'This Mess is a Place' examines hoarding and its relationship to collection across disciplines. Art practice and critical theory co-exist with clinical and scientific research, thus creating overlaps and crises of ?usefulness? akin to submersion of materials within a hoard or pursuits of order within collection. The publication is unbound ? illogical and precarious, containing loose leaves and nominal filing systems. The reader is ultimately responsible for ordering/dis-ordering the piece.25 x 19 cm, 205 pages, digital and risograph printing, varied papers, portfolio of pamphlets and loose leaves in a printed card folio.