Each edition of ‘Collapse’ has a theme or a title and is a collection of the most spectacular writings of philosophical interest and importance. By his own description Robin sees ‘Collapse’ as “really more like a book series than a conventional journal. It is to publish pieces that otherwise just wouldn’t find a home. It was conceived as a sort of pre-emptive ‘Salon des Refusés’ for people I knew who were doing exciting philosophical work that they, and I, knew was unlikely to appear in any ‘proper’ philosophy journal except on condition that it was stripped of everything that made it challenging and exciting - and even then, only to be seen by a very narrow readership”. The pages that follow were taken from the edition number Iv subtitled ‘Concept-Horror’. The piece of writing itself is called ‘Arbor Deformia’ and the photography accompanied the article.
