A grey and white book cover titled "Palomar"

READING GROUP: Complex Phenomena, Fundamental Truths

SAT 27 MAY 2-3.30pm  //  AT TURF  //  FREE WITH FREE REFRESHMENTS

 

Join us for Turf’s reading group discussing unexpected and unusual texts inspired by our current exhibition.

The book to accompany ‘Ways of Seeing’ will be Mr Palomar by Italo Calvino.

‘Mr Palomar’ was published in 1983. It comprises 27 short chapters in a 3 x 3 x 3 formation and concerns itself with philosophical observations of the world. The character Mr Palomar is on a quest to quantify complex phenomena in a search for fundamental truths on the nature of being.

Come and explore Calvino’s 3 main areas of observation:

  1. visual experience
  2. anthropological and cultural phenomena, and
  3. the cosmos, time and infinity.

KEY ACCESS INFO​

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  • Our unit in the Whitgift Centre is 4 minutes walk (0.2 miles) from Wellesley Road Tram stop via the underpass, and 7 minutes walk (0.3 miles) from West Croydon Station and 8 minutes walk (0.4 miles) from East Croydon station.

 

WORKSHOP CODE:

Turf aims to be a space where all are welcomed & respected. We ask all attendees to align with this spirit when booking and support us in creating a welcoming & collaborative atmosphere together. We ask that everyone is;

  • Kind and respectful in our language and behaviour towards others. Turf is a space which is anti racism, sexism, homophobia and ableism.
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