Visual artist and filmmaker working between moving image, performance and installation.
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Visual artist and creative director who creates installations driven by a curiosity for (dis)order, perception and the limits of our senses.
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Join the fellows of the Learned Society of Extra Ordinary Objects in their temporary HQ at Somerset House for an evening fuelled by the spirit of storytelling through design.
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Award winning filmmaker using technology to create documentary and VR experiences.
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Join musician, artist & writer Seth Kim-Cohen who in his research interrogates sound & music as they intersect with politics, economics, history & other cultural practices.
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Bring a story of a loved one or some one you admire and have a live drawing created of them
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1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, the leading art fair dedicated to the promotion of contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora, returns to London for its 9th edition.
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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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atmosphere in your photos. Not only will you have the opportunity to try out Nikon’s latest equipment with ...
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outstanding images. Not only will you have the opportunity to try out Nikon’s latest equipment with Nikon’s ...
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Shobana Jeyasingh Dance presents a performance choreographed for our courtyard and fountains.
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Laura Grace Ford is a London based artist and writer concerned with the politics and poetics of place.
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Somerset House Supporters’ Court is an initiative for individuals who would like to help us fulfil our artistic vision, inspire artists and audiences and preserve Somerset House’s architectural glory.
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1-54 Forum, the fair’s talk programme, returns with a focus on productive networks of creatives of the African global diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Honouring those who have come before us, we look back on the specialist takeovers of our interactive courtyard installation.
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This year, visitors to Skate will experience a new spectacular artwork on our stunning ice rink from Somerset House Studios resident artist Gaika.
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The longtime fishing practices of the Faroe Islands are threatened by animal rights activism, plummeting wildlife populations and rising mercury levels.
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A chance to meet the director responsible for some of the most provocative and immaculately crafted films of the 21st century, Ruben Östlund.
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Simulation artist creating site-specific virtual worlds, video game essays, and speculative films.
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