Wednesday 24 February 2021

Somerset House - Slow down with an embroidery workshop

A still from Rebecca Jagoe's embroidery workshop film. It shows scraps of fabric and folded paper with printed text on a white background.

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REBECCA JAGOE: ‘I BESEECH THEE’ EMBROIDERING TEXTUAL AMULETS WORKSHOP

Take a moment to slow down in this embroidery workshop reflecting on the power of language. Using scrap fabric and drawing on Western medieval practice you can craft your own amulet.

Part of Hyper Functional, Ultra Healthy, an online programme considering both our individual health and collective wellbeing by exploring societal and ecological issues affecting both people and planet.   

UNTIL SUN 07 MAR
ONLINE
FREE


A still from Adam Farcus' 'Solastalgia (Lubbock)'. It shows a combine harvester travelling across a dusty field

NOT/NOWHERE FILM SCREENING

We screen four short films, selected by artist workers’ cooperative not/nowhere, exploring individual health and collective wellbeing. 

FROM THU 25 FEB, 18.30
ONLINE
FREE

A composition by Sam Williams. It is an image with multiple exposures of hands, a tree trunk and a freestanding stage light, washed with pink and red

LAURA GRACE FORD AND SAM WILLIAMS

Through new text and video work, the two artists engage in a conversation about the liminal and spectral aspects of the city and the body in heightened isolation.

FROM FRI 12 MAR
ONLINE
FREE

A photo of drag artist Crystal. Crystal has white blonde curly hair and a painted face with blue eye shadow.

UPGRADE YOURSELF: DEVELOPING CONCEPTS AND PERFORMANCES WITH DRAG ARTIST CRYSTAL

Join all-round entertainer and drag artist Crystal, who will share her experiences working across podcasts, television and performing live.

THU 11 MAR, 13.00
ONLINE
FREE


An artwork by Okocha Obasi. Objects such as locks, bricks, cardboard boxes, combs and whistles are tiled against a blue, cloudy sky.

YOUNG PRODUCERS X COMUZI: DECENTRALISE

Engage virtually with objects from and inspired by our exhibition past, spanning Afro-nowism, Afrofuturism, political arts and disobedient objects, through design and play.  

FROM TUE 16 MAR
ONLINE
FREE


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