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A London Address: The Artangel Essays

A London Address: The Artangel Essays

Kamila Shamsie
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In a unique and experimental collaboration between Artangel and Living Architecture, a dwelling was built on top of London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. The dwelling was a boat, Roi de Belges, inspired by the Thames and by Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Writers and artists were given short residencies and wrote about the strange experience of staying in a boat overlooking the river. This book, a collection of their pieces responding to one of the most important works of 20th-century fiction, is a result of that collaboration.

From Juan Gabriel Vásquez's meditation on belonging, identity and the otherness of London to Michael Ondaatje's piercing reflections on history and literature, via Jeanette Winterson's lyrical, impressionistic musings and Caryl Phillips's supple and poetic observations, this is Joseph Conrad, the Thames and the capital city as you have never experienced them before.
Language
English
Pages
172
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Granta Books
Release
December 06, 2013
ISBN
1847088333
ISBN 13
9781847088338

A London Address: The Artangel Essays

Kamila Shamsie
3.9/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
In a unique and experimental collaboration between Artangel and Living Architecture, a dwelling was built on top of London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. The dwelling was a boat, Roi de Belges, inspired by the Thames and by Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Writers and artists were given short residencies and wrote about the strange experience of staying in a boat overlooking the river. This book, a collection of their pieces responding to one of the most important works of 20th-century fiction, is a result of that collaboration.

From Juan Gabriel Vásquez's meditation on belonging, identity and the otherness of London to Michael Ondaatje's piercing reflections on history and literature, via Jeanette Winterson's lyrical, impressionistic musings and Caryl Phillips's supple and poetic observations, this is Joseph Conrad, the Thames and the capital city as you have never experienced them before.
Language
English
Pages
172
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Granta Books
Release
December 06, 2013
ISBN
1847088333
ISBN 13
9781847088338

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