objects, neons, sculptures etc.
The language of Bosse-de-Nage, Paris 1898/ New York 2013
Rainer Ganahl
The language of Bosse-de-Nage, Paris 1898/ New York 2013
16 mm, 3 min 15
16mm camera, Bill Santen
Editing: Rainer Ganahl
Sound: Rainer Ganahl
Starring: Rainer Ganahl
16 mm, camera/cinematographer: bill santen
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Petite Salle - Centre Pompidou
I wanna be Alfred Jarry, Ha, Ha, 2012
neon 80 x 120 cm, edition of 6
80 x 120 cm (on black painted surface)
letters are apprx: 23 cm high, 80 cm long
context:
Ha, ha is taken form the EXPLOITS 6 OPINIONS OF D 0 C T 0 R FA U S T R 0 L L, PAT A P H Y S I CIA N , (published posthum 1911) while addressing is baboon, Bosse-de-Nage:
it is part of Jarry's ubuisciation of the world, of his phataphysical philosophy
from DOCTOR FAUSTROLL: (ALFRED JARRY)
"Ha, ha," began Bosse-de-Nage, wanting to try out his voice
before joining in the universal musical refrain; but the two heavenly
bodies dashed together in a kiss of reconciliation and the
planter celebrated this clangorous event thus:
"Happy the sage," he cried, "who, on a mountain slope,
delights to hear the sound of cymbals; alone in his bed on awakening,
he sings: Never, I swear, shall my desires go beyond what I
already possess!"
And Faustroll, before taking
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my interpretation in my film Ce qui Rule, 2008
