Playfully and critically exploring socio-cultural entanglements with technology, through sculpture, bots and software.
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See “the Arab world’s most influential indie band” at Summer Series at Somerset House this Saturday.
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Platform and space bringing together those passionate about music, art, innovation and technology.
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An evening of soul-stirring, spirit-lifting songs and stories, courtesy of the Oscar winning documentary that shines a spotlight on some of music’s most under-appreciated artists.
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Take a trip into the mind of a movie star in this hilarious & highly original comedy from two of cinema’s most inventive talents, director Spike Jonze & writer Charlie Kaufman.
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Modernist Indignation is an elegy for a rapidly disappearing culture, seen through the prism of the first Arabic design magazine.
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Build a Grim Beeper ghost detector from scratch with artist and musician Tara Pattenden.
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Join award-winning British fashion designer Bethany Williams as she investigates our relationship to future generations, inviting audiences to take part in her research process online.
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Electronic musician & dancer NSDOS and choreographer & network researcher Dmitry Paranyushkin in conversation.
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For the sixth and final event in the series, Studios resident Col Self responds to the provocation, I Should Be Doing Something Else Right Now.
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Join Senior Producer and Radio Director Jessie Lawson as she discusses her career with interactive skill sharing and play around inclusive and creative storytelling.
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Visual artist and writer whose work explores the fictions, infrastructure and conceptual systems compose the concrete world, such as ecology, finance and information.
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Cooking up a weekend of taster sessions that bring the spirit of jazz and club culture alive.
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Artists exploring solutions for social and environmental issues via everyday scenarios.
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Like all public buildings and spaces, Somerset House has a number of security measures in place.
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A film screening, live performances and a reading expanding on storytelling and fictional activism.
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Join a member of the learning team every Wednesday and Friday for a short tour around Hair by Sam McKnight.
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Exhibition spotlight tours with the curators who will choose their highlights from the International Fashion Showcase exhibition.
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Tatale is a restaurant, telling pan-African stories through food, art and culture.
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