Torma in Salzburg

The research on Julien Torma & the Salzburg photo was some years ago, but today, walking around in the town, I was stuck by some ymages. Though the exact spot of the Torma photo is still a mystery, it seems the town of Salzburg does its best to evolve in pataphysical research and the presence of Torma. My hotel, the Weisse Taube, was embellished with some new historical information, a print in the window explains that in this house was born Joseph Mohr, the composer of Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht in 1792. Important information, but the historian adds that the composer was ‘probably’ born here, and on a shield next to the door is explained that the whole block was bombed in WWII and rebuilt afterwards. For the imaginary solutions, a word like ‘probably’ is superfluid. On top of the hill of the famous Nonnberg and Mönchsberg there is a spot called Richterhöhe and from here it is possible to make photos almost comparable with the picture taken of Julien Torma, as I did today once again. A bit further in the direction of the modern art museum on the hill – I discovered this morning a huge Torma (a sort of golden Paul McCarthy butt plug). One can only be puzzled why this monument for Torma between the Karolinenhöhe and Franz Josefs- und Elisabeth-Höhe has taken such a shape, it seems the local art department misinterpreted the name of our cherished author, and found on internet a large set of Buddhist holy sculptures when typing the word Torma in google images (Torma (Skt: Balingta, Tib: Tor-ma, Wylie: gtor ma) are figures made mostly of flour and butter used in tantric rituals or as offerings in Tibetan Buddhism). Yes, many cookies pop up when the search term torma is entered, and we can only appreciate the scientific approach of the local art committee. But the pataphysician knows that above all, we develop a science of the particular, despite the common opinion that the only science is that of the general. 'Pataphysics will examine the laws governing exceptions, and will observe a universe supplementary to this one.