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The Human Forcegraphic syntheses
by Benedettavisual edit & English descriptions by Tim Gaze, 2011
original edition:Le forze umane
Romanzo astratto con sintesi graficheFranco Campitelli Editore, Foligno, 1924
sintesi grafiche (graphic syntheses) scanned from the combined edition of
Le forze umane / Viaggio di Gararà / Astra e il sottomarinoI Tre Romanzi di Benedetta
(Edizioni dell'Altana, Roma, 1998)
this edition:Mycelium, 2011
PART IHUMAN TRAGIC CHAOS
Differentiating effort
Conjoined diversities
Irony
Irradiation of a nucleus under development (Spring)
The optimistic I between the rails of pessimism
Harmony of dissimilar forces
Forces without nucleus (Autumn)
Dispersion of the forces of the nucleus (Winter)
Pain
PART IIPOTENTIAL HARMONIES
Reached total
Faith
Feminine forcesSpiral of sweetness + serpent of fascination
Masculine forces - Weapons and plumage
Contact of two potent nuclei (feminine and masculine)
Fusion of nuclei = love
Rebellion of the I
Joy
Art
PART IIIHARMONY
Harmony
Benedetta (Benedetta Cappa Marinetti, 14 August 1897-15 May 1977) was an Italian futurist writer, poet, choreographer and painter. She married Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in 1923. Her style was gentler and less one-sided than the male Futurists. She added metaphysical ideas to Futurism.
My knowledge of Italian is tiny. I get the impression that Le forze umane / The Human Force is an attempt to describe the emotional chemistry between people as if it were a scientifically measurable force. Each section of text is illustrated by a graphic synthesis.
I hope that stringing these graphic syntheses together without the accompanying text will still communicate something of her ideas about stages of emotional metamorphosis.
The subtitle Romanzo astratto con sintesi grafiche / Abstract romance with graphic syntheses brings to mind the more recent phenomena of abstract comics and bandes dessinées abstraites. It also reminds me of Françoise Rojare's traduction graphique / graphic translation titled Mnémopolis (in revue Change no. 5, Éditions du Seuil, Paris, 1970) of parts of the novel Compact, originally written by Maurice Roche [please freely view her graphic translation at http://avance.randomflux.info/Mnemopolis.pdf].
Tim GazeMt Barker, South AustraliaApril 2011