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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 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, book 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
Travis Jeppesen
Travis Jeppesen is the author of numerous books and the creator of object-oriented writing.
J.F. Martel
J.F. Martel is a writer and lecturer on art, culture, and philosophy, and the the author of ‘Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice’.
Daniel Corrick
Daniel Corrick is a literary historian specialising in the Decadent movement and evolution of supernatural fiction.
Aaron Moulton
Aaron Moulton is a curator and anthropologist. His research in ‘The Influencing Machine’ charted the impact of the NGO movement on the visual culture of Eastern Europe in the 1990s.
Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes
Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes is a philosopher of mind and metaphysics.
Oliver Bennett
Oliver Bennett is a writer, actor, and director and co-founder of The Base Creates.
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.
Sam Jennings
Sam Jennings is an American writer in London.
Rupert Read
Philosopher Rupert Read is Co-Director of the Climate Majority Project.
Alexander Adams
Alexander Adams is an artist, critic, and poet.
Jack Hunter
Jack Hunter is an anthropologist exploring the borderlands of consciousness, religion, ecology, and the paranormal.
Rosie Kay
Rosie Kay is a dancer and choreographer who created MK ULTRA with the film-maker Adam Curtis.
David Moulton
David Moulton is a writer and independent researcher.
Justin Smith-Ruiu
Justin Smith-Ruiu is a writer and philosopher at the Université Paris Cité. He is the founder of The Hinternet.
Oliver Davis
Oliver Davis is Professor of French at University College Cork and co-author of Hatred of Sex.
Olive Parker
Olive Parker writes stories about fuckboys, femcels, and sexual frustration.
Ewan Morrison
Ewan Morrison is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and essayist.
Elena Louisa Lange
Elena Lange is a philosopher, Japanologist, writer, former musician, and former assistant professor. She is the editor of Café Américain.
David McKerracher
David is the founder and organisers of Theory Underground.
Helen Rollins
Helen Rollins is a writer and filmmaker interested in the intersection between art and philosophy.
Kevin Kautzman
Kevin Kautzman is a playwright and co-host of Art of Darkness.