Artefacts

Simma

Artefact Type:

theatrical piece

Description:
In this 1935 drama Pastonchi, a militant Fascist intellectual, stages and celebrates the utopic construction of Pontia, new and modern city descending from Rome.

First Performance Date:
1936-01-27
Author:
> Francesco Pastonchi
Director:
> Guido Salvini
Actor:
> Compagnia dei Grandi Spettacoli d'Arte
Actor:
> Marta Abba
Actor:
> Memo Benassi
First Performance Theatre:
> Teatro Lirico
Theatre Location:
> Milan
Genre:
> Tragedy

Tags: Futurist architecture Corporativism Corporate city (città corporativa) State art Totalitarian art Nationalism New Man Assent Space Collectivity Sacralization Media manipulation Statalization Mass culture Aesthetic system or apparatus Public spectacle