Saturday 26 September 2020

Somerset House - Art to enjoy this weekend

 A photo of the artwork, the Arrivals board, at Somerset House

Arrivals + Departures

The latest installation in our courtyard is a large-scale interactive work exploring birth, death and the journey in between. Through the act of naming, artists YARA + DAVINA want to offer a platform to engage with life and loss.


So, we’re inviting you to submit the names of people who have arrived and departed to the boards, which you can do online or in person.

10 SEP – 05 NOV
EDMOND J. SAFRA FOUNTAIN COURT
FREE


WHAT'S ONLINE

A grey graphic with colourful shapes of purple, orange and blue

ASSEMBLY 2020

ASSEMBLY 2020, Somerset House Studios’ annual music series has returned with a special online edition. This week we have already seen new audio work from Zadie Xa and Kelman Duran. Still to come over the next three nights are premieres and artist talks from Loraine JamesLafawndah and Ben Vince.


From Monday you can catch up on all the audio works, archived on the specially developed listening platform assembly2020.co.

NIGHTLY PREMIERES UNTIL SUN 27 SEP
ARCHIVED FROM MON 28 SEP

ONLINE
FREE

A graphic of someone standing in a full body suit against a purple landscape

I SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE RIGHT NOW WITH COL SELF

The latest in a series inviting Studios artists to create quick-fire commissions exploring work, play and process, Col’s work speculates on rites of passage and altered internal states.

TUE 30 SEP, 18.00
ONLINE
FREE

An artwork by Maryam Jafri, different photos of womens' faces in a grid

TRANSMISSIONS: LAWRENCE ABU HAMDAN

Turner Prize-winning artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan curates an episode of DIY artist-led series Transmissions, with contributions from Maryam JafriMaan Abu Taleb and others.

WED 30 SEP, 21.00
FRI 02 OCT, 10.00
ONLINE
FREE 

A photo taken by NASA of a planet, with light on its horizon.

BEGINNINGLESS MIND BY MARIJA BOZINOVSKA JONES

Don’t miss this interactive work from studios artist Marija, who shares Beginningless Mind, a three-part audio-visual work exploring nature and cosmic law.

AVAILABLE UNTIL TUE 30 SEP
ONLINE
FREE