KREACJA CZŁOWIEKA-PRZEDMIOTU W KULTURZE TEATRALNEJ LAT DWUDZIESTYCH. O DRAMATACH TYTUSA CZYŻEWSKIEGO W KONTEKŚCIE EUROPEJSKIEJ AWANGARDY
THE MAN-OBJECT CREATION IN THEATRE CULTURE OF THE TWENTIES. ON TYTUS CZYŻEWSKI’S DRAMAS IN THE CONTEXT OF EUROPEAN AVANT-GARDE

Summary/Abstract: The article is based on one of the chapters from the M.A. thesis Poszukiwania teatralne futurystów włoskich i ich odbicie w kulturze artystycznej polskiej awangardy (1918–1937) written in 2007, directed by Professor Andrzej Lam. The article includes an analysis of Tytus Czyżewski’s three dramas which present Marinetti’s new idea of the so-called ‘drama of still objects’. However, Czyżewski’s objects seem to live independently of a man. The idea of ‘electric instinct’ corresponds to mechanical art mythology of the twenties. It resulted in personalization of the machine and mechanization of the man. Unfortunately, the ideas of dancing electric dolls were never noticed by any theatre circles in Poland. Czyżewski’s dramas were not appreciated by Polish critics, who seem to have neglected one of the most interesting artistic achievements of European avant-garde.

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