To many, chance and art are antagonistic terms. But a number of 20th century artists have turned this notion on its head by attempting to create artworks based on randomness. Among those, three in particular articulated a well-argued and thorough theory of the radical use of chance in art: Andre Breton (writer), John Cage (composer) and Francois Morellet (visual artist). The implications of such a move away from established aesthetics are far-reaching, as much in conceptual as in practical terms, as this book hopes to make clear. Of paramount importance in this coincidentia oppositorum is the...

Although China's impact on our lives is rapidly growing (whether it is household goods "made in China" or Chinese companies buying our debt and investing in our economy), many in the West focus on China for a host of familiar reasons - pollution, human rights abuses, computer hacking, lead poisoning and so on - that do little to enhance our understanding of how China operates and what it is like to live there. In P.R.C - Pretty Real China, Denis Lejeune challenges Western notions of the nature of contemporary China by drawing on his experience of living in Chongqing. While tour agencies...

La Chine n'est pas celle qu'on croit. En trois annees passees sur place, Denis Lejeune s'est rendu compte du gouffre existant entre l'image que l'occident s'en fait et la realite. Est-il enfin l'heure de savoir a qui on a affaire?"