Grateful to have a chance to give a keynote talk at the RCA for a symposium entitled the materiality of the book, and to be encouraged by Tom Sowden and co-curatorial partners, to turn that into a talking performance. It was really well attended, and everyone was very hospitable and curious. This was all about tone, getting the right level of play, satire and sincere opinion, as well as balancing the conceptual performative elements with improvisation. I was happy with the result afterward, though I felt messy during it, because of people’s feedback. A day of really considerable presentations and work too, that spawned a lot of great conversations and ideas and hopefully future collaborations. A brilliant day that was thanks to the vision of Tom, Jonathan Boyd and Richard Nash