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Verdurin /vəʁdyrɛ̃/ is a project space in East London hosted by Pierre d’Alancaisez and programmed with friends.
Verdurin presents an idiosyncratic mix of events, courses, and exhibitions addressing urgent cultural, political, and philosophical questions through visual culture.
Verdurin is also a concept store and publisher, providing the essentials an aesthete will need to survive cultural doomsday: daring literature, artefacts deserving of perdurance, and artisanal provisions.
d’Alancaisez was first inspired to marshal an audience to discuss politics, art, and ideas critically in response to the failure of institutions and the breakdown in the cultural order following the pandemic.
The name Verdurin is borrowed from Proust’s literary character Mme Verdurin who in À la recherche du temps perdu hosts a literary salon. Verdurin today carries on her spirit of conviviality and mutual edification.
We are happy to receive pitches and ideas for events, performances, launches, screenings, talks relating to art, culture, politics, and philosophy.
Team
Pierre d’Alancaisez
Pierre d’Alancaisez is a curator and critic, and the founder of Verdurin.
Amir Naaman
Amir Naaman is a novelist and a personal trainer. He is involved in Verdurin publishing and events.
Daniel Neill
Daniel is a writer, and protégé at Verdurin.
Artists, contributors, guests
Sarah Stein Lubrano
Sarah Stein Lubrano is the author of ‘Don’t Talk About Politics’ and was previously head of content at The School of Life.
Nina Power
Nina Power is a philosopher and critic.
Helen Rollins
Helen Rollins is a writer and filmmaker interested in the intersection between art and philosophy.
Alexander Raubo
Alexander Raubo is a critic and philosopher writing about internet art, modernism, America, technology, and Christianity.
Stefano Parrella
Stefano Parrella is a London-based electronic musician and guitarist.
David McKerracher
David is the founder and organisers of Theory Underground.
Philip Cunliffe
Philip Cunliffe is Associate Professor in International Relations at UCL, co-founder of Bungacast, and author of multiple books on international politics and security.
Noah Kumin
Noah Kumin is a writer and the founder of the Mars Review of Books.
Daniel Corrick
Daniel Corrick is a literary historian specialising in the Decadent movement and evolution of supernatural fiction.
David McGrogan
David McGrogan is a legal scholar and writer interested in the sociology of human rights law and the legitimacy of the state.
Ofri Ilany
Dr. Ofri Ilany is a historian, journalist, and literary critic.
Suzanne Newcombe
Suzanne Newcombe is a senior lecturer in Religious Studies at the Open University and honorary director of Inform.
Sam Jennings
Sam Jennings is an American writer in London.
Chris Bateman
Chris Bateman is an award-winning game designer, philosopher, and an intellectual mercenary fleeing the smouldering ruins of academia.
Sophie Barshall
Sophie Barshall is a writer and artist, and the editor of The Toe Rag magazine.
Ben Cobley
Ben Cobley is a writer and journalist.
Jack Hunter
Jack Hunter is an anthropologist exploring the borderlands of consciousness, religion, ecology, and the paranormal.
Travis Jeppesen
Travis Jeppesen is the author of numerous books and the creator of object-oriented writing.
Oliver Davis
Oliver Davis is Professor of French at University College Cork and co-author of Hatred of Sex.
Blake Smith
Blake Smith is a historian and translator who lives in Chicago.
George Hoare
George Hoare is a political theorist, podcaster, and author.