# Enclosure: Jenkin van Zyl in conversation with Adam Alston

Enclosure: Jenkin van Zyl in conversation with Adam Alston at Somerset House, Thursday 29 October 2026, 19:00.

- Price: Free
- Venue: Somerset House, Strand, WC2R 1LA London
- With: Adam Alston
- Get tickets: https://my.somersethouse.org.uk/10904/10906
- Go to page: https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/jenkin-van-zyl-enclosure-in-conversation

![Enclosure: Jenkin van Zyl in conversation with Adam Alston](https://noky.io/images/a81b213f7cabc1381e1bfa57e0a3e6799e0f693521d25e0151e49e4ce287f677-600.webp)

A free evening talk at Somerset House pairing a studio artist with an author for a public conversation. Artist Jenkin van Zyl, who works in film, sculpture and performance, joins Adam Alston, a theatre scholar at Goldsmiths, University of London. They discuss the ideas and processes behind van Zyl's new film and installation Enclosure, covering how technology can advance faster than meaning, maintenance as a form of denial, and systems outliving their usefulness. The event ends with an audience Q&A.

## Dates

- Thursday 29 October 19:00 — Somerset House

Written by a model, sources: [somersethouse.org.uk](https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/jenkin-van-zyl-enclosure-in-conversation)

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