The Independent called him 'one of the most brilliantly inventive writers of this, or any other, country' and now author David Mitchell (no, not the one off the telly) is celebrating the launch of his latest oeuvre, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet, with a day of interactive art.
Each visitor at the Candid Arts trust will be invited by Sceptre Books and Subject To Change to personalise a house and become part of a perfectly formed, eclectic cardboard world...or simply relax and enjoy the installation.
Mitchell's new novel is set in 1799 on the artificial island of Dejima, a Dutch trading post atached by a guarded bridge to mainland Japan. With foreigners forbidden from crossing Japan's borders and the Japanese themselves equally barred from leaving, the island is a purpose built microcosm housing those who strove against the odds to open trade with Japan.
The isntallation is unveiled on May 4th in the upper gallery at Candid (nearest tube Angel).Entry costs a fiver, which includes access to art materials. Book via www.sceptrebooks.co.uk/markartlive.
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