Published to accompany exhibition held at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris 22/5 - 26/8 1996.

The papers in this volume challenge the concept of form and aim to set out, explore and develop different theories and examples of 'the formless'. In so doing,

Gathering and interpreting material that is not readily available elsewhere, this book discusses the thought of the Japanese Buddhist philosophers Dogen, Hisama

Boring Formless Nonsense intervenes in an aesthetics of failure that has largely been delimited by the visual arts and its avant-garde legacies. It focuses on c

Bringing together the depth insights of eastern & western traditions, this book places the topic of the self in a new context.