Lecture date: 2002-05-03
An event to coincide with the publication of AA Files 45/46, a double issue dedicated to the life and work of Georges Perec.
Chaired by Giles Lane with Ian Monk (who discusses the procedures of Oulipo),
Andrew Leak (who discusses Perecs Lieux),
Enrique Walker (who discusses the infraordinary and Perecs influence on the work of Walkers unit at the University of Chile, Santiago), Richard Wentworth (who discusses the theatre of the street in Bedford Square during the discussion so far),
William Firebrace (who discusses Perecs list of Some of the things I really must do before I die),
Patrick Keiller (who discusses time lags and the distinction between subjectivities of description and transformation before showing a fragment of his film The Dilapidated Dwelling).
NB: The soundtrack to Keillers film continues over the start of the Q & A.
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