Somerset House Podcast

The Process Archive - Experimenting with Sound and the Voice

06 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For the first in The Process Archive sub-series we revisit three works from Assembly, Somerset House Studios experimental sound and music series, wit...

The Process: Are drums a time-travelling device?

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Somerset House Studios artist Appau Junior Boakye-Yiadom reimagines the drums as a time-travelling device across continent, history, and bodies.A sel...

The Process: What happens when performance meets everyday activism?

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Artist duo Cooking Sections blur the lines between art and activism with their installation, The Ministry of Sewers. The Ministry of Sewers is an ex...

The Process: How to authentically document your creative community?

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

DJ and producer, Tayo Papoola, explores how the ground-breaking photography of Jennie Baptiste documented a generation of Black British creatives.  ...

The Process: How does an object become erotic?

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this special interview edition of the Process, artist Sidsel Meineche Hansen unpacks the background to her digital commission Grumpy.   Sidsel M...

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

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 throug...

Our Future | Soil: Common Ground Podcast

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Our History | SOIL: COMMON GROUND

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 m...

Our Beginning | SOIL: COMMON GROUND

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 gr...

SOIL: Common Ground

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 episode...

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

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

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

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 | Spotif...

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

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

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

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How can cuteness be used to sugar coat difficult messages?  In this episode we join another artist commissioned for the Somerset House exhibition C...

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

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hannah Diamond reflects on the transformative powers of cute Cute aesthetics have exploded into pop culture. We use filters to make ourselves look ...

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

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

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

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The communal voice has a long history within the resistance movement, from African American spirituals, to the protest songs of the civil rights movem...

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

20 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Not Strictly Speaking: Series Trailer

20 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A three-part podcast series, released 20-22 March 2024, exploring different manifestations of the voice, produced in conjunction with Somerset House S...

The Process: Is animal breeding a form of sculpture? | Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Artists Revival Cohen & Tuur Van Balen explore how humans have transformed the animals that we live with. The way in which we think about animal...

The Process: Is Failure More Productive Than Success? | Tom Staples, Makerversity

31 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The road to success is paved with inspirational quotes about failure.  But could failure be more productive than success? In this episode of The Proc...

The Process: The Black British Renaissance with Andrew Ibi, Jazzie B & Martine Rose

02 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tracing the legacy of Black British fashion with Andrew Ibi, Jazzie B & Martine Rose. The late 80s to the early 90s saw a Black cultural renaiss...

Soft Life: The Earth

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What if the way we're approaching the crisis is part of the crisis? We look at the effect our endless drive for productivity is having on the planet ...

Soft Life: The Body

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How can the soft body challenge social hierarchies? We turn our gaze towards the soft life of the body and unpack new ways of thinking about embodi...

Soft Life: Time

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How can we make time free? We contemplate different ways of experiencing time beyond the linear, with Somerset House Studios artist Shenece Oretha o...

Soft Life: Work

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our ways of working aren’t working. How can art offer new ways of being outside of the values of hustle culture?  We explore changing attitudes ...

Soft Life: Experiments In New Ways of Being

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A new limited series for the Somerset House Podcast Soft Life is part of a growing number of movements challenging the way we work. How can soft ap...

The Process: Geometry for Aliens

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Artist Leila Dear explores whether geometry could be a universal language  What do our attempts to communicate with extra-terrestrials say about us...

The Process: Slimy Worlds & Quantum Listening

01 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The artist Libby Heaney spent many years as a quantum physicist researching the concept of quantum entanglement, the way objects can affect each other...

S2 Ep2: The Process: Why is A.I. So Secretive?

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Film maker Morgan Quaintance is interested in what AI can teach us about being human. For his commission for our digital platform Channel, he set out ...

The Process: Living with Ghosts

01 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Elizabeth Bernholtz, aka Gazelle Twin, has had paranormal experiences since her early childhood. Ever since she’s been both terrified and thrilled b...

Trailer: The Process Series 2

27 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The creative process is inspired by worlds beyond itself.  The Somerset House podcast series 'The Process' brings those worlds together, platforming ...

S1: Trailer: Welcome to the Echoic Archive

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

S1 Ep1: Echoic Archive: African Filmmakers in The Diaspora Underground

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Many African Filmmakers, both on the continent and in the diaspora, have been using the medium to connect and communicate across time and space. Havi...

S1 Ep2: Echoic Archive: Creative Coding & Archive In The Metaverse

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Questions and complications of the metaverse are broken down by artist collective Keiken, whose cross-dimensional practice merges the physical with th...

S1 Ep3: Echoic Archive: Collected Materials, Mythology and Archiving for Climate Change

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Weyland sits down with Filipino artist Leeroy New who was commissioned to create the Earth Day 2022 sculpture in Somerset House’s courtyard. The pa...

S1 Ep4: Echoic Archive: Dark Fecundity + Archiving For The Distant Future

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Weyland hops on an audio space adventure to Andromeda with Somerset House Studios artist and writer Sonya Dyer to explore how we can construct the fut...

