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I had always been intrigued by the futurist movement, the movement that "pulls its hands", that rolls up its sleeves and starts to get busy, that contests everything, a kind of scrapyard (any analogy?).

Partly because the entire early twentieth century has always attracted me, coming from a protestant anarchist lineage, I knew well that the period was all a turmoil, a concentration of struggles and unrest, also thanks to the economic crisis and the war that followed. But I didn't know that Ivo Pannaggi, painter and architect, the exponent of the second futurist manifesto and the Bauhaus, born in Macerata, had built a house in Esanatoglia (MC), precisely Casa Zampini, and that the only futurist rooms, entirely preserved in Italy, were there. Unfortunately this house cannot be visited. The Municipality of Esanatoglia, in the person of Rag. Bini told me that the house is not in very good condition and that "I am waiting for funds" which who knows when will arrive... What a shame! And while the Guggenheim Museum in New York has just finished (September 2014) an exhibition dedicated to Italian Futurism with some paintings by Pannaggi, including the famous locomotive from "Moving Train" (1922), a sort of lightning bolt or sensorial experience translated onto canvas, after having seen him speeding from the beach of Porto Sant'Elpidio (FM), one of the many villages that follow one another on the Adriatic coast, well in short... Casa Zampini in the Marche remains a dead letter! It seems that papers, furnishings, dishes, furniture, paintings, carpets, it's all there, waiting to be visited. Yet the restoration of this house could boost tourism in this small town, don't you think?

Lorenza Cappanera

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I've always been intrigued by the avant-garde Futurist movement, the “hitting hands” movement, an encouragement to get down to work, everything can be criticized, some kind of recycler (is there any similarity to…?).

I've always been fascinated by the early Twentieth century and I feel like an anarchist protester, those were the years of political unrest, a concentration of turmoil also because of economic crisis and the subsequent World War I.

But I was surely surprised to find out that Ivo Pannaggi – a painter and architect, one of the artists in the second Futurist Manifesto and also in Bauhaus, born in Macerata – had built a house in Esanatoglia (Province of Macerata), i.e. Casa Zampini , whose rooms are the only futurist rooms that have been entirely kept in Italy up to now.

Unfortunately, this house is not available for visits. The Municipality of Esanatoglia, represented by Mr Bini, told me that the house is not in very good conditions and that “they are waiting for funds” but they don't know when they will receive the necessary money for a renovation. That's a pity, actually, since Guggenheim Museum in New York has just closed (in Sept. 2014) an exhibition on Italian Futurism with some works made by Pannaggi: among those works, there's also the famous train represented in “Speeding Train” (1922 ), a sort of a lightning experience of senses over a canvas, that the painter experienced when he saw a rapid train from the shores of Porto Sant'Elpidio (Province of Fermo) one of the many towns that snail down the Adriatic Coast! In the end, Casa Zampini cannot be visited. It seems that papers, furnishings, plates, furniture, paintings, carpets are still there, waiting to be visited one day. I believe that the renovation of this house could be important for the incoming of tourists in this small town, don't you agree?

Lorenza Cappanera

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