Episodes 88
Avg. Duration 24m
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Apple Rating 5.0 (2)
Since Jun 2017
Latest Episode May 2026

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The Somerset House Podcast, shaped and sculpted by artists, explores original cultural ideas which connect listeners to the creative process. Each series goes behind the scenes at Somerset House to uncover the stories explored through our programme and creative community. 

As the home of cultural innovators, Somerset House connects creativity and the artist with wider society to produce unexpected outcomes and unexplored futures, intensifying creativity and multiplying opportunity to drive artistic and social innovation. 

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The Process: How To Listen in a World of Noise

May 14, 2026 17m Transcript

From alternative modes of listening to live performance as a form of time travel, the Black political economy of music and the platform conditions of distribution, musician, curator and theorist,…

The Process: The Sea Snake is Listening

Apr 15, 2026 24m

Artist Dana-Fiona Armour reveals what the sea snake knows about our changing oceans – and what it’s telling us about the climate emergency.  It’s animals like the sea snake – a vital but often…

The Process Archive: Experimenting with Sound and the Voice

Mar 06, 2026 16m

For the first in The Process Archive sub-series we revisit three works from Assembly, Somerset House Studios experimental sound and music series, with artists Elaine Mitchener, Beatrice Dillon,…

The Process: Are drums a time-travelling device?

Feb 05, 2026 31m

Somerset House Studios artist Appau Junior Boakye-Yiadom reimagines the drums as a time-travelling device across continent, history, and bodies.A visual artist who has been learning the drums as part…

The Process: What happens when performance meets everyday activism?

Jan 08, 2026 25m

Artist duo Cooking Sections blur the lines between art and activism with their installation, The Ministry of Sewers. The Ministry of Sewers is an exhibit by artist duo Cooking Sections for the…

The Process: How to authentically document your creative community?

Dec 04, 2025 33m

DJ and producer, Tayo Papoola, explores how the ground-breaking photography of Jennie Baptiste documented a generation of Black British creatives.  Rhythm and Roots – Jennie Baptiste’s first major…

The Process: How does an object become erotic?

Nov 06, 2025 20m

In this special interview edition of the Process, artist Sidsel Meineche Hansen unpacks the background to her digital commission Grumpy.  Sidsel Meineche Hansen is a Danish artist who is interested…

The Process: Why did the British build a hedge across India?

Mar 07, 2025 29m

And how did it manage to disappear with barely a trace? Artists Himali Singh Soin and David Soin Tappeser (Hylozoic/Desires) go on a journey through the archives to unearth the story of the Great…

Our Future | Soil: Common Ground Podcast

Feb 05, 2025 36m

Our Future is tied to the future of our soil. Our decisions as to how we care for and use it matter. Soil teaches us that cycles are ongoing, and even in decline every day offers us opportunities for…

Our History | SOIL: COMMON GROUND

Jan 29, 2025 35m

Much of the history of human making springs from the soil. Cuneiform, the earliest form of writing, was engraved into clay; paint pigments come from minerals in the soil; and much of our material…

Our Beginning | SOIL: COMMON GROUND

Jan 22, 2025 30m

Our entire existence is dependent on our relationship with soil. As awareness builds of the enormity of the ecological crisis that we are facing, a growing number of artists are engaging with soil as…

SOIL: Common Ground

Jan 21, 2025 1m Trailer

Soil is unsung, and largely hidden from view. What if we were to put it in the foreground? To think of it as a collaborator?  Across three episodes, presenter and Somerset House Studios artist…

The Process: More Than a Space - The Club in Black Queer History

Dec 05, 2024 29m

Why has the club been so pivotal to the history of black queer placemaking? For artist and filmmaker Topher Campbell, growing up as a Black queer man in 1980s and 90s Britain, the club provided a…

The Process: Episode 16 Trailer - What is the legacy of the 2011 riots?

Sep 25, 2024 0m Trailer

What one site in Croydon can tell us about the biggest moment of civil unrest in Britain in a generation.Listen to the full episode: Apple | Spotify Artist Imran Perretta was in his early 20s when…

The Process: What is the legacy of the 2011 riots?

Sep 25, 2024 34m Transcript

What one site in Croydon can tell us about the biggest moment of civil unrest in Britain in a generation.Artist Imran Perretta was in his early 20s when the riots began in 2011. What started in…

The Process: The Darker Side of Cute with Sean-Kierre Lyons

Apr 12, 2024 27m

How can cuteness be used to sugar coat difficult messages? In this episode we join another artist commissioned for the Somerset House exhibition CUTE, Brooklyn based Sean-Kierre Lyons, to explore how…

The Process: FELT CUTE, MIGHT SHAPESHIFT LATER with Hannah Diamond

Mar 28, 2024 28m

Hannah Diamond reflects on the transformative powers of cute Cute aesthetics have exploded into pop culture. We use filters to make ourselves look like cute cats, dot our texts with hearts and smiley…

Not Strictly Speaking: The Disembodied Voice with Prem Sahib and Felicia Atkinson

Mar 22, 2024 26m

What does it mean to use the voice of others within a performance, text or recording? In this episode of Not Strictly Speaking, we look at the ways in which the voice is used both in service of…

Not Strictly Speaking: The Voice as Resistance with Vivienne Griffin and Helen Cammock

Mar 21, 2024 27m

The communal voice has a long history within the resistance movement, from African American spirituals, to the protest songs of the civil rights movement and the current pro-Palestine marches. In…

Not Strictly Speaking: The Voice is the Instrument with Elaine Mitchener & Joan La Barbara

Mar 20, 2024 31m

The voice is something we all share and yet rarely do we explore the full range of our instrument. Ahead of Assembly at Somerset House we talk to two vocal artists who stretch the capacities of the…

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