Les Dossiers acénonètes
Les Dossiers acénonètes du Collège de ’Pataphysique. Written in French.. Numéros 1 à 28 (années 85 à 92).
No 1 | No 2 | No 3 | No 4 | No 5 | No 6 | No 7 | No 8 | No 9 | No 10-11 | No 12 | No 13 | No 14 | No 15 | No 16 | No 17 | No 18-19 | No 20 | No 21 | No 22-24 | No 25 | No 26 | No 27 | No 28
No 1 (15 as 85 - 17 novembre 1957 vulg.)
The Picture
Unpublished play “for clowns” by T.S. Ionesco: "It was with almost obvious immediacy that Pataphysicians saw in this work the most scientific and annulatory expression of the divergent-convergent simultaneities of pataphysical exaltation. Since Torma’s Euphorisms, they may not find a clearer one."
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No 2 (15 as 85 - 17 novembre 1957 vulg.)
A Parade of Child Prodigies
Organized by Henri Bouché, PGAAVAQ, this Parade, bringing together historical, pseudo-historical or ahistoric cases, is "comparable to a garden hose pierced by wear and tear, from which leaks form numerous graceful jets of water, without the flow of Pataphysical Ontogeny being thereby reduced.”
* No 1, The Picture, and no 2, A Parade of Child Prodigies, each have their own title page and are individually numbered. Only the cover is common to both.
No 3 (15 clinamen 85 - 6 avril 1958 vulg.)
Time in art
Unpublished texts by Jarry: the lecture on Time in Art (1901) and his seven articles from Périple de la literature et de l’art (1903), which were omitted from the so-called Complete Works. Sub-Commissions: a lively controversy between T. Bullin and Jean Vilar, about the production of Ubu as "compressed" by him and presented by the Théatre National Populaire (important for the exegesis of the Ubs). The case of "Jean Paulhan does not exist". The case of Prévert.
No 4 (1er tatane 85 - 14 juillet 1958 vulg.)
Adam
A pseudo-dramatic paraphrase in three tableaux by Jean Marvier, who "has endeavored to put a new psychology into this very old and more-than-rehashed story, while remaining scrupulously faithful to the letter of the so-called sacred text. But the letter kills. As we shall see”. News: J.L. Borges; the Bishop of Lourdes and Jarry.
No 5 (15 as 86 - 17 novembre 1958 vulg.)
Olalla, by R.L. Stevenson, short story translated by Jarry
A curious novella by Robert Louis Stevenson in a translation by Jarry discovered by Maurice Bazy, and presented by Latis. Also from Jarry, three unpublished Parisian Fantasies and important text, Arguments on the Theatre, published for the first time and commented on by Maurice Saillet. Important essay by Noël Arnaud on Maurice Saillet’s works on Jarry.
No 6 (29 gueules 86 - 22-23 février 1959 vulg.)
The Empire Builders
Adorned with initials by Max Ernst, the famous play by Boris Vian (the College has also published the original edition with a tricolor cover). The Sub-Commissions: study of Max Ernst by Noël Arnaud and lecture by Boris Vian on Architecture and science fiction.
No 7 (11 gidouille 86 - 25 juin 1959 vulg.)
Election of His Magnificence Baron Mollet
One of the finest issues in this series, concerning the Election of the Baron Mollet as Supreme Head of the College and the Festivities that followed. A remarkable anthology, offered to His Magnificence, brings together unpublished works by all the Transcendental Satraps, Jacques Prévert, Boris Vian, Oktav Votka, Pascal Pia, Lié, René Clair, Opach, Lutembi*, Jean Ferry, Max Ernst, Eugène Ionesco**, Henri Jeanson, Marcel Duchamp, Michel Leiris, Joan Miró, Camille Renault, Raymond Queneau, Maurice Saillet. In addition, La Chanson du Décervelage in Polish, a fundamental article on the Sub-Commissions and a column by Roger Shattuck on Erik Satie. And, on the first few pages, an inserted Farewell from College to Boris Vian, who we lost during the printing of this issue.
* Important study of the Döppler-Fizeau effect.
** Foursome, unique and unpublished scene - a pure, algebraic masterpiece.
No 8 (22 phalle 86 - 1er septembre 1959 vulg.)
To Be and To Live
Exceptional text by Jarry (omitted from the “Complete” Works) and previously published by the College in a very limited deluxe edition. Illustrated with unique photos of graffiti. Texts by Ionesco, Henri Jeanson (dedicated to Daniel-Rops), François Laloux (on Joseph Sima), Luc Étienne (spoonerisms), etc.
No 9 (22 sable 87 - 22 décembre 1959 vulg.)
Treatise on Tails
... and other writings unpublished in French by G.C. Lichtenberg, the pataphysician who was a physicist by trade, like the prototype of Père Ubu. The Sub-Commissions: Jules Verne by Jean Ferry, Aspic by Armen Lubin. Prick in comfort by Caradec. Digression by Francueil. About Cats by J.-L. Demetz. Drawings by Siné, Dumarçay - and Lichtenberg.