The Process: Healing through skating

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Roller skating is having a moment.  Instagram videos of roller skaters doing synchronised dances went viral over lockdown and inspired a new generati...

S1 Ep5: The Process: Reclaiming the Commons

16 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Col Self grew up as a child playing on the sites of the new age traveller community in the 1990s. After the passing of the criminal justice bill and ...

The Process: Taking Fun Seriously

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Somerset House Studios resident Anna Meredith is a composer who takes writing playful music seriously. But her process is anything but reckless.  Ove...

The Process: Language of Resistance

02 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

‘How do you imagine yourself as anything other than what you are told you are?’   Shiraz Bayjoo is a Mauritian artist living in London whose p...

The Process: What is Financial Astrology?

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What is Financial Astrology?  Somerset House Studios artist Gary Zhexi Zhang is interested in exploring the chimeric edges of global systems.  Rec...

The Process: Breaking The Rules

16 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Breaking the Rules featuring Andy Holden & Mark McGowan ‘The power of performance lies in it not really being there’ Andy Holden grew up ...

Trailer - The Process | Somerset House Podcast

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A brand new six-part podcast series, The Process, takes listeners behind the scenes with some of today’s most exciting creatives on their journey t...

Trailer | Coping Mechanisms

04 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Speaking to familiar faces, including Carol Morley, Jarvis Cocker, Nabihah Iqbal, Noel Fielding and Tim Burgess, the series reflects on how guest have...

S1 Ep4: The Avoidance of Boredom | Coping Mechanisms

03 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the final episode Iain and Jane talk to the stand-up comedian and radio broadcaster Robin Ince about the Stay at Home Festival and musician, produc...

S1 Ep3: Connected in Time | Coping Mechanisms

02 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Exploring whether we can really have a collective experience online, our hosts meet with Carol Morley and Tim Burgess. Catch up with the brilliant w...

S1 Ep2: Life Drawing's A Killer | Coping Mechanisms

01 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Why is it so many of us paint, draw or in some way turn to creativity in tough times? When we’re told to stay at home, and required to hold our fami...

S1 Ep1: Make Your Own Entertainment | Coping Mechanisms

30 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How do we cope when our world is unexpectedly turned upside down?  When lockdown was imposed on the UK, almost all of Iain & Jane's projects ca...

S7 Ep5: Peel Back The Curtain | 24/7

04 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Slipping between the real and the imaginary. Filmmaker Liam Young uncovers the concept behind his film Renderlands, which portrays a global network o...

S7 Ep4: Sleep Well, Sweet Dreams | 24/7

21 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How did you sleep last night? Artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, and writer Stuart Evers paint a possible future for our sleep and dreams in a 24/...

S7 Ep3: Dopamine Detox & Resisting Surveillance | 24/7

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How many times have you looked at your phone today? Artist Mat Collishaw draws parallels between behavioural experiments on birds and the highly addic...

S7 Ep2: Artificial Birdsong and a Virtual Choir | 24/7

06 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Refresh, reflect, reset... Artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg invites you to sit and listen to the dawn chorus, questioning how the city may sound withou...

S7 Ep1: More, More, More | 24/7

20 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Artist Benjamin Grosser explores the notion of ‘more’ in a 24/7 world. The 24/7 podcast invites artists to explore the non-stop nature of modern...

S6 Ep5: Mothership | Get Up, Stand Up Now

11 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Calling planet earth! Artist Yinka Shonibare CBE, acclaimed saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings, fashion designer Mowalola Ogunlesi, and Get Up, Stand Up No...

S6 Ep4: Imaginary Landscapes | Get Up, Stand Up Now

11 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

#4 Imaginary Landscapes What is the place of Black diasporic art in Britain today? How do artists use imaginary landscapes to look to the future, brea...

S6 Ep3: Masquerade | Get Up, Stand Up Now

11 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

#3 Masquerade Artists Zoe Bedeaux and Rhea Storr, writer Margaret Busby and Get Up, Stand Up Now curator Zak Ové explore the concept of masquerade in...

S6 Ep2: Dream to Change the World | Get Up, Stand Up Now

11 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

#2 Dream to Change the World How do we imagine a better future? How do we imagine equality and how do we get there? Horace Ové CBE is internation...

S6 Ep1: Motherland | Get Up, Stand Up Now

11 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

#1 Motherland Legendary musician Dennis Bovell, writer Margaret Busby, and photographer Normski come together with Get Up, Stand Up Now exhibition cur...

Trailer | Get Up, Stand Up Now Podcast

10 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A taster of the Get Up, Stand Up Now podcast series, celebrating generations of black creative pioneers.  A crafted sound odyssey over five episode...

S5 Ep1: Khaos Spirit by Serena Korda | Earth Day Season 2019

16 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A new, site-responsive audio work exploring society’s relationship with the natural elements from award-winning artist Serena Korda. Following her...

S4 Ep2: London Design Biennale 2018: Emotional States

11 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The second iteration the London Design Biennale brings the best in global design thinking to Somerset House.  This year it is devoted to the theme ...

