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.
Daniel Neill
Daniel is a writer, and protégé at Verdurin.
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
Daniel Hadas
Daniel Hadas specializes in early Christian literature, medieval Latin, and the study of manuscripts.
Thaïs Lenkiewicz
Thaïs Lenkiewicz collages science fiction, religion, conspiracy theories, game shows, and prehistory.
Thomas Peermohamed Lambert
Thomas Peermohamed Lambert is a novelist and literary scholar.
Aimee Armstrong
Aimee Armstrong’s work portrays modern relationships in a post-internet, post-woke, post-infographic world.
Bruce Benderson
Bruce Benderson is a writer and translator, best known for his novel User and memoir The Romanian.
János Brückner
János Brückner is an artist working in installation, video, and painting.
Rupert Read
Philosopher Rupert Read is Co-Director of the Climate Majority Project.
Kristin Milward
Kristin Milward is an actress known for her work on the stage.
Tony D. Sampson
Tony D. Sampson examines the influence of intangible environments on our experiences.
Harrison Pitt
Harrison Pitt is a writer, contributing editor at The European Conservative, and fellow at New Culture Forum.
Bryce Nance
Bryce Nance always wanted to go to college. Not for a degree or career, but to be “a man of letters”.
Malcom Kyeyune
Malcom Kyeyune is a writer living in Uppsala, Sweden.
Lola Salem
Lola Salem is a researcher and cultural strategist.
Blake Smith
Blake Smith is a historian and translator who lives in Chicago.
Sophie Barshall
Sophie Barshall is a writer and artist, and the editor of The Toe Rag magazine.
Sohrab Ahmari
Ahmari is the US editor of UnHerd and the author of Tyranny, Inc.
Ran Heilbrunn
Ran Heilbrunn is a writer and scholar whose work focuses on technology, political theory, and current affairs.
Olive Parker
Olive Parker writes stories about fuckboys, femcels, and sexual frustration.
Jack Jacobs
Jack Jacobs is an actor and audiobook narrator.
Elena Louisa Lange
Elena Lange is a philosopher, Japanologist, writer, former musician, and former assistant professor. She is the editor of Café Américain.
Ben Sixsmith
Ben Sixsmith is a writer living in Upper Silesia and online editor of The Critic.
