24-hr Serpentine marathon: No sleep till Doris Lessing

By Ellis Woodman, Ellis Woodman Ellis Woodman Ellis Woodman 2006-08-04T00:00:00

Koolhaas (centre) in conversation with artists Gilbert and George. “We’re city boys,” they said. “We always believe that excessive love of nature leads to totalitarianism.”

First of all, I have to come clean. I didn’t make it all the way through. The prospect of spending 24 hours in a Tupperware drum during the hottest July in recorded history initially carried a certain David Blainesque appeal.

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