Edition 2009
ANTOINE D’AGATA
AGONY
"Never any sleep and no more waking: a dreadful uninterrupted flow."
(Antonin Artaud, OC, XXII, p.157)
A body,
no mind,
no soul,
no heart,
no family,
no families of beings,
no groups,
no brotherhoods
no involvement,
no communion of saints,
no angels,
no beings,
no dialectic,
no logic,
no syllogistics,
no ontology,
no rules,
no regulations,
no laws,
no universe,
no conception,
no notion,
no concepts,
no affects,
no tongue,
no uvula
no glottis
no glands,
no thyroid
no organs,
no nerves,
no veins,
no bones,
no silt,
no brain,
no marrow,
no sexuality,
no Christ,
no cross,
no tomb,
no resurrection,
no death,
no unconscious,
no subconscious,
no sleep,
no dreams,
no races,
no gender,
male or female,
no faculties,
no principles,
no attributes,
no acts,
no deeds.
No future,
no infinity,
no eternity,
no problem,
no question,
no solution,
no cosmos,
no genesis,
no beliefs,
no faith,
no ideas,
no unity.
No anarchy,
[…]
anarchy,
night,
logomachy,
[…]
no analysis,
no synthesis,
no within,
no qualms,
no exudate,
no sweat,
no inspir,
no expir,
no zone,
no irradiation,
no physiology
[…]
no organism,
no psychology,
[…]
no differentiation,
no rank,
no class,
no society,
no quality,
no virtue,
no vice,
no honour,
no sin.
No value,
no love,
no hate,
no feelings.
FROM THE BODY,
no fear,
no impressions,
FROM THE BODY,
and blows,
blows,
blows, blows, blows,
and that:
THAT OOZED,
the wall
of
cruelty,
and of pain.
(Antonin Artaud,
Suppôts et Suppliciations [Fiends and Torturings])
(Antonin Artaud, OC, XXII, p.157)
A body,
no mind,
no soul,
no heart,
no family,
no families of beings,
no groups,
no brotherhoods
no involvement,
no communion of saints,
no angels,
no beings,
no dialectic,
no logic,
no syllogistics,
no ontology,
no rules,
no regulations,
no laws,
no universe,
no conception,
no notion,
no concepts,
no affects,
no tongue,
no uvula
no glottis
no glands,
no thyroid
no organs,
no nerves,
no veins,
no bones,
no silt,
no brain,
no marrow,
no sexuality,
no Christ,
no cross,
no tomb,
no resurrection,
no death,
no unconscious,
no subconscious,
no sleep,
no dreams,
no races,
no gender,
male or female,
no faculties,
no principles,
no attributes,
no acts,
no deeds.
No future,
no infinity,
no eternity,
no problem,
no question,
no solution,
no cosmos,
no genesis,
no beliefs,
no faith,
no ideas,
no unity.
No anarchy,
[…]
anarchy,
night,
logomachy,
[…]
no analysis,
no synthesis,
no within,
no qualms,
no exudate,
no sweat,
no inspir,
no expir,
no zone,
no irradiation,
no physiology
[…]
no organism,
no psychology,
[…]
no differentiation,
no rank,
no class,
no society,
no quality,
no virtue,
no vice,
no honour,
no sin.
No value,
no love,
no hate,
no feelings.
FROM THE BODY,
no fear,
no impressions,
FROM THE BODY,
and blows,
blows,
blows, blows, blows,
and that:
THAT OOZED,
the wall
of
cruelty,
and of pain.
(Antonin Artaud,
Suppôts et Suppliciations [Fiends and Torturings])
An excerpt from Agonie by Antoine D’Agata and Rafael Garrido, to be published in September 2009 by Actes Sud and L’Atelier de Visu.
www.documentsdartistes.org/artistes/dagata
Antoine D’Agata is represented by Magnum Photos
Exhibition printed by PICTO, framing by Circad, Paris.
Exhibition presented at the Atelier de la Mécanique, Parc des Ateliers.