Presenting highlights from this year’s shortlist of contemporary illustration, entered by emerging & established talent to the Association of Illustrators’ annual competition.
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Exploring the creative process behind the Leeds Pavilion.
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A night of horror and sci-fi from Jordan Peele and John Carpenter, bringing together two films that draw back the curtain on the hidden power structures shaping our world.
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Film4 Summer Screen closes with the UK premiere of Peter Webber's Inna de Yard, a love letter to the music of Jamaica starring a superstar group of reggae pioneers.
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One of the most inspiring fixtures in the photographic calendar returns to Somerset House this April.
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An online workshop led by curator and Flatness founder Shama Khanna discussing key political questions.
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A world building workshop from cultural producer, researcher, and founder of curatorial platform A—Z, Anne Duffau.
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Writer, musician, theorist, and curator DeForrest Brown, Jr. joins the Somerset House Studios community for a one-month international residency in March 2024.
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An evening exploring the mind-altering properties of mushrooms.
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A full-day programme of screenings, discussion and performance reflecting on Artificial Intelligence and its reshaping of the very essence of relationships.
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How do we remember performance and who does the remembering?
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In a moment of growing crisis it feels to important to us to try and think about resistance.
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An event celebrating the eclectic music of the clubs and parties that the celebrated Malian photographer frequented and chase away the January blues.
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Live from the Lab at Perfume: A Sensory Journey Through Contemporary Scent.
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By exploring positive stories about refugees, we can better empathise with stateless people and understand the privileges of our lives.
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Laura Laurens is based in Bogota.
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The Collective Makers was set up by two black contemporary artists, in response to the lack of opportunity for visual `emerging artists in their community.
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Designers from the Design Investigations Studio present After Abundance, a glimpse of life in a changed Austria.
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Liverpool will explore the designs of the future, bringing the latest observations of distant astronomical phenomena into Somerset House each day.
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