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Sonya Dyer: In Conversation

Please note this event was scheduled to take place on Tue 31 Oct, it has now been rescheduled to Mon 06 Nov.

Somerset House Studios artist and writer Sonya Dyer unpacks Three Parent Child, a new instalment in an ongoing body of work combining social justice with speculation, fantasy and the political.

Archived Event

DatesMon 06 Nov 2023
Times18.45 - 20.30
SpaceLancaster Rooms New Wing
Price£6.00

Comprising a two-channel moving image work and multi-room sculpture, the installation Three Parent Child forms the final part of Sonya Dyer's ongoing Hailing Frequencies Open project – a reimagining of the history and radical potentiality of human space travel, exploration of the intersections between scientific enquiry, the stories of Black women of history and mythology, as well as ongoing conversations around monumentalism and memory.

Dyer will be joined in conversation by artist and researcher Ayesha Hameed to unpack the new commission. The talk will include a screening of Andromeda and The Betsey-Drake Equation, the previous two films in Sonya’s HFO trilogy, alongside late access to Three Parent Child with extended exhibition opening hours.

Three Parent Child has been commissioned by Somerset House and developed in residence at Somerset House Studios.

Supported by Cockayne Grants for the Arts, a donor advised fund held at The London Community Foundation

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