Serata
A Serata is one of a series of events organised by the futurists.{{cite journal |last1=Toporišič |first1=Tomaž |title=The New Slovene Theatre and Italian Futurism: Delak, Černigoj and the Historical Avant-garde in Venezia Giulia |journal=International Yearbook of Futurist Studies |date=2014 |url=https://www.academia.edu/41043351/The_New_Slovene_Theatre_and_Italian_Futurism_Delak_%C4%8Cernigoj_and_the_Historical_Avant_garde_in_Venezia_Giulia?email_work_card=view-paper |access-date=26 December 2020}} These events combined artistic and nationalist political agendas with the intention of implementing change.{{cite web |last1=Casden |first1=Emily |title=Italian Futurism: An Introduction |url=https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/cubism-early-abstraction/art-great-war/a/italian-futurism-an-introductio |website=Khan Academy |publisher=Khan Academy |access-date=26 December 2020}}
The first serata
The first serata was held at Politeama Rossetti, Trieste, in 1910. Marinetti chose Triste because it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Marinetti had already demonstrated his support for Guglielmo Oberdan, and had demonstrated the importance of Trieste for his irredentist campaign by declaring it "Our Beautiful Powder-Maga-zin".