I am pleased to announce the call for papers for the next animated documentary symposium at the Royal College of Art, London, which I am helping to organise and also programme. Ecstatic Truth: Lessons of Darkness and Light “Fact creates norms, and truth illumination” Werner Herzog Date: Saturday 27th May, 2017 Location: Lecture Theatre 1,... Continue Reading →
Journey to the Interior
Journey to the Interior A participatory performance involving all the senses Where: Dissenters Chapel, Kensal Green Cemetery When: 21st May, 2017 Part of Open Senses Festival, London And Worm Wood project, at Dissenters Gallery, London Project is supported by the Czech Centre London. I am developing a multi-sensory, participatory performance, inspired by George Bellas Greenough, a geologist... Continue Reading →
John Berger in Silence
This is an old piece that I wrote inspired by hearing John Berger speak to Geoff Dyer, in 2005, as part of the John Berger: Here is Where We Meet season. John Berger in Silence He comes to this forest for the same reason that one might visit a church. Here, in the dark temple... Continue Reading →
My memories of John Berger
My encounters with John Berger I wanted to share here the somewhat scattered personal memories of my encounters with John Berger, whom I had the privilege and honour of knowing, and which I hold dear. The first time I met John was in 2007, as he picked us up from the airport in Geneva. We came to... Continue Reading →