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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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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Presenting two new live works developed in residence at Somerset House Studios.
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Curated by multi-disciplinary artist Ronan McKenzie and presented by Netflix, this pop-up exhibition commemorates the cultural impact that Top Boy has had on British television.
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Moscow Design Museum Director Alexandra Sankova and Development Director Olga Druzhinina return to Somerset House.
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Drop in to the Utopia Treasury to see a short documentary film and sculptural dance video art piece by artist Mira Calix.
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Elizabeth MacLeod picks out a few fascinating behind the scenes facts about the films curated for Film4 Summer Screen.
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Forest Fringe is an organisation run collaboratively by three artists based in the UK.
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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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All talks are free to drop in to with your Festival Ticket, please note the talk times in ... BLACK PUBLISHING THEN & NOW | 18.30- 19.30 Black writers seeking to publish works in the 60s spurred the formation of ... Britain's Black independent publishing houses, in revolution against the suppression and exclusion they ...
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The second edition of AMPLIFY Digital Arts Initiative, a platform for dialogue on access connecting womxn artists and electronic producers.
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Join Hypen Lab’s Ece Tankal & Dr Romy Gad el Rab as they give an introduction to virtual reality.
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Writer and artist working in literary fiction, performance, collage and installation.
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Somerset House Studios resident Beatrice Dillon presents Workaround, a live showcase of the artist and musician's much anticipated debut album.
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In this episode perfumer Mark Buxton discusses his madcap entrance to the world of perfumery.
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Dr. Gail Lewis explores Black radicalism, anti-capitalist place-making and abolitionist geography with Lola Olufemi and Imani Robinson.
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Join Dr Kate Devlin in conversation, unpicking debates on the effect of cybersex toys & robots on human attachment.
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Since 2019, Somerset House Studios has continued its partnership on Amplify Digital Arts Initiative, connecting and empowering an active network of women-identifying artists and professionals.
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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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An evening of discussion on the truths, the myths and the spaces in between northern identity as we know it.
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