F24
F24

The Mysterious Formula of Futurism

Summary/Abstract: The article reconstructs the fate of the F24 formula, usually understood as the title ofthe Almanach Nowej Sztuki (Almanac of New Art) from 1924 and usually developedas “Futurism 1924.” However, this interpretation is challenged by the fact that the “F.24”formula also appears in the title of the lost manifestos of Jerzy Jankowski, created nolater than 1919, recorded in “Tram wpopszek ulicy” (Tram Crosswise the Street). Thearticle presents the results of research on the earliest stage of Polish Futurism, basedon archival materials and including the discovered memoirs of Jankowski’s sister, JaninaJankowska-Orynżyna, which shed new light on the nature of the lost manifestos andthe “proclamations” delivered by Jankowski at the Futurist club. In light of the latter, F24can be read differently than before, as a surprising and exceptionally capacious formulaof (Polish) Futurism.

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