Zaum are the linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation of Russian Cubo-Futurist poets such as Velimir Khlebnikov and Aleksei Kruchenykh. Zaum is a non-referential phonetic entity
Khlebnikov's book Zangezi (1922)
Cubo-Futurism was an art movement, developed within Russian Futurism, that arose in early 20th-century Russia, defined by its amalgamation of the artistic elements found in Italian Futurism and French
Zaum
…Zaum (Russian: за́умь, lit. 'transrational') are the linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation of Russian Cubo-Futurist poets such as Velimir Khlebnikov and Aleksei Kruchenykh. Zaum is a non-referential phonetic entity with its own ontology. The language consists of…
Natalia Goncharova, Cyclist (1913), oil on canvas, 78×105 cm, State Russian Museum
Sergey Schukin by Dm. Melnikov (1915)
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, author of the Manifesto of Futurism
Composition with Cards (1915) by Olga Rozanova