The Solar Anus [SEP] illustrator
The Solar Anus
The Solar Anus () is a short Surrealist text by the French writer Georges Bataille, written in 1927 and published with drawings by André Masson four years later.
Albeit elliptically, its aphorisms refer to decay, death, vegetation, natural disasters, impotence, frustration, ennui and excrement. It makes ironic reference to the sun, which, although it brings life to the Earth, can also result in death from its unrestrained energies. Moreover, the anus may be seen as a symbol of the
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Amidst these activities, Arabrot produced the exploratory EPs AbsoluteNegativism, I Rove and Mæsscr, two albums under the Nernes Skagen moniker, as well as two full-length albums: The Billy Anderson-produced double album REVENGE and Solar Anus, again featuring Steve Albini as a producer. For Solar Anus, they were nominated and subsequently won Spellemannprisen in the metal category. This album saw wide international appraisal, and was described by Drowned in Sound as "...ferocious, funny, colossal, guttural, hopeful and