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Resonant Dance Floors 23 Jul 2024

Artist Joe Namy examines the healing effects of sound on the body through their work

How to... LOVERBOY! 5 Jun 2024

What do you do with that spark of inspiration, that burning desire, that…white…heat?

Bamboo As Method 29 Feb 2024

Artist Zheng Bo explores the restorative nature of creating artworks with plants.

The Power of Cute 22 Jan 2024

A video essay unpacking the lure and sinister nature of cuteness.

In Conversation: Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen 5 Dec 2023

The artist duo sit down with Orit Gat to share the ideas and process behind their commission for Channel.

Designing for the Real World 25 Oct 2023

Makerversity members showcase what it means to invent with a social purpose.

The Missing Thread 21 Sep 2023

A documentary exploring the untold stories of Black British fashion

In Conversation: Rashaad Newsome 20 Jun 2023

The artist is joined by Tamar Clarke-Brown to unpack his latest animated video work and the narratives of Black possibility it conjures.

Grounding Practice: Phoebe Collings-James 11 Apr 2023

Delve into the process of Phoebe Collings-James’ ceramics practice.

Edges of Sign Language 27 Mar 2023

Multidisciplinary artist Christine Sun Kim shares insights into her Somerset House residency and practice

Human-Centered Design for AI Systems 8 Mar 2023

The ever-pressing question of artificial intelligence is brought to a panel

Monstrosity & Glamour 1 Feb 2023

Journey with Jenkin van Zyl through his deviant practice and theatrical installations.

In Conversation: Sin Wai Kin 19 Oct 2022

The Turner prize nominated artist is joined by film & video curator Róisín Tapponi to discuss their latest video work.

Latent Joy 8 Sep 2022

Follow the twists and turns of a live improvisational performance.

We Are History: Race, Colonialism and Climate Change 23 Aug 2022

A video essay exploring the climate crisis and legacies of colonialism.

Leeroy New: Vessels of Transformation 23 Aug 2022

Reimagining and creating alternative, positive futures.

Assembly 2024

Watch a collection of new commissions, collaborations, talks and live performances.

Performances 14 Sep 2024

A selection of experimental sound and music performances.

Talks 14 Sep 2024

Two discussions about experimental music and decolonising sound art.

Not Strictly Speaking

A three-part podcast series exploring different manifestations of the voice, produced in conjunction with Somerset House Studios' Assembly.

The Voice as Resistance

Vivienne Griffin and Helen Cammock explore the enduring power of group singing and how it can embody resistance

The Voice is the Instrument

Elaine Mitchener & Joan La Barbara explore the voice as a sound producing instrument

The Disembodied Voice

Prem Sahib and Felicia Atkinson consider the voices that speak on our behalf.

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Artists in Focus

Films profiling artists making work at Somerset House Studios.

Resonant Dance Floors

Artist Joe Namy examines the healing effects of sound on the body through their work

Impossible Bodies

Artist Sian Fan considers the expansiveness of the digital body and how it transcends the limits of the human.

Heartbreak and Magic

Libby Heaney reveals the magic qualities of quantum computing.

Reimagining the Future

Sonya Dyer discusses the role of science fiction and speculative worlds in her practice.

Between Beauty & Violence

Revital & Tuur unpack the unique writing and filmmaking process that fuelled their latest commission.

Gestures of Possibility

Rashaad Newsome shares the futuristic and fantastical ways they celebrate the power of movement and gesture in their work.

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The Process

Latest series of The Process platforms the big conversations from artists which go on to inspire new work.

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