Among contemporary British writers, no one has made the city the central subject of their work to quite such an extent as Iain Sinclair. Here writer Iain Sinclair responds to Francis Alÿs; acclaimed film, Guards, with excerpts from his novels and literary references to the City of London.
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Francis Alÿs' Guards, 2004 Courtesy Artangel (Production still)
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Material City was a programme of interdisciplinary conversations and fieldwork led by Situations in partnership with Arnolfini and the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol. It was funded by Arts Council England and by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
