Locus Solus - References in Other Media

References in Other Media

• Locus Solus was chosen, in reference to Roussel's novel, as the name of a short-lived literary journal (1961-?) edited and published by the American writers Harry Mathews, John Ashbery, James Schuyler, and Kenneth Koch.

• The main antagonist of the anime film Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence takes its name from this book. Also in the film, Section 9 members Batou and Togusa go to the North to question a mercenary hacker named Kim who lives in an elaborate mansion filled with odd mechanical and sensory art – as is also described in the book. Togusa looks through a peephole in a model of the mansion. On looking down at it, Togusa sees tableaux vivants of himself and Batou, and continually views different possible memories and futures that are the result of entering the mansion. The peephole is also taken from the novel's eight tableaux vivants.

• In Wild ARMs 5 (aka Wild ARMs the Vth Vanguard) for PlayStation 2, Locus Solus is the name of the mothership used by the Veruni to escape from Filgaia (Earth). When crashed into Filgaia 12.000 years later, it was considered a sacred land for the Veruni.

• Musician John Zorn named a band and album after Locus Solus, creating improvised avant-garde jazz/rock.

• In his Brion Cemetery project at San Vito d'Altivole, architect Carlo Scarpa frequently refers to Locus Solus, Roussel being one of his favourite authors.

• Locus Solus is used as the name of a yearly music festival at Le Lieu Unique in Nantes, France dedicated to the building of experimental musical instruments.

• Electronic music artist Richard Knott named one of his songs "Locus Solus", which became his breakout hit in 2012 when Eric Prydz's Pryda Friends record label signed it.