The Soviet futurists were even wilder. I don't know what drugs they were on when they composed Victory over the Sun, but they're clearly originally designed to be used by Nyarlathotep.
The diners would eat in a mock aircraft, whose engines' vibrations would stimulate the appetite. The tilted seats and tables would "shake out" the diners' pre-conceived notions
Pajamas have been prepared for the dinner, each one covered with a different material such as sponge, cork, sandpaper, or felt. […] Once all have arrived and are dressed in pajamas, they are taken to an unlit, empty room. Without being able to see, each guest chooses a dinner partner according to their tactile impression.
The first course is a 'polyrhythmic salad,' which consists of a box containing a bowl of undressed lettuce leaves, dates and grapes. The box has a crank on the left side. Without using cutlery, the guests eat with their right hand while turning the crank with their left. This produces music to which the waiters dance until the course is finished.
You've just made me very curious about fascist cuisine in other times and places
The Italian futurists had some... interesting ideas.
That all sounds utterly unappealing but at least it has the novelty of being thought up by pompous arty hipster douchebags who were also fascists
god I love the Italian futurists they are so wild
The Soviet futurists were even wilder. I don't know what drugs they were on when they composed Victory over the Sun, but they're clearly originally designed to be used by Nyarlathotep.
holy shit
The Art Assignment had a video on this, but I forget if they went into the political side of futurism.
I think the German fascists' myth making included things like cuisine.