Artefacts

18 BL

Artefact Type:

theatrical piece

Description:
Experimental mass spectacle performed in Florence in 1934, on the occasion of the Littoriali della cultura e dell’arte, which celebrates the achievements of the Fascist era epitomised by the truck Fiat 18BL, symbol of the hero-machine.

First Performance Date:
1934-04-29
Author:
> Luigi Bonelli
Author:
> Gherardo Gherardi
Author:
> Sandro Feo
Author:
> Raffaele Melani
Author:
> Carlo Lisi
Author:
> Giorgio Venturini
Author:
> Corrado Sofia
Author:
> Alessandro Pavolini
Director:
> Alessandro Blasetti
First Performance Theatre:
> Albereta dell'Isolotto
Theatre Location:
> Florence
Genre:
> Historical Drama

Tags: Corporativism State art Totalitarianism Nationalism Anti-liberalism New Man Assent Consensus Public or civic sphere Collectivity Sacralization Media manipulation Mass culture Popular culture Hegemony Total work of art Totalitarian consent Cultural system or apparatus Public spectacle