Verdurin /vəʁdyrɛ̃/ is a cultural project 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.
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
Ester Freider
Ester Freider is a writer and ‘creative academic’.
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.
Noah Perez
Noah Perez is a writer from London and an editor at The Toe Rag.
Quentin S. Crisp
Quentin S. Crisp is the author of The Hermitage, Hamster Dam, and numerous other novels and short story collections.
Victoria Comstock-Kershaw
Victoria Comstock-Kershaw is an arts journalist, reviewer, and God’s favourite critic.
Daniel Neill
Daniel is a writer, and protégé at Verdurin.
Daniel Howard James
Daniel James is an independent researcher working on a conspiracy-free theory of ‘consumer-communism’.
Lee Jones
Lee Jones’ researches sovereignty, intervention, and state transformation and the ‘New Cold War’ between the US and China.
David McGrogan
David McGrogan is a legal scholar and writer interested in the sociology of human rights law and the legitimacy of the state.
Glenn Belverio
Glenn Belverio is a video artist known for ‘Glennda and Friends’, a post-queer talk show.
Roger Lancaster
Roger Lancaster is a professor of anthropology and cultural studies at George Mason University.
Alexander Raubo
Alexander Raubo is a critic and philosopher writing about internet art, modernism, America, technology, and Christianity.
Jane Cooper
Jane Cooper researches the poetic theory of the sublime.
Sophie Barshall
Sophie Barshall is a writer and artist, and the editor of The Toe Rag magazine.
Olive Parker
Olive Parker writes stories about fuckboys, femcels, and sexual frustration.
Noah Kumin
Noah Kumin is a writer and the founder of the Mars Review of Books.
Stefano Parrella
Stefano Parrella is a London-based electronic musician and guitarist.
Rose Lyddon
Rose Lyddon writes about history, theology, and adventures.
Charles Lambert
Charles Lambert is a designer and electronic musician.
Blake Smith
Blake Smith is a historian and translator who lives in Chicago.
