Publisher's Synopsis
Structured and typeset like an encyclopaedia, this text draws out and explores the plastic and aesthetic possibilities of the reference book format. It indulges in a certain fascination for lists and their cumulative force while seizing upon the fact that alphabetic organisation is extremely orderly, but also, upon reflection, entirely random. Aglaia Konrad explores this in-between space and thwarts the self-evident integration of component parts in the reference work.