With Easter just around the corner it's almost time for our annual celebration of games design in Now Play This, it's your last chance to catch Eloise Hawser's By the deep, by the mark exhibition and Somerset House Studios begins a new series called The Listening Party with Imran Perretta delving into the influences of British-South Asian artists. For more details on these and many other events taking place this month read on below.
The three-day games festival returns as part of the city-wide London Games Festival, with a host of hands-on activities for all ages. This year, Now Play This explores international game design, from the 1990s to the present day.
From digital to analogue games, players will experience an array of dozens of games across multiple spaces – many of which premiere at the festival this year. This year’s focus is on the idea of place, demonstrating how games and play help us understand the world around us in new ways.
04 - 06 APR 2018
£8.00 / £6.50 CONCS / UNLIMITED PASS £35.00
NEW WING
05 - 15 JUL 2018
THE EDMOND J. SAFRA FOUNTAIN COURT
Eloise Hawser discusses the close relationship between Somerset House and the Thames
TUE 10 APR 2018, 19.00 - 20.30
£10.00 / £7.00 CONC.
SCREENING ROOM, SOUTH WING
PART OF THE CHARLES RUSSELL SPEECHLYS TERRACE ROOMS SERIES
Get ready - from 5 April a limited amount of See It First tickets will be available for London Design Biennale 2018. Returning for its second edition from 4 - 23 September 2018, the Biennale will explore the theme of Emotional States and take over Somerset House with installations from over 35 countries and cities.
Enjoy up to 20% off until the end of April and be one of the first to see work created by some of the world’s most exciting and ambitious designers.
04 - 23 SEP
SITE-WIDE, SOMERSET HOUSE
MORE DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
A new series delving into the influences of British-South Asian artists, The Listening Party is curated and hosted by Studios artist Imran Perretta. Each event invites an artist to discuss the unique sonic and visual cultures that underpin their practice, their deepest cuts, music video obsessions and favourite unreleased tracks.
For the inaugural event, Imran talks to Paul Purgas, a multidisciplinary artist working with sound, performance and installation who is also one half of the production project Emptyset.
