BALLARD'S LONDONS - From The Drowned World, via High-Rise to Kingdom Come
- Goldfinger's Willow Road
Description
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Classes, Something A Little Different and Pop-Up
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Tickets from £15.00
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Over 18
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Thu, 21st May 2020 @ 18:30 - 20:30
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18:30 - 20:30
After dark with the National Trust
Disaster zones, warped modernity, fetishised sex - J. G. Ballard has both been declared one of Britain's most important novelists of the twentieth century and dismissed as a marginal figure "beyond psychiatric help." He has earned praise and condemnation, written bestsellers and obscure avant-garde works, gained coveted prizes and prosecutions for obscenity. For forty years, his extraordinary work has moved between science fiction, apocalyptic visions, autobiography and fictions of the contemporary urban landscape.
In this talk, Roger Luckhurst will explore the maverick author’s perverse relationship to London, from his early fascination with apocalyptic visions of the capital, his interest in the new landscape of motorways and high-rises in the 1970s, to his perverse revels of white-collar crime in the affluent gated communities of Chelsea and edgeland shopping malls. Since the talk uniquely takes place in Erno Goldfinger’s house, Luckhurst will also explore Ballard’s engagement with the architect’s ideas and buildings.
Roger Luckhurst
Roger Luckhurst has written several books on science fiction, horror film and the Gothic. He recently edited for the British Library 'Science Fiction: A Literary History' and wrote the BFI Classics book on the film ‘Alien'. His book on J. G. Ballard, 'The Angle Between Two Walls' is recognised as the first theoretically informed book on Ballard, reading his work not only within the science fiction genre, but also connecting it to issues of popular culture and legitimisation, postmodernism and the legacy of the avant-garde.
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| Ticket | Event time | Cost |
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| Salon ticket includes a glass of prosecco | 18:30 - 20:30 | £15.00 |
Location
Address
Goldfinger's Willow Road, 2, Willow Road, London, NW3 1TH
Nearest Station
Hampstead Heath (Rail)
Organiser
A Curious Invitation
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2. Tickets are issued subject to the rules and regulations of the venue.
3. Please check your tickets, as mistakes cannot always be rectified.
4. Occasionally, events are cancelled or postponed by the promoter, team, performer or venue for a variety of reasons. If the event is cancelled, please contact us for information on receiving a refund from the responsible party. If the event was moved or rescheduled, the venue or promoter may set refund limitations. It is your responsibility to ascertain the date and time of any rearranged event.
5. The venue reserves the right to refuse admission and may on occasion have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons.
6. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed.
7. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
8. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter's right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets.
9. If this ticket is re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial gain by anyone other than the promoter, venue management, DesignMyNight or one of their authorised sub-agents, it will become voidable and the holder may be
refused entry to or ejected from the venue.
10. The venue may operate a No Smoking Policy.
11. The promoter, venue management and DesignMyNight accept no responsibility for any personal property.
12. The event listed on the purchased ticket is strictly for ticket holders who are over 18 years of age. Identification may be required.
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