Part 1: Walking
ICA, Mon 19 June 2006. 19:00 Nash Room.

A new series celebrating the continued relevance of phenomenology, a philosophy aimed at making explicit structures of lived experience and modes of human existence in the world: those things that are encountered every day without thought, those actions that are repeated automatically.

Tonight’s speaker Rebecca Solnit, author of the bestselling Wanderlust: A History of Walking will discuss the fascinating but often-overlooked significance of the first human mode of transport. Joining Rebecca Solnit will be special guests:

Andrea Phillips, an art historian researching connections between performance, architecture and social space, who is currently completing a book, Walking into Trouble, on contemporary art and pedestrianism. She is Assistant Director of MA Creative Curating, Goldsmiths College.

Sukhdev Sandhu, author of London Calling: How Black and Asian Writers Imagined a City (2003) and I’ll Get My Coat (2005). He is the chief film critic of the Daily Telegraph, and writes for Modern Painters and the London Review of Books.

And for those with stamina, an optional walking tour around the ICA, led by Jackie Stater, follows the talk. For many years Jackie Stater has traveled the world as a Fashion Accessory Buyer, until one day she realized that she lived in the world’s most fascinating and exciting city. Having trained as a London Blue Badge Guide, she is now able to share this insight with people from all over the world. There is no better way to see London than on foot.

Full Price : £8 / Concession : £7 / ICA Members : £6.
Book tickets on 020 7930 3647