S4 Ep1: Film4 Summer Screen: Interview with Bart Layton, writer/director of American Animals

20 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

An interview with writer/director Bart Layton ahead of the UK premiere of American Animals, a true-crime tale full of high tension, bold style, and b...

S3 Ep2: PROCESS! Evolving Technologies

21 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In our rapidly evolving media landscape, how are projects that might previously have been confined to print media, manifesting online and through othe...

S3 Ep1: PROCESS! Interdependent Publishing

21 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A panel discussion featuring contemporary publishing practices that embrace interdependent approaches as integral to their process and outcomes. How d...

S1 Ep21: Print | Marsha Rowe - Spare Rib

07 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Interview with Marsha Rowe, Co-Founder of Spare Rib. Print! Tearing it Up at Somerset House explores the history and impact of the British independe...

S1 Ep20: Print | Tony Elliott - Time Out

06 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

An interview with Tony Elliott, Founder of Time Out. Print! Tearing it Up at Somerset House explores the history and impact of the British independe...

S1 Ep19: Print | Rhona Ezuma - Thiiird

06 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Interview with Rhona Ezuma, Editor in Chief of Thiiird. Print! Tearing it Up at Somerset House explores the history and impact of the British indepe...

S1 Ep18: Print | Elisabeth Krohn - Sabat

06 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Interview with Elisabeth Krohn, Editor and Creative Director of Sabat Magazine

S1 Ep17: Print | Alpa Depani - ROMP

06 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Interview with Alpa Depani, Editor of ROMP. Print! Tearing it Up at Somerset House explores the history and impact of the British independent magazi...

S1 Ep16: Print | Nick Logan - The Face

06 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Interview with Nick Logan, Founder of The Face. Print! Tearing it Up at Somerset House explores the history and impact of the British independent ma...

S1 Ep15: Print | Ian Gabb (Letterpress Monster) - Royal College of Art

06 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Interview with Ian Gabb aka Letterpress Monster and the letterpress technician for Royal College of Art.  Print! Tearing it Up at Somerset House ex...

S1 Ep14: Print | John L. Walters - Eye

06 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

An interview with John L. Walters, Editor of Eye magazine. Print! Tearing it Up at Somerset House explores the history and impact of the British ind...

S1 Ep13: Print | Pat Randle - Double Dagger

06 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

An interview with Pat Randle, Co-Founder of Double Dagger magazine. Print! Tearing it Up at Somerset House explores the history and impact of the Br...

S1 Ep12: Print | Sharan Dhaliwal - Burnt Roti

06 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

An interview with Sharan Dhaliwal, Editor in Chief of Burnt Roti. Print! Tearing it Up at Somerset House explores the history and impact of the Brit...

S1 Ep11: Perfume Pioneers: The Future of Fragrance

20 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Perfume is becoming a different kind of cultural experience . In this podcast episode, practitioners and experts spanning the world of perfume, look ...

S1 Ep10: Perfume Pioneers: Killian Wells

15 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The olfactory rebel. Los Angeles-based Killian Wells, pop musician turned perfumer turned millennial entrepreneur, represents less a relaxing of the r...

S1 Ep9: Perfume Pioneers: Bertrand Duchaufour

31 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Bertrand Duchaufour, creator of Avignon, is one of the most prolific and respected perfumers within niche perfumery. He was expecting to become a geol...

S1 Ep8: Perfume Pioneers: Andy Tauer

19 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Perfumer Andy Tauer is a hobbyist turned professional, inspiring many to try their hand at perfumery. Tauer describes the creation of L’Air du Dés...

S1 Ep7: Perfume Pioneers: Lyn Harris

11 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Lyn Harris has brought a new relaxed confidence to British perfumery, promoting the role of natural materials. Trained in Paris and Grasse, she emphas...

S1 Ep6: Perfume Pioneers: David Seth Moltz

04 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Free from European perfumery heritage, musician and self-taught perfumer David Seth Moltz is at the vanguard of a thrilling and unorthodox scent movem...

S1 Ep5: Perfume Pioneers: Daniela Andrier

28 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Daniela Andrier's perfumery is about evolution, not revolution. Her creation Purple Rain for Prada Olfactories (2015) is an exquisite, seamless layer...

S1 Ep4: Perfume Pioneers: Antoine Lie

14 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Antoine Lie talks about love and bodily fluids as he introduces the concept behind Sécretions Magnifiques, perhaps the most provocative scent within ...

S1 Ep3: Perfume Pioneers: Geza Schoen

06 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The latest Perfume Pioneers podcasts features German entrepreneur Geza Schoen who introduces his elusive perfume Molecule 01, containing just one mat...

S1 Ep2: Perfume Pioneers: Mark Buxton

29 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Buxton's Comme des Garçons 2 changed our perceptions of what perfume could be. In the first episode of the Perfume Pioneers series Mark gives in...

S1 Ep1: Perfume: An introduction

20 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

An introduction to Perfume: a sensory journey through contemporary scent, at Somerset House, 21 Jun - 17 Sep 2017. An introduction from the perfume...