We are delighted to announce this new SAHGB-IHR event.
This will be a hybrid event, taking place online and in person at the Institute of Historical Research, Pollard N301 (3rd Floor, North Block of Senate House, Malet St, London WC1E 7HU).
Cover Image - © Nigel Green, Blue Crow Media
London's alleyways have a habit of leading to unexpected places. They act as the city’s library: echoing the routes of trade, lost rivers, burial roads, disputed boundaries, tracks of animals and people. Alleyways inject a dose of disjunction into the cityscape, triggering unfamiliar ways of moving from one familiar space to another. They have a tendency to momentarily rewire the city and throw drab views of a place into a new light, unexpectedly montaging different areas and streets together to make new experiences. Common waypoints only allow a surface interaction with a place, while hidden passages allow us to enter the inner mechanics of its perceptual constructions.
Image: St John's Path © Matthew Turner
Image: Strand Lane © Matthew Turner
Image: French Ordinary Court © Matthew Turner
BIO
Matthew Turner is a senior lecturer at Chelsea College of Arts. He has written about alleyways for Icon magazine, the Architectural Review and has discussed them with Robert Elms on BBC Radio London. In 2022 he published the London Alleyways Map with Blue Crow Media. and the West: An Architectural Dialogue (2019) and the prize-winning Craig Ellwood (2002).
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Calling SAHGB Members!
Please explore our Summer events on our website: Study Visits to Greenwich and a Curator’s tour at the Soane Museum, and celebrations of Wren and Adam for 2023. Sincere thanks for your support. Please get in touch if you have any questions.