'Pataphysics

' Pataphysics (French ' Pataphysique, a pun on the homophone formulations patte à physique, pas ta physique and pâte à physique ) is a absurdistisches philosophy and scientific concept of the French writer Alfred Jarry ( 1873-1907 ), which is often as are nonsensische parody of the theories and methods of modern science.

Term

The coined by Jarry term appeared for the first time printed on 28 April 1893 in the journal L' Echo de Paris litteraire illustré. In the novel, actions and opinions of the ' pataphysicist Doktor Faust Roll ( Gestes et opinions du docteur Faustroll, appeared in episodes at various locations from 1898 to 1903, not complete until 1911) describes Jarry ' Pataphysics as the science of particulate, ie of the case, in contrast to Aristotle ' effectively richer definition, according to which science can always deal only with the general.

" An epiphenomenon is what is added to a phenomenon. The ' Pataphysics, whose etymology is to write with epi ( meta ta physical ), is the science of what is added to metaphysics - whether inside, it was outside of themselves - and also far beyond it to expand like these beyond the physics [ ... ] You should examine the laws that are subject to these exceptions, and wants to suggest to the existing additionally present universe. "

The pataphysics presents itself as a seemingly logical extension of science and philosophy:

" The ' Pataphysics is to metaphysics as metaphysics to physics. "

The extension is room for an artistic parallel universe that could take the place of the known world. For example, through absurd scientific investigations. A typical ' Pataphysical study is to calculate the surface of God. ± God is the shortest path from 0 to ∞ ( in one sense or another ), so Jarry's summary of the ' pataphysical spiritualism.

" The ' Pataphysics (epi meta ta physical ) has precisely and explicitly as their object: the big turn, the overcoming of metaphysics [ ... ]. So that you can understand the work of Heidegger as an unfolding of ' Pataphysics, in accordance with the principles of Sophrotatos the Armenians and his first student Alfred Jarry. "

Effect

In the 1960s pataphysics was ' used as konzeptualistisches principle. Elements of production in ' pataphysical tradition may be accidental and deliberate randomness, as in the works of Marcel Duchamp and John Cage. Language games such as palindromes are another principle of ' Pataphysikern like used on the Robert Wyatt with a piece of music on the album " Volume Two " (1968) of the musical group Soft Machine alludes. The most prominent mention of ' Pataphysics is to hear Hammer Beatles song Maxwell 's Silver: " Joan what quizzical, Studied Pataphysical / Science in the home / Late nights all alone with her a test tube " ( album Abbey Road, 1969).

At about the same time called the Situationists the pataphysics as a new religion ( Asger Jorn ).

François Le Lionnais, a mathematician, and Raymond Queneau, founded in 1960 a circle of authors Oulipo (French: Ouvroir de la Literature potential - " Workshop for Potential Literature" ) which was initially mainly from members of the Collège de ' Pataphysique.

' Pataphysical associations

Jarry's ' Pataphysics remained until the creation of the Collège de' Pataphysique 1948 largely only literary idea that inspired artists and writers. The later famously ' Pataphysical Association, founded to honor Alfred Jarry in the Librairie des Amis des Livres in Paris, had on the development of ' Pataphysics significant impact. The founders included Raymond Queneau and Boris Vian. Later prominent members were mainly artists, musicians and writers such as Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Eugène Ionesco, Joan Miró, Groucho, Harpo and Chico Marx, Jean Baudrillard, Dario Fo, Umberto Eco, Man Ray and Harald Szeemann.

More ' Pataphysical associations

  • Istituto Patafisico Milanese, Milan, founded in 1963
  • Nederlands Instituut voor ' Patafysica (NIP ), Amsterdam founded in 1972
  • Pataphysisches Institute Braunschweig, Braunschweig founded in 1997
  • The London Institute of Pataphysics, London, founded in 2000

Some departments of the London Institute of Pataphysics:

  • Office for the investigation of subliminal images
  • Committee for hair and Pogonotrophie
  • Department of dogma and theory
  • Department of Potassons
  • Department of Reconstructive Archaeology
  • Office for Patenterei

The London Institute of Pataphysics organized among others the retrospective of the work of " Anthony Hancock " in reference to the film The Rebel from 1960 in which the British comedian Tony Hancock an artist " Anthony Hancock " plays.

Pataphysics and Humor

' Pataphysics is sometimes misunderstood as fecal Pennälerscherz or any nonsense. ' Pataphysikalischer Humor, however, is rich in allusions, cruel and philosophically justified. Jean Baudrillard: " The gods and tomorrows that sing, emerged from this obscene gas that has been accumulated since the world world and since then the pyramidal Ubu digested us before pataphysical out hurls us into the void that is obscured when smell of the cooled fart - which will be the end of the world and of all possible worlds ... -

The humor of this story is more cruel than the cruelty of Artaud, which is only an idealist. And above all, it is impossible. He proves that it is impossible to think pataphysical without killing yourself. He is, if you will, the radius of action of an unknown spherical paunch, which is limited only by the stupidity of the spheres, but the infinite as the humor is when it explodes. From this explosion of weak -headed pile spirits the humor to return from their sycophantic and naive manner, as Furze and cowards to nature arises - they, who thought they were so smart, beings, and not just gas - and place one after the other them the spark to the immeasurable sense of humor that will shine at the end of the world -. explosion of Ubu himself "

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