Engage with provocative proposals from artists, activitsts and thinkers, join the debate and feed in your thoughts, hopes and dreams to a collective display of ideas for utopia now.
/whats-on/utopia-think-tank-weekend
A summer of free activity for all ages including workshops, talks, performances and pop-ups
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Are you living your life in sleep mode – a deceptive term meaning never fully on or off? Curator Sarah Cook explores the politics of how we spend our time.
/blog/sleep-mode-and-cultural-politics-time
An annual night of cross-disciplinary performance and installation on 11 October 2024.
/press/somerset-house-studios-announces-agm-2024
Historic England’s first major exhibition, told the story of key public art created between 1945 and 1985, the exhibition followed the fates and fortunes of site-specific sculptures and reliefs.
/whats-on/out-there
The Feminist Internet collective examined the impact of online abuse and harassment as a virus infecting the internet for the second event in the Defrag series.
/blog/defrag-feminist-internet-digital-clinic
As part of the legacy of Nocturnal City, new Associate Artists Resis’dance host a workshop aimed at ending dancefloor discrimination.
/whats-on/resisdance-behind-the-decks
Somerset House Young Producers share their experiences of their first months working at Somerset House, exploring Black history, heritage and culture in relation to Somerset House.
/blog/introducing-somerset-house-future-producers-pt2
The last in a trilogy of events including performances, lectures, workshops and discussion.
/whats-on/without-you-im-nothing-end-survival-guide-post-apocalyptic-child
Artists exploring solutions for social and environmental issues via everyday scenarios.
/residents/something-and-son
Listen to a podcast series by Somerset House Studios associates Feminist Internet which explores the theme of Recoding Spaces.
/blog/feminist-internet-podcast
Watch a short film produced in partnership with Holborn Community Association inspired by our Summer 2019 exhibitions
/blog/holborn-community-association-summer-film-project-londoners
Festival director Holly Gramazio selects highlights of this year's festival of games and play.
/blog/10-games-play-now-play
Music Hackspace presents accessibility instrument builders Human Instruments presenting their new project, Haptic Baton, a conductors baton that communicates to visually impaired players.
/whats-on/music-hackspace-artist-talk-human-instruments-presents-haptic-baton
We are now open for small events and to the public.
/venue-hire/venue-hire-news/were-good-go-opening-safely-visit-england-accreditation
Formed in Los Angeles, Foster the People are festival favourites whose kaleidoscopic pop anthems have delivered a string of worldwide hits.
/whats-on/summer-series/foster-the-people
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.
/blog/i-should-be-doing-something-else-right-now-qa
The UK’s largest African Caribbean culinary collective sets up residency from July
/press/future-plate-join-somerset-house-community-cultural-innovators
Swarzy Macaly brought her positive energy to this session, sharing her career path to becoming a KISS Radio presenter and voice of BBC Sounds.
/blog/upgrade-yourself-inspiration-swarzy-macaly
Black Curatorial enable spaces for the experimentation of ideas and concepts from Black Curators and Creatives.
/residents/black-curatorial
