The multiple lives of a blank book is a cross-cultural tale of bookness, blankness and multiplicity, bringing the cinematic genre of documentary fiction to the printed page. 50 contributors were provided with a blank book to use as a symbol, tool or prop for conducting and documenting experimental enactments. The resulting story - a sequence of deeds, episodes, tableaus and vignettes - seeks to reveal as much about the zeitgeist as it does about the...