The Tropological Space of Locus Solus


"The five issues of Locus Solus, edited by Harry Mathews, John Ashbery, James Schuyler, and Kenneth Koch, are yet another example of the magazine as alternative space. If Robin Blaser viewed Pacific Nation in terms of mapping and nations, in terms of open space, I see Locus Solus as a form of Kunstkammer (a Cabinet of Wonder), a closed in hermetic space akin to Cornell's and Duchamp's boxes. A closed space, yet one that opens into an endless labyrinth of choices, options, and possibilities. Locus Solus was named after Raymond Roussel's 1914 novel."
Mimeo Mimeo

2009 September: Raymond Roussel
2010 June: Locus Solus (RealityStudio)
2011 April: Locus Solus

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