Visual artist and performer Zadie Xa presents a new six-part narrative sound piece for ASSEMBLY 2020.
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Ufuoma Essi Is a video artist and filmmaker from Lewisham, South East London.
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A versatile space offering a contemporary and elegant location with balcony views over the Edmond J Safra Fountain Court and the Thames.
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Read literature that has inspired artists and writers from across our Earth Day Season
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A 2-day programme of installations, presentations, panel discussions and live performances exploring image, sound and digital art.
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Singular in her approach to art and music, Juliana Huxtable is a contemporary polymath. We invited her to share with us the five most important works that influenced her practice.
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Holden’s new film installation for the exhibition Oh! My friends there is no friend, 2014–2018, examines friendship and how it is shaped by the media we consume
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For the second ASSEMBLY season, resident artist Christian Marclay will curate a series of intimate musical performances.
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DEFRAG returns for another series investigating the myriad ways that technology continues to change culture and society.
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In their take-over of Somerset House’s Stamp Stair percussionists David Soin Tappeser and Sarathy Korwar perform a rhythmic dialogue, revisiting the sonic ghosts of the building’s extractive histories
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Launched on World Earth Day 2018, we've raised a flag which reflects in real-time the impact of pollution & climatic changes.
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Biannual print magazine that celebrates people who live outside of the ordinary through personal storytelling and documentary portraiture.
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Face Values engages emotion as a physical performance, inviting visitors to use their facial expressions to control sound and graphic displays.
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Watch our short film exploring the work of Good Grief, Charlie Brown! featured artist patten
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Director Shane Meadows’ sharply observed and already iconic coming-of-age story centres on a young boy growing up in the Midlands during the early 1980s.
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production, with and against institutions. Through her practice she seeks places and people to question the ... in performance, and experimenting with new formations for her writing to complete a body of work ...
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If you’d prefer to take your first steps on the ice in a more relaxed setting, we’re offering reduced capacity Skate sessions on selected weekday mornings across the season.
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We are hosting a Relaxed Session for anyone who would like to explore SOIL in a calm and comfortable environment
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We are hosting a Relaxed Session for anyone who would like to explore Salt Cosmologies in a calm and comfortable and environment, including people with autism and other neurodiverse needs.
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Director Martin McDonagh’s wickedly funny black comedy starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as hitmen sent to beautiful Bruges to stay out of trouble.
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