A Slap in the Face of Public Taste

Russian manifesto
Also known as: “Poshchochina obshchestvennomu vkusu”

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Burlyuk

  • In David Davidovich Burlyuk

    …Futurism, Poshchochina obshchestvennomu vkusu (A Slap in the Face of Public Taste). In 1913–14 he took part in a “Futurist tour” of lectures and poetry readings throughout Russia with the poets Mayakovsky and Vasily Kamensky. It was because of his activity in all these fields that he was soon…

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manifestos

  • The Communist Manifesto
    In manifesto

    …Marinetti’s “Futurist Manifesto” (1909); “A Slap in the Face of Public Taste” (1912), by David Davidovich Burlyuk and others; and André Breton’s “Manifesto of Surrealism” (1924). Several manifestos have played an important role in the history of social movements and political ideas. Famous political manifestos include Karl Marx and…

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