Publisher Margaret Busby explores the rise of Carnival as a means of celebration and defiance for the Windrush generation
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is a hard-hitting, honest document of the plight of disenchanted British-born black youths. Set in ... 1970s London, it tells the story of Tony, a bright school-leaver, son of West Indian immigrants, who ... employers treat him with suspicion because of his colour – his sense of alienation grows. In a bid to find ...
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Visual Artist. Led by a documentary approach, Maeve’s work looks at the historical and political resonance of sites and materials, culminating mainly in moving image and installation works.
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'I Need To Believe the World is Still Beautiful' is one of the most visually arresting parts of the Get Up, Stand Up Now exhibition.
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Explore our new exhibition dedicated to the work of the late French-Moroccan photographer, artist and activist Leila Alaoui in this virtual tour.
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New Wing Somerset House Sat 17 Nov 2018 £5.00 Featured block image: Tag: Sat 17 Nov 2018 ... Archival Disruptions Featured block image: Tag: Sat 17 Nov 2018 | 15.30- 16.30 One-line description: ... https://auth-somerset.axis12.com/whats-on/assembly/extreme-romanticism-elizabeth… Title: Extreme Romanticism Featured block image: Tag: Sat 17 Nov 2018 | 18.00- 19.00 One-line ...
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To mark the end of Art Night 2021 we broadcast all online film works across one evening, including our Somerset House co-commissions.
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Artor Jesus Inkerö works through performative processes, such as bodybuilding, behavioural therapies, vocal coaching, and creates videos, performances, objects and images.
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British Photographer Laura Pannack in conversation with Sabina Jaskot-Gill, the Associate Curator of Photographs at The National Portrait Gallery.
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Our picks from the 2017 edition of London's premier photography fair.
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A major retrospective of photographer Miles Aldridge's work.
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Malik Nashad Sharpe is a choreographer, dancer, and movement director, regularly making work under the alias marikiscrycrycry.
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Listen now to a new three-part audio work by artist and Savage Messiah author Laura Grace Ford, generated by psychogeographic walks – drifts - through parts of West London.
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Exploring how technology is transforming the erotic and how fiction can empower individuals while challenging enduring stigmas.
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Join us for a collective soundscape making/listening workshop with Angela YT Chan. Together we will be exploring the depths and breadths of soil, its history, and its endless possibilities.
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Get an up close and personal perspective from the people behind the publications.
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Join Iggy London as he shares some of his most personal and thoughtful film projects and insights into his career route to becoming a Film Director.
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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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