25 février 2008

The Pataphysical Piano

Andrew Hugill (b. 1957) is a composer, writer and Director of the Institute Of Creative Technologies (IOCT) at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, where he founded the Music, Technology and Innovation programme in 1997. He is the author of The Digital Musician (Routledge, 2007) and The Origins of Electronic Music in ‘The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music’ (Cambridge University Press, 2007). He edited and contributed to an issue of Contemporary Music Review (Routledge, 2006) on ‘Internet Music’, and curated a CD and booklet called ‘Pataphysics (Sonic Arts Network, 2006) which has received rave reviews in almost every European language.

Hugill studied composition with Roger Marsh at the University of Keele between 1976 and 1980. After university he earned a living as a music copyist and as musical assistant at the Opéras de Lyon et Paris. In 1983, he founded the ensemble "George W. Welch".

Hugill has composed pieces inspired by the writings of Jean-Pierre Brisset: Les Origines humaines (1996), a large-scale choral work for 36 unaccompanied voices, commissioned by the Elysian Singers; Brisset Rhymes (1990) for soprano and early instruments, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1993; Catalogue de Grenouilles (1988) for massed frog recordings and George W. Welch, first broadcast in 1991. Aside from Brisset, Hugill has worked on other aspects of French literature and is an occasional translator and editor for Atlas Press. His new CD, The Pataphysical Piano, will be issued on the UH label in November 2007, and contains works for piano and electronics spanning three decades.


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23 février 2008

Portland Pataphysical Outpatient Clinic, Lounge, and Laundromat

STINKING and FULL OF EELS.
LIGI, Gary. [aka Elio Emiliano Ligi].

Book Description: Rock Hill: Peaceweed Press, 1975., 1975. Not paginated. 1st printing, 1 of a limited edition of 300 copies. Stapled paperback, stiff red covers with printed illustration and lettering. Near Fine-. Faint spine fading. ISBN: 0910296073
Three poems recount Vietnam War experiences: 'Song of a Former Spec 4,' 'The Corpsman's Elegy,' and 'Looking Back Upon My Weeks in the Specialized Treatment Center I Realize the Full Meaning of Nostalgia'. Ligi published poems in many magazines, including Counter/Measures, Agni, Quarry, Chiron Review, and Intro. Poetry Today, a weekly program on S.C. Educational Radio Network, WEPR-FM, 1972-79, produced three tapes of Ligi reading.
He currently goes by the name Elio Emiliano Ligi, Founder of the Portland Pataphysical Outpatient Clinic, Lounge, and Laundromat, co-author of 'The One Minute President,' author of 'Disturbances,' and literary terrorist (Leading the blind since 1896). He is a contributor to 'Poets Against War' (online).

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Pataphysical Hardware Company

Plaster de Paris. Catalogue Item #61.
Nichol, b p [bpNichol; bp; Barrie Phillip]
[Toronto, "Pataphysical Hardware Company, 1985]., 1985. Dada piece. First edition. Leaflet. (Curry 214). Without the bag of talcum powder described in Curry.


Critical Frame of Reference. Catalogue Item #22.
Nichol, b p [bpNichol; bp; Barrie Phillip]
[Toronto, "Pataphysical Hardware Company, 1985]., 1985. Visual poem. First edition. Leaflet and acetate sheet in envelope with printed label. (Curry 213).


Closed Verse.
Nichol, b p [bpNichol; bp; Barrie Phillip]
[Toronto, "Pataphysical Hardware Company, 1985]., 1985. Visual poetry. 2 sheets (information sheet, label). (Curry 217).


Open Verse.
Nichol, b p [bpNichol; bp; Barrie Phillip]
[Toronto, "Pataphysical Hardware Company, 1985]., 1985. Dada piece. First edition. 2 sheets (information sheet and label).


PLAGIARIZED TEXT #1.
Nichol, bp.
Toronto: "Pataphysical Hardware Company, nd. broadside (14 x 21); rubber-stamp.


Tho(ugh)t Ballon.
Nichol, bp.
Toronto: "Pataphysical Hardware Company, May 1985. small round ballon; silkscreen; 200 copies in 5 colours. green or orange copies.


Tho(ugh)t Suppressant.
Nichol, bp.
2nd revised edition. Toronto: "Pataphysical Hardware Company, nd. broadside (5 x 6) with pin; rubber-stamp.


GROW-YOUR-OWN-STEIN.
Nichol, bp.
Toronto: "Pataphysical Hardware Company, nd. envelope (12 x 17) containing seeds & stick; rubber-stamp.

02 février 2008

Gestes et Opinions de quelques 'Pataphysiciens illustres

Conférence-dédicace de Ruy Launoir

autour de son dernier livre

Gestes et Opinions de quelques 'Pataphysiciens illustres
Emmanuel Peillet, Jean-Hugues Sainmont, Latis, etc.

le mercredi 27 février 2008 à 18h30

il y aura une mini-exposition de photos d'Emmanuel Peillet

Bibliothèque Carnegie
2 Place Carnegie
Reims

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The Launoir book is for sale at Hexaere, payment possible with paypal, have a look at heir website !!