO CREATE A STRANGE OR

,

THE MOST

TIGERS

FINALLY

STREETS

BE

MIST

THE

DECEITFULLY

. AND WE RAISE, AND

HEARTS

FORESTS

TO

. WE

UNTOUCHABLE THE

,

WANTING

AND

THE

ADMIRE

CITY

BOUTIQUES

,

ARE

STONE

CHARM

TO

,

ARE

. WE

WITH

THEMSELVES

INCURANT

TO

THE

ADVENTURE

QUARTER

THE

RAIN

ARCANE

WANTING

. WE

ARABESQUES

ON

THE

UNDERWATER

MAKE

GARDENS

4. W E A R E W A N T I N G WALKERS

SINK TO

THE

CARS

UNDER

,

UNREACHABLE

BETWEEN

THROUGH

RUNNING

TOWERS

OUTSIDE

VANISH

.

WITH

THE

HAUNTING

WORLD FLY

,

LATE

WITH

6. W E

ARE

USELESS HIM

HIS

HE

WITH

IS

EARLY

OWN

WINGS

THE NOR

OF MAN

POLITICIAN

AT

NEW ABOUT

PRIDE

.

OF

LET THE

AND THE NEW

ONCE

!

WANTING

MANNEQUIN

OPINIONS VALUES

AND

TO THE

MAN

,

. LET

THE

DESTROY EVENTS

WHO

POWER

,

ARTIST

BE

,

DOES FAME THE

THE

TODAY

AND

TO

NOT

BECAUSE

PERSONAL LEADER

,

,

MAN

HE SO NEW

FINALLY

’S

MAN

,

SUBSTITUTE CARE

ACTS JUST

ABOUT IN

THE

BECAUSE

GENIUS

,

EXTRAORDINARY

THE MAN

, AND LET THE GOD BURN IN HIS OWN HELL. DECLARING THAT A MAN’S PRIDE IS HIS DIVINE DESCENT. HE MUST ADORE THE CHOSEN STOCK, AND SHOW IT OUT EVERY DAY, BECAUSE HE WAS BORN MAN AND NOT ANIMAL. HE CAN DO IMMENSE THINGS. WE ARE THEN DECLARING THAT HE HAS THE DUTY TO DO THEM, FOR HIS CHANCE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED. NOBILE WILL BE THE

7. W E

HE

NEW

GOD

ARE

WHO

MAKES

HIMSELF

GRAND

IN

THE

EYES

OF

THE

, AND ENORMOUS WILL BE THE EARNINGS. 8. W E A R E W A N T I N G T O E S T I M A T E G L O R Y ’ S T A S T E , T H E HERO’S AUDACITY, DEATH’S MISTERY. THE PLEASURES OF EARTHLY LOVE, FOLLY’S THRILL, THE IRRATIONALITY OF YOUTH. STARRY NIGHTS, SEAS AND MOONS. WE ARE DECLARING THAT A MAN LIVES ONLY FOR THIS, AND NO MORE. 9. W E A R E T I R E D O F T I R E D N E S S , O F U N C E R T A I N T Y , O F PASSIVITY. WE ARE THE FIRST ONES, THE FIRST ONES, THE FIRST ONES. WE ARE THE FANGS OF THE UNIVERSE THAT DIVORE SOCIETY, WE ARE THE TENDONS OF THE WORLD. WE ARE THE LIGHTNING AND THE THUNDER, WE ARE THE ELECTRIC MUSES. THE HORSES PAWING BEFORE BEING RELEASED IN THE PRAIRIE. WE ARE THE SKY THAT FALLS UPON THE EARTH. SO TODAY WE FOUND THE SUNSET AVANT-GARDE, MAY IT BE OF INSPIRATION FOR THE BUILDING OF THE NEW WORLD! WORLD

ALESSANDRO VALERA, SEPTEMBER IX, MMIX (IMAGINE THE BURNING CITY)