Iain Sinclair and Nick Papadimitriou - 'In Conversation'

'In Conversation' evening with Iain Sinclair and Nick Papadimitriou.
Ian Sinclair and Nick Papadimitriou, writers on the wastelands and edgelands of Britain, will be talking about their work, followed by a Q&A
Iain Sinclair is best known for his book London Orbital, an account of his walking and exploring the terrain close by the M25. Iain is a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction and has presented a number of films for TV and cinema.
Nick Papadimitriou's exploratory walks led him to coin the phrase 'Deep Topography', an amalgam of writing and observation. His much-acclaimed Scarp is a survey of the northern edges of London. Nick is the subject fo John Roger's film The London Perambulator.
Please note:
This spoken event is part of the Edgelands exhibition opening at the Alison Richard Building. The exhibition opening will begin at 18:00 with a dance performance in the atrium by LKR & Co, choreographed by Lizzi Kew Ross with music composed by Michael Berkeley. Following on from that, the spoken word event will begin at around 19:00.
The Edgelands exhibition presents the work of six visual artists, who explore and document the wastelands and the neglected environs to be found on the margins of urban living. Housing estates, out of town retail parks and industrial areas, these spaces are the great "unnamed and ignored landscapes…places where our slipstream has created a zone of inattention" and yet where all manner of interest and beauty thrive. The artists are Day Bowman, Dan Coombs, Marguerite Horner, Barbara Howey, Lee Maelzer and Sean Williams.
The exhibition will run until 28 July 2017, with works displayed on all floors of the building.

[@octagonseventynine1253]

Thanks for sharing, I love these guys.

[@neilfromdownunder9204]

A very interesting conversation indeed!!

[@scottmcneil1150]

Beautiful people of the analogue tradition.

[@caroledrury1411]

The ladder dream is fascinating and reminiscent of Jacob’s ladder. Ian Sinclair tells a good story because he is able to articulate the mystical connections of ancient activity and current activity as it is filtered through artists writers and poets. This articulation is so important for fear of it getting lost in the quagmire of the mad. But it is not mad it is quite real and some of us dream these dreams and need people like Ian to tell the story.

[@nickpn23]

Nick must've been hungry that day.

[@georgepowell72]

37:00 there goes Iain Sinclair using a homeless man as a reference point for his profitable blab again. He talks about people not noticing the man, but Iain doesn't either - never engages, never asks his story, never even asks his name. There's no real difference between Iain and the people on the phone to their offices or mothers, he's just on the phone to his own inner monologue.

[@shh_you_are_wrong]

He did notice the homeless man, he was in the process of finding more out about him when the man disappeared, never to be seen again. He was reluctant at first because he didn't want to disturb him.

[@georgepowell72]

@@shh_you_are_wrong Watch the London Review of Books documentary which details Iain watching him for a number of days before Andrew Kötting tries to secretly film him. After which, he's never seen again.

[@shh_you_are_wrong]

@@georgepowell72 that's what I'm referring to, I've watched it over 20 times

[@georgepowell72]

@@shh_you_are_wrong Maybe we saw a different version of events. I'd personally never dream of projecting my thoughts through a homeless person. Maybe Iain should have spoken to him and asked him what he thought of the park rather than just pin his own views on that of the man.

[@shh_you_are_wrong]

@@georgepowell72 he's creative, that's what he does.
I thought he was very respectful, and I got the feeling that he would eventually have spoken to him.
Some people don't like to be approached, I don't think he wanted to scare him off.

[@petitemonsoon1238]

heavy weight deep thinker fest

[@user-fe9qi1ic1r]

Nick looks bored out of his mind by the whole thing.