The Potential of Archives
What is the impact of an archive? And how can we use them to frame and understand the everyday?
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What is the impact of an archive? And how can we use them to frame and understand the everyday?
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A new commission using sound, sculpture and performance to reflect on the narratives of our urban spaces, and the social inequality and racial violence that shape them.
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direct access to the Board of Trustees. Updated our Code of Conduct, which now includes a statement on ... new Code of Conduct. Reviewed processes in each department to identify tangible measures each team ...
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The final film in the Nocturnal City series, and three new Associate Artists, SIREN, Resis’Dance and Cotch International join Studios the community this summer.
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Everything you need to know.
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Reflect on the interrelationship and mutual influence of humans and the planet in this new film, exploring today’s climate crisis and legacies of colonialism.
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A critical film screening programme, curated by artists in residence.
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An exhibition considering the temporary synchronicity between people, bodies, sounds and signals.
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Featuring over 100 comic artworks from the Beano archive, works from 50 contemporary artists and interactive installations
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With unprecedented access to The Jam’s archive, Somerset House curated the first comprehensive exhibition about the extraordinary band whose music immortalised life for Britain’s disenchanted youth.
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Artist and filmmaker Kadeem Oak explores the colonial legacies of Britain’s botanical collections.
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Francesca Granata introduces her highly anticipated new book, Experimental Fashion: Performance Art, Carnival, and the Grotesque Body.
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Learn about the whole process of electronic circuit production: from prototyping circuits on breadboards to etching your own PCBs and learning KiCad.
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A 3 day mini course where you will build Oi Kant, a strange sounding drum-ish machine from Ewa Justka, as well as learn how to make weird acid lines using SuperCollider.
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Somerset House Studios partner with Sónar CCCB to present an exclusive video performance by Yeule with an appearance from Lucinda Chua.
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As part of the legacy of Nocturnal City, new Associate Artists Resis’dance host a workshop aimed at ending dancefloor discrimination.
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As part of a three-night Skates Lates takeover, Rockers LDN bring Caya Sound and Miael ‘Bigs’ Mcgeachy (Rockers LDN) to the decks.
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Rockers LDN bring you Becca D and Shotz (The Selector's Choice) behind the decks.
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It’s with great pleasure that we reveal another season of contemporary art, cutting edge music, design and fashion.
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Somerset House announces further opening of the site to visitors this August plus highlights from its continuing online programme
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