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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
Daniel Howard James
Daniel James is an independent researcher working on a conspiracy-free theory of ‘consumer-communism’.
Karin Ferrari
Karin Ferrari is an artist exploring ‘trash mysticism’.
Rosie Kay
Rosie Kay is a dancer and choreographer who created MK ULTRA with the film-maker Adam Curtis.
Charles Lambert
Charles Lambert is a designer and electronic musician.
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’.
Nina Power
Nina Power is a philosopher and critic.
Elena Louisa Lange
Elena Lange is a philosopher, Japanologist, writer, former musician, and former assistant professor. She is the editor of Café Américain.
Justin Smith-Ruiu
Justin Smith-Ruiu is a writer and philosopher at the Université Paris Cité. He is the founder of The Hinternet.
Oliver Bennett
Oliver Bennett is a writer, actor, and director and co-founder of The Base Creates.
Bertie Marshall
Bertie Marshall is a writer and performer of plays, poems, and fiction.
Thomas Peermohamed Lambert
Thomas Peermohamed Lambert is a novelist and literary scholar.
Ran Heilbrunn
Ran Heilbrunn is a writer and scholar whose work focuses on technology, political theory, and current affairs.
Ben Cobley
Ben Cobley is a writer and journalist.
Thaïs Lenkiewicz
Thaïs Lenkiewicz collages science fiction, religion, conspiracy theories, game shows, and prehistory.
George Hoare
George Hoare is a political theorist, podcaster, and author.
Fraser Myers
Fraser Myers is the deputy editor of Spiked magazine.
Daniel Hadas
Daniel Hadas specializes in early Christian literature, medieval Latin, and the study of manuscripts.
David McKerracher
David is the founder and organisers of Theory Underground.
Malcom Kyeyune
Malcom Kyeyune is a writer living in Uppsala, Sweden.
Sophie Barshall
Sophie Barshall is a writer and artist, and the editor of The Toe Rag magazine.
Mark Simpson
Mark Simpson is a writer and broadcaster credited (or blamed) for coining the term ‘metrosexual‘.