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Album cover of ‘On Vanishing Land‘ (2013) by Mark Fisher and Justin Barton, Photos: Mark Fisher. Courtesy the artists
Screening
Incursions, Departures: ‘londonunderlondon‘ and ‘On Vanishing Land‘
14 Dec 2019
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 12:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
The playback part of this event is free, no booking required. Booking is essential for the discussion: £5/£3 concession.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/incursions-departures-londonunderlondon-and-on-vanishing-land-tickets-83589990913
Address
- 63 Penfold Street
- London NW8
- London
- NW8 8PQ
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Numerous buses from central London stop on the Edgware Road within a few minutes walk of the space, including the 6, 16, 98, 332 and 414.
- The Showroom is a short walk from Edgware Road underground station, which is served by the Hammersmith and City, Circle and Bakerloo lines.
- Edgware Road Tube for Bakerloo, Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines
The Showroom presents the first combined playback of audio-essay works by Mark Fisher and Justin Barton, followed by a discussion with Justin Barton, Dalia Neis and Pete Wiseman.
About
'you only have a lifetime to escape', londonunderlondon
Between 2002 and 2013, Mark Fisher and Justin Barton made two audio-essays, londonunderlondon and On Vanishing Land. londonunderlondon was broadcast on Resonance FM in 2005 and On Vanishing Land was premiered at The Showroom in 2013, as part of an exhibition co-commissioned and produced by The Otolith Collective and The Showroom.
Although these audio-essays are very different from each other, they are like two stages of a single process of thought and composition. Each simultaneously consists of the abstract in the form of music and philosophy, and both set out their spoken-word philosophical views using a range of expressive forms which includes narrative and fiction. They also share radical perspectives concerning the planet, time, capitalism, micropolitics and – not least – the waking of human faculties.
This is the first occasion an audience will be able to listen to both audio-essays: londonunderlondon (85 mins), followed by On Vanishing Land (45 mins). After an introduction by Justin Barton, the event will culminate in a conversation between Barton, Dalia Neis (voice in londonunderlondon) and Pete Wiseman (musician on On Vanishing Land), and a Q&A and general discussion. This will be an opportunity to think collectively about the ideas and techniques involved in the composition of these works – as Barton describes, a chance ‘to explore what might exist beyond the flood barrier of ordinary capitalist reality’.
This event also marks the release of On Vanishing Land as an LP by Hyperdub in July 2019.
Programme:
Audio-essays playback:
12pm Opening comments by Justin Barton
12.05pm londonunderlondon
1.30pm Break
2pm On Vanishing Land
2.45pm Break
Discussion:
3.30pm Introduction by Justin Barton
4.15pm In conversation between Justin Barton, Dalia Neis and Pete Wiseman
5pm Q&A
6pm Close
