Join us this Easter holiday for the 11th edition of Now Play This, the UK's leading festival of experimental games.
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London’s leading festival of experimental games returns for a weekend of engaging interaction and play
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Now Play This festival has packed its digital bags and will be coming to your home for a weekend of play, creativity and experimentation.
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Power Plant is a futuristic greenhouse that uses sunlight to generate both food and electricity. Can it help to allay our fears for humanity’s future?
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If you’d prefer to take your first steps on the ice in a more relaxed setting, we’re offering reduced capacity Skate sessions on selected weekday mornings across the season.
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We're open every day except 25 December. Admission is free, though there’s a charge for some exhibitions.
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Now Play This returns to Somerset House to celebrate its tenth anniversary as part of the city-wide London Games Festival
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A new artwork by Somerset House Studios artist Larry Achiampong.
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A cultural celebration of games and play across the site, with a weekend-long festival and a special exhibition
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This audio editing/soundscape production workshop will provide an opportunity to (re)discover the interior spaces we now occupy during this time of global pandemic.
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Somerset House are delighted to announce that the Embankment Galleries will be available for private hire for an exclusive period from 23rd March – 30th April 2020.
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We host a Relaxed Session for anyone who would benefit exploring Now Play This in a calm and comfortable environment
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Simulation artist creating site-specific virtual worlds, video game essays, and speculative films.
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An introduction into the process of converting household plastic waste, into a valuable material resource.
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From robots to virtual gaming platforms, this interactive installation exhibit shows how putting people's needs at the centre of the design process can lead to creative, new solutions to improve life.
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A new season of activity, with highlights exploring climate change and our relationship with nature
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Keiken is an artist collective, co-founded by Tanya Cruz, Hana Omori and Isabel Ramos in 2015.
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Guest-curated day-to-night parties of live art, performance and games as part of This Bright Land.
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New commission by Hylozoic/Desires (Himali Singh Soin & David Soin Tappeser) exploring the complex weave of histories and myths around Britain’s imperial salt monopoly in India.
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I Should Be Doing Something Else Right Now
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