Iain Sinclair: Walking with Ghosts

The famous British writer and film-maker Iain Sinclair will be Passa Porta’s writer-in-residence in March. At Passa Porta he will work on a book in which Brussels plays a role. During this evening Sinclair will shed light, in words and images, on this and other projects through conversations, readings and film fragments. psychogeography Playing a role in Sinclair’s forthcoming novel is a long walk to the battlefield of Waterloo, which he carried out with the Brussels poet Adolfo Barberá del Rosal, Sinclair’s Spanish translator. Together with del Rosal, Sinclair shares a fascination for inspiring rambles through obscure (urban) areas. Ever heard of ‘psychogeography’? Well, if you set out to explore a new (preferably urban) environment without any preconceived plan, then you’re doing it. “Sinclair breathes wondrous life into monstrous, man-made landscapes.” Times Literary Supplement about the author Since his debut in the 1970s, Iain Sinclair (b. 1943 in Cardiff) has published dozens of novels, non-fiction books, essays and poetry volumes. Famous early works include Lud Heat and Downriver. In his recent works, such as the trilogy London Orbital / London Overground and The Last London: True Fictions from an Unreal City, his occultism and psychogeography are ubiquitous. In 2018 he published Living with Buildings: Walking with Ghosts – On Health and Architecture (Wellcome), a razor-sharp analysis of our urban environment. (see https://wellcomecollection.org... ).