Monday 5 October 2020

Somerset House - Opening soon – Leila Alaoui: Rite of Passage

 A photo by Leila Alaoui. Black and white image of a boy who sits on a broken wall, looking off into the distance.

Opening soon – Leila Alaoui: Rite of Passage

The first major UK presentation of works from the celebrated French-Moroccan photographer, video artist and activist Leila Alaoui opens its doors this Sunday.

This exhibition shares the unseen stories of communities displaced by conflict and unrest as captured by Alaoui, whose photography offers an intimate portrait into the rich cultural identities and societies facing uncertainty. 

11 OCT – 28 FEB
TERRACE ROOMS
PAY WHAT YOU CAN
ADVANCED BOOKING ESSENTIAL 

Leila Alaoui: Rite of Passage is the ninth exhibition in The Charles Russell Speechlys Terrace Room Series.

JOIN US IN PERSON

An artwork by Vivienne Griffin. A wax cast of a hand photographed on a black background.

GALLERY 31: I SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE RIGHT NOW

Bringing together digital collage, print material, sound and sculpture, this exhibition interrogates change as the operational model for modern life.

UNTIL 10 JAN
GALLERY 31, NEW WING
FREE 

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

MUSIC PRODUCTION WITH SPATIAL SOUND

Immersive sound agency Call & Response introduce the basics of creating a music production session in 3-dimensional space in this introductory workshop.

SAT 10 OCT
CALL & RESPONSE STUDIOS, NEW WING
£40 


JOIN US ONLINE

A graphic of white squares and colour 3-d shapes on a grey background.

INTRODUCTION TO 3D AUDIO FOR ONLINE PLATFORMS

Learn how to compose an immersive soundscape for web and online platforms and familiarise yourself with 360 recording techniques in this online workshop.

THU 08 OCT
ONLINE
£15 

A photo taken by Leila Alaoui. An old man with a beard, wearing an Arabic headscarf, looking into the camera.

LEILA ALAOUI: ONLINE TALK

To celebrate the opening of Leila Alaoui: Rite of Passage we invite cultural commentator and award-winning broadcaster Ekow Eshun and photographer Hassan Hajjaj to discuss Alaoui's work.

FRI 09 OCT
ONLINE
FREE

A photo of people enjoying a talk at last year's 1-54 Forum.

1-54 FORUM

1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair London returns with another year of its talk programme, engaging with creative networks in the African global diaspora.

08 - 11 OCT
ONLINE
FREE

A graphic artwork. Orange background, with the letters B B Z overlaid in black.

TRANSMISSIONS: BBZ TV

BBZ, the Black Queer Art & DJ collective present a snapshot into queer Black British archives, memes and a re-imagined queertopia in this episode of DIY TV show Transmissions

WED 07 OCT, 21.00
FRI 09 OCT, 10.00
ONLINE
FREE