"Clinamen" is defined by Alfred Jarry in Chapter 33 of his Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician. The notion later figured[11] in the imaginary science of the Jarry-inspired College of Pataphysics, notably in the pataphysical calendar[12] and the experimental literature of OuLiPo.[13] The clinamen figures as a motif in the artistic practice of Rodney Graham – who has said it informs his work in general.[14]