The Final Academy: Statements of a Kind

London, England: David Dawson, Roger Ely, and Genesis P-Orridge (program, 88p), 1982.

The book supporting the event The Final Academy, with a Foreword by William S. Burroughs, an introduction by Genesis P-Orridge, and multiple Burroughs-related essays and advertisements.

Many copies included an S. Clay Wilson promotional insert; this copy does not contain the insert.

Shoaf Sec. IV, No. 88
Schottlaender v4.G22

Contents:

• William S. Burroughs:
• "Statement on the Final Academy" (foreword)
• photographs
• Genesis P-Orridge: "Introduction: Don't Live Inside a Bottle" (essay)
• Roger Ely: introduction
• Advertisement for John Calder releases of Burroughs' works
• Advertisement for the Vermillion edition of Victor Bockris' book of interviews with William S. Burroughs, A Report from the Bunker
• Dave Darby: "The Academy (the Virus Spreads)" (essay)
• Antony Balch:
• "The Films: Extract from Interview: 19 December 1970" (interview)
• photographs
• John Mitchell: photographs
• Terry Wilson: from Here to Go (essay)
• Brion Gysin:
• "Peggy Guggenheim's Windows on the Grand Canal (1962)" (art) [reproduced in incorrect orientation, to note]
• photograph
• "Collaborators: Antony Balch/Ian Summerville [sic]" (essay)
• "Naked Lunch:Brion Gysin Screenplay" (script section based on the WSB book)
• Ullrich Hillebrand: photograph
• John Giorno:
• biography, bibliography, and discography
• photograph
• Leo Mirkine: photograph
• Brenda Dunks, Dickie Deiches, Antony Balch: "Control" (computer-generated Q&A)
• Victor Bockris:
• "I Was Drunk" (essay)
• photographs
• Jon Savage: "The Information War" (essay)
• Eric Mottram: "William Burroughs: Survivalist in a Manichean World" (essay)
• Felicity Mason: "Here To Come" (essay)
• Miles: "A Checklist of the Books of William Seward Burroughs" (bibliography)
• Chris Bishop: photograph
• Anne Bean: photograph
• Paul Burwell and Anne Bean: "Adventures in the House of Memory" (poetry/lyrics)
• Cabaret Voltaire: statement
• Roger Ely and Ruth Adams: "The Legacy" (prose and images)
• Ian Hinchliffe: "A Portrait of the 'Pig Hig O'runt'" (collage and statement)
• Last Few Days: statement
• Jeff Nuttall:
• Fanning the Spark" (essay)
• "Three Scenes Double Take" (poetry)
• "Three Scenes: Todmorden" (poetry)
• Psychic TV: "Transmissions" (statement)
• 23 Skidoo: statement
• Terry Wilson: "Way By Themselves in a Lifetime" (prose, from 'D' Train)
• Udo Breger: photograph
• Saul Z'Ev-Uns: statement
• Penguin Books ad for Junky
• RE/Search Publications advertisement

External Links:

• Anne Bean Archive: on the Anne Bean and Paul Burwell performance