The Nihil Affair: A Study in the Perils of Expectation is an artist book and sociological inquiry by Sarah M. Smith. This comprehensive examination of nothingness in all aspects of modern culture is an amusing intellectual pursuit for nihilists of all forms. Smith’s deft attentiveness to the meaninglessness of life is an enticing and provocative work. This book features the mathematical analysis of a shrinking scab to diagrams of the pressure points of nullity on the human skull among many other essential resources for nothingness.
This book was printed under the auspices of the Book Arts and Printmaking Program at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Published in 1993 by St. Ovinus University Press, this first edition paperback was printed in a limited edition of 100 copies.
Sarah M. Smith lives in New England where she is involved in the work of the nullists of St. Ovinus University Labs of Oblivious Research, where she taught Erudism and Vaguery.