No 10-11 (8 clinamen 87 - 30 mars 1960 vulg.)
Dubuffet’s Cosmorama
Here elucidated by new methods (188 pages, 240 illustrations, inset of pages in colour). A general article on his life and work (G. Limbour), is followed by a curious Bestiary (by H. Bouché), Vestiaire-Mobiliaire (Limbour), a terrifying Anthropology (Lutembi), a Herbiary, a Lapidiary (Irène Gondoire), a Pedology (Tartuca ), a Chronology, and a bibliography by Noël Arnaud. Sub-Commissions: Proust (by Jean Ferry), Adrienne Monnier (by Nautil), Ionesco (by Francueil). Insights concerning the TT.SS. Jacques Prévert, Raymond Queneau, René Clair, Max Ernst, JoanMiró, and Ionesco (by himself).
No 12 (9 gidouille 87 - 23 juin 1960 vulg.)
Tribute to Boris Vian
Anniversary of the (apparent) death of he who was one of the linchpins of the College. Sixty-six pages of unpublished verse and prose. Articles by Jacques Prévert illustrated with a montage by him, Raymond Queneau, Pascal Pia, Claude Ernoult, Arnold Kubler (substantial biography), Quatrezoneilles, Luc Étienne, drawings by Siné, etc. Many documents and photos. Considerable bibliography (by Caradec). Sub-Commissions: letter from René Clair, text by Jean Ferry on Arne Saknussemm, by B. Francueil on la Barbe. Xth anniversary of the Revue.
No 13 (25 sable 88 - 25 décembre 1960 vulg.)
Gyroscopy of the Gidouille
Encyclopaedia of 56 pages of drawings of the ubic Gidouille by Philippe Dumarçay - forming a learned and convincing network of themes and viscero-intellectual proposals (without containing the slightest indication of any writing). Followed by many epiphanies concerning the Ionescoid Rhinoceros and the Vianesque Empire Builders. Translation of On the Threshold of ’Pataphysics, written by Roger Shattuck to preface Evergreen Review 13, in the USA (the most comprehensive publication about the College up to that time). Texts by François Laloux, J.L. Borges (Manual of Fantastic Zoology), by Dumarçay, by J.-L. Demetz (Zoological Notes), by Sirion (on Étiemble), by M.-L. Aulard (on Vilar’s Ubu de confiance), by Dr. Chaise (Chronique Merdicale on the spermatogenesis of the sparrow), drawings by Siné, etc.
No 14 (9 clinamen 88 - 31 mars 1961 vulg.)
Trichomoniasis
Medical thesis by Rafaël de Luc on this venereal disease, for the benefit of intimate hygiene of our readers, no less than to illustrate the scientific character (in the strictest sense) of "Pataphysics". Chronicles on J. Verne (by J. Ferry), on a photograph of the Genesis of the Universe, on Marcel Duchamp, on Mme de Beauvoir and Brigitte Bardot, etc.
No 15 (15 gidouille 88 - 29 juin 1961 vulg.)
G. Albert Aurier & Irénée
Publication of Irénée, dramatico-pataphysical fragment by G. Albert Aurier, symbolist, who died at the age of 27, and was the first to write about Van Gogh. Other unpublished works and studies by him (this Dossier was edited by Noël Arnaud). Sub-Commissions: the Legs of the Hohenzollerns, paintings by the T.S. Miró, the Etiemble controversies (article illustrated with drawings by Albert Humbert and tracings by the young Rimbaud, which had long been regarded as original drawings).
No 16 (22 phalle 88 - 1er septembre 1961 vulg.)
Centenary of the discovery of the North Pole by Captain Hatteras
Vernien tribute by the TT.SS. Paul-Émile Victor (drawings), Dubuffet (text and drawings), Jean Ferry, Raymond Queneau (text and drawings), Eugène Ionesco. A most original study by Henri Robillot of Vernian electricity ... and by Latis on L.-F. Céline, by F. Laloux on Un œuf au plat, by Caradec on the Norme Vian (unpublished document by Boris Vian).
No 17 (22 sable 89 - 22 décembre 1961 vulg.)
Exercises in Potential Literature
First works of the Ouvroir de Littérature Potential (Oulipo) founded by the T.S. Raymond Queneau and Regent François Le Lionnais. Already manifested by the One Hundred Thousand Milliards of Poems, th potential literature is analysed and illustrated by examples, with the intention of paving the way for future research. Important Letter from Jacques Prévert to His Magnificence (illustrated with unpublished compositions by the T.S. himself). Letter from René Clair. Important studies on Marcel Duchamp (by Simon Watson Taylor) and on Max Ernst, sculptor (by Latis).
