I write about art, literature and culture. A selection of articles, interviews and essays can be found below. Further published works are available on request. For commissions or information on further projects please email info@williamalderwick.com.
Tom McCarthy Incarnate
Feature-length essay and interview with repeat Booker-Prize nominated author Tom McCarthy on his latest novel, The Making of Incarnation, for 032c.com.
What’s the value of time that don’t end?: Jeremy Shaw’s PHASE SHIFTING INDEX
Feature-length essay and interview with artist Jeremy Shaw on his Quantification Trilogy film series, and major new work debuting at the Pompidou in Paris, for 032c.com.
HUMAN AFTER ALL: FIND THE OTHERS
Feature interview with media theorist and author Douglas Rushkoff on his new book Team Human, published in Good Trouble Magazine, with an online exclusive on 032c.
A ONE-NIGHT DREAM: Honey Suckle Company’s Omnibus at the ICA
Essay on the Berlin-based art collective Honey Suckle Company and their retrospective at the ICA in London, published online by 032c.
METAHAVEN: Post-truth and reconciliation on the new silk road
Essay and interview with design collective Metahaven on their new film ‘Version History’ navigating A.I., post-truth and the meeting of civilizations, published online by 032c.
Love in the age of Facefuck: Iphgenia Baal's Merced es Benz
Essay exploring the nature of love and writing in the age of social media, through Baal's experimental novel released by Bookworks, as published in Real Review issue 04, on what it means to love today.
Writing after the end of Writing: An interview with Tom McCarthy
Article on the Booker long-listed writer's new novel, Satin Island, published in Near East magazine.
A Painter of our Time: Billy Childish
Interview with the painter and musician for Near Future, special supplement of Near East magazine for the Istanbul Art Fair.
Genesis: Breyer P-Orridge
Feature interview with the seminal artist, musician and 'cultural engineer'.
Eastenders
An introduction for photographer Robert Kowalski's book on the East End.
An independent audit of the INS
Inauthenticity as the heart of modern subjectivity, a survey of the work of the International Necronautical Society.
Bring me the head of Denna Francis Glass: Hype Williams and the Bo Khat Eternal Troof Family Band
Article on the music duo Hype Williams (Dean Blunt and Inge Copeland).
Beyond the kitsch barrier: An exploration of the Bauhauroque
A survey of the work of visionary artist Paul Laffoley.
'Behold, Dis!': The Fall of Salo
An unpublished essay exploring Pier-Paolo Passolini's masterpiece.
Behold a White Horse
An essay on the work of photographer Emer O'Brien, to mark her first solo show, Journeys into a Bright World.