23: Brion Gysin (1993)

Caen, France: I.C.B.M. and Herouville St. Clair, France: Éditions Cactus and Montrouge, France: 23 (book, anthology), 1993.
6.75" x 5.125" x 0.5", 176 pages, softcover, ISBN 2-906976-20-2.

23: Brion Gysin (or, alternatively, Brion Gysin: 23), an anthology of writings in French and English by and about Brion Gysin. This was organized and edited by Hervé Binet and Marie-Odile Briot in conjunction to the Brion Gysin Play Back exhibition at Espace Electra in Paris, France between 15 January and 14 February 1993. This book was published by I.C.B.M. (Caen, France) with Éditions Cactus (Herouville Saint Clair, France) and 23 (Montrouge, France) in 1993. Not a common book to locate currently.

William S. Burroughs contributes "B.G.", a memoir of Brion Gysin translated into French by Gérard-Georges Lemaire at pages 19-21.

There are a number of photographs of Burroughs towards the back of the book.

I additionally have a second copy of this book which belonged to Roger Knoebber – a former Beat Hotel resident and friend of Brion Gysin. This copy is annotated by Roger Knoebber at his contribution, as his surname was misspelled, as a correction. This copy is in the Roger Knoebber Archive of Brion Gysin and related materials.

Shoaf II.312.

Contents: 

• Hervé Binet: Foreword
• Marie-Odile Briot: Introduction
• William S. Burroughs: "B.G."
• Brion Gysin: "Point d'ordre"
• Hamri: "Brion Gysin"
• Maurice Benhamou: "Brion Gysin, Les yeux fermés"
• John Geiger: untitled
• Udo Breger: "Brion Gysin – Une tentative d'approche"
• Bernard Heidsieck: "Le Cut Up"
• Henri Chopin: untitled
• Guy Schraenen: "Entre dans l'histoire malgré soi!"
• Gérard-Georges Lemaire: "Un colloque fantomatique"
• Françoise Janicot: "Brion Gysin et la photo"
• Lawrence Lacina: "Rolling with Brion / Roulant avec Brion"
• Romain Atala: "'I Am That'"
• Paul-Armand Gette: untitled
• Susi Wyss Versa: untitled
• Ira Cohen: "Ransom Note for Brion Gysin / Message aléatoire à Brion Gysin"
• John Giorno: "The Great Demon King / Le grand diable roi"
• Daevid Allen: "Four Roses for Brion Gysin / Quatre roses pour Brion Gysin"
• Roger Knoebbler [sic, Knoebber]: "B. G. Blues"
• François Julien: untitled
• Steve Lacy: "All Those Years"
• Ramuntcho Matta: "deux pièces une entrée au milieu, deux pièces cuisine et salle de bains entre les deux #" 
• Serge Feray: "Musiques industrielles pour machines à rêver"
• Photographs
• Biography and Discography of Brion Gysin
• Biographic Notes on Contributors
• Acknowledgments