Renoir, Alexis (pseud?). Papillons de Paris: quinze papillons autocollants a decouper. Paris: Rendre la honte plus honteuse, Mars 2016. Edition of 50 (ours no. 39). 15 self-adhesive stickers (various formats) printed on 9 thick pages (21 x 30 cm.), loosely laid inside a black enveloppe (23 x 32 cm.).Also includes an explanatory statement, printed on a single semi-transparent sheet of paper.
As the author indicates, these stickers were posted across Paris (as well as distributed through the internet) in late 2015 and early 2016. The self-proclaimed objective was to publicly denounce Jean-Marie Apostolides’ biography of Guy Debord, released by Flammarion in 2015 under the title Debord, le naufrageur. Apostolides’ biography was indeed divise – lauded by some, it was severely denounced by others. As usual, this blog takes a strictly bibliographical stance and the choice to present this document does not reflect any ideological positioning.
A Professor of French emeritus at Stanford University, J-M Apostolides is also the author of Les Tombeaux de Guy Debord, précédé de “Guy-Ernest en jeune libertin. Paris:Exils, 1999 ; Paris: Flammarion, 2006. He has edited or co-edited numerous works on “minor” figures of the Internationale Situationniste, such as Ivan Chtcheglov or Patrick Straram.
While many of the stickers rely on puns and detournements (and are thus difficult to translate), we have attempted to transcribe the meaning of the first half below:
1) Marc Dachy is dead, Apostolides is alive…It’s a double tragedy for honest thinking
2) If you read Jean-Marie Apostolides out loud for ten minutes, you will get a bad breath
3) She had Apostolides from behind
4) Mr. Jean-Marie Apostolides is an old fart
5) Against Jean-Marie Apostolides’ stupidity, the Gods themselves struggle helplessly
6) Mr. Jean-Marie Apostolides is a pig
7) Shige Gonzalvez, Jean-Marie Apostolides. These are public men: they have left the shadows to be dragged into the mud
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I found this in Yale University Library Catalog:
http://orbexpress.library.yale.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=12799865
A question: why you say Alexis Renoir is a pseudonym? or is a “anonymous author”?
Yes. Sources seem to indicate that this is not the individual’s actual name. While I do not have bibliographical evidence, there is sufficient doubt in my mind to state that this might be a pseudonym. I have revised the listing to include question marks, to make it extra clear that this is an issue that has yet to be settled.
I do not know which are your sources but personally I was able to correspond with the author and to obtain a copy of this issue (mine no.18).
I did correspond with the author as well. But I was told by two different (and separate) sources that his real name was different. At any rate, I don’t think it really matters in the grand scheme of things!
Then what is its real name?
Please send me your email and I will Communicate what i know. This way I do not speculate on the blog.
In connexion with these “Papillons de Paris” have you the Sanguinetti’s text against Apostolides: “Argent, sexe et pouvoir, a propos d’une fausse biographie
de Guy Debord”?
http://www.cipmarseille.com/publication_fiche.php?id=62f4fc5ed947f42534a8dbabf8004f61
We can also read this text in English, translated from French by Donald Nicholson Smith: “Money, Sex and Power: On a Sham Biography of Guy Debord”
http://cipmarseille.com/cahierdurefuge/sanguinetti-eng/book.swf
In connection with these “Papillons de Paris, have you the Sanguineti’s text against Apostolides: “Argent, Sexe et Pouvoir, a propos d’une fausse biographie de Guy Debord”?
http://www.cipmarseille.com/publication_fiche.php?id=62f4fc5ed947f42534a8dbabf8004f61
We can read also the translation from the French by Donald Nicholson-Smith: “Money, Sex and Power: On a Sham Biography of Guy Debord”.
http://cipmarseille.com/cahierdurefuge/sanguinetti-eng/book.swf
Thank you!
I found it at Yale University Library
http://orbexpress.library.yale.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=12799865
Hello, I would like to buy a copy of this object. May be it is still available ? Do you have an email where I can write and order it ?
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