John Berger: Do You Know What I Watch?

Name: John Berger: Do You Know What I Watch?
Start: 2026-10-23T18:00:00+00:00
Location: British Library

British Library

96 Euston Road

Fri 23 Oct · 19:00 · £13

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This choral reading from his writings on animals is devised by Katya Berger-Andreadakis and read by two of John’s children Katya and Yves. It is a family contribution to the centenary year of John Berger’s birth.There is hardly any book of John Berger’s that doesn’t include a few pages about animals. Both as a writer and as a visual artist, some of his most vivid insights concern non-human living things, ranging from mushrooms to eels, from insects to hounds. His lifelong reflection on the relationship between man and nature led him to listen carefully, but without an ounce of anthropomorphism, to the voices of countless speechless creatures – that finally extended all the way to clouds or biological cells.A free, photographic display drawn from John Berger archive, held at the British Library, may be seen during normal building opening hours.This event is part of Green Libraries Week.In association with Katya and Yves Berger.

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