Logo
DiS Needs You: Save our site »
  • Logo_home2
  • Records
  • In Depth
  • In Photos
  • Blog
  • Podcast
  • Search
  • Community
  • Records
  • In Depth
  • Blog
  • Community

THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND CLOSED.

Please join the conversation over on our new forums »

If you really want to read this, try using The Internet Archive.

Boards

Music Social More…

Iain Sinclair - Hackney ascension day 2.30 pm today spare ticket

thetrees [Edit] [Delete] 11:56, 21 March '09

Hey, I bought these as a birthday present for someone who got their dates mixed up, if anyone's interested they cost £8 but I'm willing to take any contribution or just give it away rather than it going to waste

Description:

Join cult author, poet and documentary filmmaker Iain Sinclair for a one-of-its-kind, site-specific performance in Hackney’s oldest and most mysterious structure: the partial remains of the medieval parish church of St Augustine’s. Less than a stone’s throw from the frenzy of Hackney Central, Sinclair will draw on his hotly-anticipated book Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire to infiltrate and uncover an alternative history of the borough. As you ascend all four floors to the roof of the Tower, a specially produced sound installation by electronic musician Susan Stenger (Band of Susans, Nick Cave) and the haunting vocals of performance artist Kirsten Norrie take you on a startling adventure through Hackney past and present. Through a synthesis of live and recorded voices, erased texts and peripheral histories, ‘Hackney Ascension Day’ is a ghostly local history tour like no other; a unique chance to look into and down upon a complex and contradictory terrain.

“Iain Sinclair is our greatest guide to London. He explores the mighty labyrinth on foot, from Canary Wharf to Hasidic Stamford Hill, mixing social surrealism with pavement-pounding satire.” - The Spectator

Tickets strictly limited. Three tours over the course of one afternoon.


Drowned in Sound
  • DROWNED IN SOUND
  • HOME
  • SITE MAP
  • NEWS
  • IN DEPTH
  • IN PHOTOS
  • RECORDS
  • RECOMMENDED RECORDS
  • ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
  • FESTIVAL COVERAGE
  • COMMUNITY
  • MUSIC FORUM
  • SOCIAL BOARD
  • REPORT ERRORS
  • CONTACT US
  • JOIN OUR MAILING LIST
  • FOLLOW DiS
  • GOOGLE+
  • FACEBOOK
  • TWITTER
  • SHUFFLER
  • TUMBLR
  • YOUTUBE
  • RSS FEED
  • RSS EMAIL SUBSCRIBE
  • MISC
  • TERM OF USE
  • PRIVACY
  • ADVERTISING
  • OUR WIKIPEDIA
© 2000-2025 DROWNED IN SOUND