World War I begins
28 Jul 1914
WWI greatly influenced the direction of the early twentieth century avant-garde and its burgeoning sound art. Futurism glorified the aesthetics of war, and yet ironically lost many of their artists to it, as well as their artworks - all of Luigi Russolo's original intonarumori were destroyed. The violent sounds of war were also important for Sound Art, and the war was critical to the formation of the Dada and Surrealist movements, which also used sound as part of their artistic projects.