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
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.
Oliver Davis
Oliver Davis is Professor of French at University College Cork and co-author of Hatred of Sex.
David Moulton
David Moulton is a writer and independent researcher.
Yotam Feldman
Yotam Feldmam is a writer, filmmaker, and editor and a (self) trained metaphysical detective.
Stephen Adubato
Stephen Adubato is a writer and host of Cracks in Postmodernity.
Fraser Myers
Fraser Myers is the deputy editor of Spiked magazine.
Rupert Read
Philosopher Rupert Read is Co-Director of the Climate Majority Project.
John-Robin Bold
John-Robin Bold is an artist and composer who works within the fields of experimental electronic music, internet art, and video art.
Ben Cobley
Ben Cobley is a writer and journalist.
Alexander Adams
Alexander Adams is an artist, critic, and poet.
