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
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.
Suzanne Newcombe
Suzanne Newcombe is a senior lecturer in Religious Studies at the Open University and honorary director of Inform.
Ewan Morrison
Ewan Morrison is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and essayist.
Nicholas Blincoe
Nicholas Blincoe is a novelist, screenwriter, and historian.
Jack Jacobs
Jack Jacobs is an actor and audiobook narrator.
Bertie Marshall
Bertie Marshall is a writer and performer of plays, poems, and fiction.
Vanity von Glow
Internationally ignored superstar Vanity von Glow is a live performance tour de force.
Sam Jennings
Sam Jennings is an American writer in London.
Marcas Lancaster
Marcas Lancaster is a writer, producer, and self confessed ‘failed gay’.
Ran Heilbrunn
Ran Heilbrunn is a writer and scholar whose work focuses on technology, political theory, and current affairs.
Ofri Ilany
Dr. Ofri Ilany is a historian, journalist, and literary critic.
Justin Smith-Ruiu
Justin Smith-Ruiu is a writer and philosopher at the Université Paris Cité. He is the founder of The Hinternet.
Thomas Peermohamed Lambert
Thomas Peermohamed Lambert is a novelist and literary scholar.