No 18-19 (7 clinamen 89 - 29 mars 1962 vulg)
The Generals’ Tea-Party
Presented by the Proveditor Tchang Tsö-min, this unpublished play by Boris Vian, illustrated by Siné, was a great success. Study by Ossona de Mendez on a second version of the play. Letter from Dubuffet on America. Studies on Quiproquo (by Francueil), on Picabia (by N. Arnaud), on Tristan da Cunha (by J. Ferry), on Ubu Roi in Sydney (by R. Chambers), on the inversion of the Gidouille in the Episcopal cross (a mathematical construction by M. Poujois), on Monsu Desiderio (with an unpublished document), on Spur etc. Supplement to the Bibliography of Boris Vian (by Caradec).
No 20 (22 gidouille 89 - 6 juillet 1962 vulg.)
Studies on the works of Raymond Queneau
A Dossier assembled under the direction of Paul Gayot, with the collaboration of Pierre-François David, Jacques Bens, Kirmu and Noël Arnaud. Sub-Commissions: texts by Jacques Prévert, Pascal Pia, Jean Ferry, Henri Bouché, Lewis Carroll (the New Novel), Noël Arnaud (Baj and Arte Nucléaire), Senninger, Dr Chaise (measuring the muscle tone of the anal sphincter).
No 21 (27 haha 90 - 1er novembre 1962 vulg.)
Unpublished Texts by Julien Torma
These sixty pages of poems and prose by Julien Torma (vulg. 1902-1933), the greatest pataphysician of the twentieth century, complete the previously unpublished works in Cahiers 7 and 8-9 of the first series, to mark his Fiftieth anniversary. Immediately following this Dossier, but separately, the College republished, by popular demand, the famous Cahier 2 containing Jarry’s Commentary To Be Used For the Practical Construction of the Time Machine. (This explains why in the numbering of the Dossiers, the following issue, instead of being considered a "double" number, was marked "triple").
No 22-24 (29 phalle 90 - 7-8 septembre 1963)
Belles lettres
An unpublished text by Jarry. Letters from the painter Filiger to Jarry. Letters from Pierre Fort, editor of Love Goes Visiting, to Jarry. Letters from Julien Torma to Jean Montmort (with which the publication of currently known unpublished works comes to an end). Study by Noël Arnaud on Boivin le Cadet and by Henri Thomas on the oversights of Saint-John Perse concerning L.-P. Fargue.
No 25 (9 pédale 91 - 3 mars 1964 vulg.)
Institutum Pataphysicum Mediolanense
This special issue in Italian at once announces the death of His Magnificence Baron Mollet, and is the first manifestation of the Milanese Institute of Advanced Pataphysical Studies, to the foundation of which the illustrious deceased had devoted so much interest. The T.S. Farfa, actively assisted by Regents Enrico Baj and Schwarz-Sauvage, assembles a brilliant collection of Italian pataphysicians, founders of this new collegial body (Domenico Porzio, Gino Negri, Umbro Apollonio, Vani Scheiwiller, Dario Fo, Paride Accetti, B. Dal Fabbro),who are joined by the pioneers of the Roman Institute, Renato Mucci and Leonardo Sinisgalli.
No 26 (22 merdre 91 - 8 juin 1964 vulg.)
Album of the Antlium
All the texts and drawings concerning the Shit Pump are brought together here, to which Jarry, during his thirteenth year, had devoted all his care and which he kept in a file he later entitled Ontogénie (themes very anterior to the Rennes myth of Ubu , where however they will reappear). Studies of Days and Nights by J.-H. Sainmont and Maurice Saillet. With an unpublished work by Jarry. To Africa, in the footsteps of Roussel, with Jean Ferry. The beginnings of the Pataphysical Institute of Milan. Chronicle of Dr Chaise. Borges to the letter by Jesus Borrego Gil.
No 27 (21 décervelage 92 - 21 décembre 1964 vulg.)
The Dragooness
The texts brought to light here by Maurice Saillet complete, correct, clarify, and sometimes upset the text of this book that Jarry did not have time to complete, and which was only published in 1943. They allow us to understand Jarry’s intentions, and how they fluctuated. Through these schematics, these various essays, these often curious notes, the story of Jarry’s last years, his struggle with misery and death, appears out of the background. Elegy of Farfa. Texts by Jean Ferry (on Tristan da Cunha), Dubuffet (Fair of Mirages) and Limbour (on Venice).
No 28 (22 merdre 92 - 8 juin 1965 vulg.)
Geography and History of the College
It is evident that for the Pataphysicians that knowledge of the College itself can only be develop by pataphysical modes. The geography of Paris, France and the Planet, the History of the last twenty years reviewed in the light of Science, i.e. of the Administration of the College and its Statistical Archives. This Geographical File is completed by a major topological study by Jean Ferry: Proust and Science-Fiction. Two texts by François Laloux (including one on Marguerite Goy), articles by Latis on Apollinaire deflated, by P. Gayot on the Misfortunes of Sensibility, by Jacques Brunet on Swift, by Poult de Joye on the Counting of Kisses (a beautiful mathematical study).