I had the pleasure last weekend of attending a get together of the London Institute of ‘Pataphysics to prepare for a potential exhibition on the theme of Machines at the Heath Robinson Museum.

It was great to catch up with friends in the (very crowded) French House in Soho, where the LIP has held previous events. We came armed with ideas for the exhibition which we then wrote on prepared slips of paper and carefully inserted into a shredder. The resulting strips were then glued to spiral drawings in random order to create new ideas.

Her Magnificence Tanya Peixoto also made a presentation to Neil Salley of the Musée Patamécanique in the USA as he was over on a visit.

I have been having a bit of a Pataphysical time, having dived into a number of books on the subject and annotating my own stories of the imaginary version of the LIP.

The best volume was the catalogue of the Morgan Library and Museum’s catalogue Alfred Jarry: The Carnival of Being based on Linda Klieger Stillman’s collection. As well as multiple images from the exhibition there are insightful essays from Linda Stillman and others.

I also read ‘Pataphysics Unrolled which was an interesting collection of articles on not only the origin of the science but how it has inspired other artists, writers and academics.

I have added these and others to my catalogue of Pataphysics inspired (and inspiring as it includes Faustroll’s equivalent authors and others of the period) works in my collection which is available on my blog at https://atjentertainments.wordpress.com.