2020 at Somerset House
As we embark on a new decade, explore what's in store for the year ahead at Somerset House as we announce a bumper 2020 programme.
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As we embark on a new decade, explore what's in store for the year ahead at Somerset House as we announce a bumper 2020 programme.
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Creative Careers Academy member Teresa Fan shares her thoughts on our current Charles Russell Speechlys Terrace Rooms Series exhibition Kaleidoscope.
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Mutant Promise present new online works with EBM(T), a virtual aural room and aural experimentation practice for discovery and sharing of sounds.
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A four-day programme celebrating experimental sound, music and performance with exclusive new commissions
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the 54 countries comprising the African continent. This was the eighth edition of the fair at Somerset ... venue. The 1-54 Forum consisting of a variety of engaging and creative talks, asking questions about the ... can be viewed online. Alongside 1-54, Somerset House also opened the exhibition Leila Alaoui: Rite of ...
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Multidisciplinary artist working with installations, textile, immersive digital tech, and performance. Based between London, UK, and Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
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American singer, songwriter and actress. Jones has won nine Grammy Awards and sold more than 50 million albums worldwide.
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Somerset House Studios is a new experimental workspace for artists, makers and thinkers.
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Onyeka Igwe is an artist and researcher working between cinema and installation, born and based in London, UK.
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A two-part event looking at how prisons seize time as a form of punishment and resources to reclaim landscapes from state entities
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Artist Sunil Gupta discusses his photographic series 'Exiles' and 'Mr Malhotra's Party', in relation to the online exhibition Unquiet Moments.
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Exhibition featuring Maeve Brennan, Vivienne Griffin, rkss & Laura Fox, Rhea Storr, Sam Williams & Roly Porter.
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UK Gay Bar Directory is a moving image archive of gay bars in the UK. Shot over a period of nine months, the film documents over 100 gay bars across 14 cities.
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Cultural commentator and award-winning broadcaster Ekow Eshun and photographer Hassan Hajjaj to discuss photographer Leila Alaoui's work.
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Exhibition exploring the notion of the body as an archive; as a record of collective stories, experiences, and memories.
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We speak to the artists who were part of our exhibition, closed early due to world events, to understand how their lives and creative practices have changed since the lockdown.
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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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Tabitha Thorlu-Bangura hosts an intimate dinner exploring the themes of birth, marriage & death through taste & sound, with a menu by Hannah Hammond.
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An interactive workshop employing collective singing, listening and discussion.
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We share just a few of the past year’s highlight from across the Somerset House Studios community
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