The Futurist Pragmatics of Life-Creation and the Performative Ideology of the Avant-Garde. Looking at Aleksej Kručenych Through the Prism of Life-Writing

The article discusses the practices of the Russian Futuristsʼ life-creation with regard to its political-ideological implications. At the centre of attention of the article is the figure of Aleksei Kruchenykh, whose life-creation practices are described in the memoirs of a number of his contemporaries.