'Pataphysics
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Adventures in 'Pataphysics: Collected Works I - Alfred Jarry [Amazon.com]
Jarry invented a science called 'pataphysics. 'Pataphysics is the acceptance of every event in the universe as an extraordinary event.
Jarry invented a science called 'pataphysics. 'Pataphysics is the acceptance of every event in the universe as an extraordinary event.
French authors Raymond Queneau, Jean Genet, Boris Vian and Jean Ferry have described themselves as following the 'pataphysical tradition. Philosopher Jean Baudrillard is often described as a 'pataphysician and did consider himself as such for some part of his life.
In the 1960s 'pataphysics was used as a conceptual principle within various fine art forms, especially pop art and popular culture. Perhaps the most famous mention of 'pataphysics remains The Beatles' 1969 song "Maxwell's Silver Hammer." Actual works within the 'pataphysical tradition tend to focus on the processes of their creation, and elements of chance or arbitrary choices are frequently key in those processes. Select pieces from Marcel Duchamp and John Cage characterize this. At around this time, Asger Jorn, a pataphysician and member of the Situationist International referred to 'pataphysics as a new religion. [1] [Jan 2007]
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