Panfuturism Explained

Panfuturism (also known as Kverofuturism) is a Ukrainian avant-garde art movement developed by Mykhaylo Semenko, a Ukrainian poet.^[1]

Overview

History

Panfuturism originated in Ukraine.^{[2] [3]} Mykhaylo Semenko developed it in 1914.^[4]

Principles

Semenko outlined the following principles of Panfuturism in an essay, "What Panfuturism wants":

• Panfuturism "wants to be a scientific system which is attained by its being a system universal and synthetic."
• The goal of Panfuturism is to "abolish all 'isms' which is attained by neutralizing them...by regarding every single case as a private problem of the polyproblematic organism of art."
• Panfuturism is a "proletarian system of art."
• Panfuturism is an "organizational art."
• Panfuturism "is the whole art."
• Panfuturism "is at once Futurism, Cubism, Expressionism and Dadaism."^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Bury, Stephen. Breaking the rules: the printed face of the European avant garde 1900-1937. British Library. 2008. 978-0712309752.
2. Web site: Drowning in text. 2007-11-21. Evening Standard. en-GB. 2016-05-08.
3. Book: Ilnytzkyj, Oleh S.. Ukrainian Futurism, 1914-1930: A Historical and Critical Study. Harvard University Press. 1998. 9780916458591.
4. Book: The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. 9780691154916. Greene. Roland. Cushman. Stephen. Cavanagh. Clare. Ramazani. Jahan. Rouzer. Paul. Feinsod. Harris. Marno. David. Slessarev. Alexandra. 26 August 2012.
5. Book: Dmitrieva, Marina. Zwischen Stadt und Steppe: künstlerische Texte der ukrainischen Moderne aus den 1910er bis 1930er Jahren. Lukas Verlag. 2011. 9783867321198.