In their take-over of Somerset House’s Stamp Stair percussionists David Soin Tappeser and Sarathy Korwar perform a rhythmic dialogue, revisiting the sonic ghosts of the building’s extractive histories
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Visual artist and creative director who creates installations driven by a curiosity for (dis)order, perception and the limits of our senses.
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American composer, producer, performing artist and DJ, known for her groundbreaking work in contemporary experimental electronic music.
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A cultural cross section through Europe & Asia motivated by the recent migration crisis, this documentary explores the links between place, belonging, happiness and people’s hopes.
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Writer and artist working in literary fiction, performance, collage and installation.
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Forest Fringe is an organisation run collaboratively by three artists based in the UK.
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For the final party of the month, Newcastle-based choreographer Patrick Ziza evokes the style of Congolese Sapeurs.
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Makerversity member experts and tours of exciting studios based in Somerset House. Over the week you will ... a background in making and fabrication his work focuses on commercial tabletop games as well as gamifaction ... animator currently living and working in London. His work focuses on character design and spans a range of ...
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Artist and researcher with a background in quantum physics, working at the intersection of art, science and technology
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The UK’s largest ever exhibition of the influential and enigmatic fashion photographer Guy Bourdin, featuring over 100 works and previously unseen material from the photographer’s estate.
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Greece's design explores this duality in the nature of disobedience. How can design evoke disobedience yet harness its constructive form?
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A 2-day programme of installations, presentations, panel discussions and live performances exploring image, sound and digital art.
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The Pits is a new installation by resident artists, Sophia Al-Maria and Lydia Ourahmane in G31, which sits in dialogue with their outdoor commission on Lancaster Place, 2125.
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A film of formidable power from director Ava DuVernay, who turns an episode from the history of the civil rights struggle into an incendiary dramatic thriller.
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In association with 24/7, the next in our series of quarterly masterclasses takes on the topic of self and surveillance, with artist, filmmaker and researcher Manu Luksch.
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Writer and composer Robert Barry will be discussing his new book The Music of the Future.
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British artist and Somerset House Studios resident, Hannah Perry, presents a major body of new work in her first solo exhibition in the UK since 2015.
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Presenting a special digital edition of ASSEMBLY, featuring five new sound works.
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Explore the history and recreation of L'Origan de Coty, the early 20th century fragrance that paved the way for perfume as we know it.
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Listen now to a new three-part audio work by artist and Savage Messiah author Laura Grace Ford, generated by psychogeographic walks – drifts - through parts of West London.
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