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.
Nina Power
Nina Power is a philosopher and critic.
Travis Jeppesen
Travis Jeppesen is the author of numerous books and the creator of object-oriented writing.
Emma Bielecki
Emma Bielecki is a lecturer, writer, and researcher. She splits her time between London and nineteenth-century Paris.
Lola Salem
Lola Salem is a researcher and cultural strategist.
Artists, contributors, guests
Kevin Kautzman
Kevin Kautzman is a playwright and co-host of Art of Darkness.
Alex Hochuli
Alex Hochuli is a political analyst based in São Paulo.
Edmund King
Edmund King is a writer and senior lecturer in English Literature at The Open University.
Glenn Belverio
Glenn Belverio is a video artist known for ‘Glennda and Friends’, a post-queer talk show.
Sam Riviere
Sam Riviere is a poet, novelist, and publisher at If a Leaf Falls Press.
Angie Speaks
Angie Speaks is the author of Late Stage Babylon, host of Depth Diaries, and contributor to Newsweek and Spiked.
Harrison Pitt
Harrison Pitt is a writer, contributing editor at The European Conservative, and fellow at New Culture Forum.
Roger Lancaster
Roger Lancaster is a professor of anthropology and cultural studies at George Mason University.
Alfie Bown
Alfie Bown is the editor of Sublation Magazine, founder of Everyday Analysis, and a lecturer in digital media.
Fraser Myers
Fraser Myers is the deputy editor of Spiked magazine.
Daniel Howard James
Daniel James is an independent researcher working on a conspiracy-free theory of ‘consumer-communism’.
Neema Parvini
Neema Parvini is the author of ten books, including The Populist Delusion, The Prophets of Doom, and Applied Elite Theory. His YouTube channel, Academic Agent, has received over 37 million views.
Rose Lyddon
Rose Lyddon writes about history, theology, and adventures.
Aimee Armstrong
Aimee Armstrong’s work portrays modern relationships in a post-internet, post-woke, post-infographic world.
Ben Sixsmith
Ben Sixsmith is a writer living in Upper Silesia and online editor of The Critic.
Stefano Parrella
Stefano Parrella is a London-based electronic musician and guitarist.
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.
Dougal Verinder Gedge
Dougal Gedge’s practice reflects a reality experienced compulsively online.
Ofri Ilany
Dr. Ofri Ilany is a historian, journalist, and literary critic.
Lola Salem
Lola Salem is a researcher and cultural strategist.
Ewan Morrison
Ewan Morrison is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and essayist.
