Labour / Sweat / Criminality
An evening of live readings and performance reflecting on carceral punishment.
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An evening of live readings and performance reflecting on carceral punishment.
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A new exhibition by acclaimed artist and stage designer Es Devlin.
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Film4 Summer Screen closes with the UK premiere of reggae documentary Inna de Yard – here's the film's director Peter Webber in conversation.
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Artist and writer Jamila Prowse programmes a three-week film installation at Somerset House Studios as part of Hyper Functional, Ultra Healthy.
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A landmark exhibition examining our inability to switch off from our 24/7 culture
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A summer of free activity for all ages including workshops, talks, performances and pop-ups
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Aindrea Emelife, curator of BLACK VENUS unpacks the exhibition and legacies of Black women.
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Watch the first of a series of short films exploring the work of contemporary artists featured in Good Grief, Charlie Brown!
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Explore the industry and processes of independent magazine publishing with our Print! Tearing It Up film series.
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Somerset House Podcast releases a brand new six-part series, The Process, which takes listeners behind the scenes with some of today’s most exciting artists on their journey to create new works.
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Watch artist Babak Ganjei as he invites us into his darkly comedic practice and self-professed sitcom lifestyle.
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Exploring the state of nightlife and the London–Manchester interplay with an evening of panels, installations & music.
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An innovative sensory installation in our courtyard by British artist Michael Pinsky.
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Somerset House has today opened recruitment for the Black Business Incubator at Somerset House in partnership with Mentor Black Business and Sponsored by Morgan Stanley
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Film4 Summer Screen programmer David Cox on curating this year's outdoor cinema season.
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The biggest free outdoor contemporary circus event in central London this summer
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Five days of sound and performance extolling the best in contemporary electronic and experimental music and the makers behind it
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We continue our series of participatory rituals throughout summer. Based on the 12 mythic Labours of Herakleos.
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The VoiceLine by Somerset House Studios resident artist Nick Ryan, is the first artist commission for the new Strand Aldwych public space and will be in situ for the next three months.
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Nastja Säde Rönkkö, an interdisciplinary artist from Finland, spent six months without access to the internet to study the effects of offline existence.
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