ST R E T C H E D CITY
Pushing against the current in the Last London
Livingmaps Network
in association with the Development Planning Unit, UCL announce the William Bunge Memorial Lecture for 2017 to be given by Iain Sinclair.
WHEN:Wednesday June 21st 6-8pm
WHERE:Darwin Lecture Theatre UCL
Gower Street
London WC1 6XA
Tickets £10.00 Concessions £5.00
Booking on
Eventbrite bit.ly/stretchedcity
In this public lecture Iain Sinclair explores the condition of perceived
‘groundlessness’ in the stretched city that London has become, by way
of memory raids, recovered texts, visionary encounters and the constant
pressure to step beyond our knowledge, beyond our restricted permissions.
His project: to make London a map of what we need, what we love.
The lecture inaugurates a series exploring what it means to be a Londoner today,
organised by Livingmaps Network as part of an initiative to create a Citizens Atlas
of London. It is also being held in memory of the work of William Bunge, pioneer
of expeditionary geography and author of ‘Fitzgerald: diary of a revolution.’
Iain Sinclair has lived in (and written about) Hackney, East London, since 1969.
His novels include Downriver, Radon Daughters, Landor’s Tower and Dining on
Stones. Non-fiction books, exploring the myth and matter of London, include
Lights Out for the Territory, London Orbital and Edge of the Orison. He edited
London, City of Disappearances, which was published in October 2006. In recent
times, he has published Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire (2009), Ghostmilk
(2011) and American Smoke (2013). Sinclair’s account of a one-day walk around
the orbital railway – London Overground - was published in June 2015.
Further information :
www.livingmaps.org.uk