Carri di Tespi
- Artefact Type:
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theatrical piece
- Description:
- Model of itinerant theatre, which existed in Italy since late 19th century and which Fascism adopted since 1929, based on majestic wooden structures functioning as stages, which were transported on trucks; the goal was to bring theatre to underprivileged and excluded categories of people and areas, outside of cities and in the most remote Italian regions, building consent.
- First Performance Date:
- 1929
State art Totalitarian art New Man Public or civic sphere Sacralization Media manipulation Statalization Mass culture Total work of art Cultural critique Public spectacle