Iain Sinclair's Blog, page 32

inHOUSE Film Festival

The inHOUSE Film Festival celebrates the creativity and diversity of Haringey and its residents through visual arts across multi-media platforms.

Our mission is to boost the profile of Haringey, through collaboration with the permanent residents, the influx of young professionals of the last decade and using our connections to encourage interaction with the wider arts and [...]

70×70: Two Weeks in Another Town by Vincente Minnelli, secret location

20 March (Secret Location) Two Weeks in Another Town. 1962. Dir. Vincente Minnelli. Llimited capacity: mail events@70×70.info to book

The folks at King Mob really love these “secret location” events. Try your luck!

 

Akina books Spring news

Spring is here and we’re finally enjoying some outdoor book production from our North London hideout. We’ve been working on a great new punk title for the Akinabooks‘ collections (we’re at 20 titles!) and on a very interesting project and experiment with Akina Factory. This is Ljubljana, not London!  After a long waiting we are now [...]

Walking is a Radical Act – Preorder

Walking is a Radical Act – An Interview with Iain Sinclair by Jarett Kobek is now available for preorder on Solar Luxuriance. The book will be shipped on or before March 24. Follow the link to preorder.

American Smoke Review – European Beat Studies Network

Alexander Hamas has reviewed American Smoke on the European Beat Studies Network website. You can find it here.

The Last of England at the King’s College London

Screening on Thursday 6 March 2014 at 7pm

Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Strand Campus

Book tickets

A screening of Jarman’s award-winning film starring Tilda Swinton.

This screening is part of the Iain Sinclair 70×70 season, celebrating Sinclair’s 70th birthday with 70 handpicked films that relate to his work.

“Yet another ‘last of’ item for the catalogue. [...]

“Jack the Ripper’s Bodies–without–Organs: Affect and Psychogeography under the scalpel in From Hell”

Found on the Internet, it’s an article  by Anna Powell published on the “THE IRISH JOURNAL OF GOTHIC AND HORROR STUDIES”.

The Author writes:

“My exploration in this article is twofold and interstitial. Linking, but distinguishing literal and figural bodies, it moves across distinct but intersecting planes: place and time, history and philosophy, fact and fantasy. [...]

Iain on “Ruin Lust”

Iain was invited on the BBC4 Front Row radio show to comment on  Ruin Lust, a new exhibition at Tate Britain.

Audio: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01t8m4m

The changing faces of the East End

From Eventbrite

Wednesday, 26 February 2014 from 19:00 to 20:30 (GMT)

British author and filmmaker Iain Sinclair joins Dr Owens and Dr Pinder, Lecturers of Geography from Queen Mary University in a unique discussion on the changing faces of the East End. The discussion will be focusing on Iain Sinclair’s literary work with [...]

American Ground and Headlines live

Iain Sinclair reads his piece American Ground accompanied by Bill Parry-Davies on tenor saxophone

 

“Headlines” is a jazz poem by Iain Sinclair with music by Bill Parry-Davies recorded at Dalston’s Ridley Road Market Bar and at MM Music. Musicians are Bill Parry-Davies on tenor saxophone, Ali Friend on double bass and [...]