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Somewhere is a multi-disciplinary UK-based creative organisation founded in 2001 by artist / film-makers Karen Guthrie (born 1970) and Nina Pope (born 1968) to produce and support projects with a concern for new audiences and innovative uses of media and technologies.

After studying together at s. One of the UK's earliest artists' websites, www.somewhere.org.uk has been online since 1996.

Somewhere has many long-term collaborators including composer Tim Olden and technologist Dorian Moore .


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TV swansong

In 2002, Somewhere produced the media art project "TV swansong", the first live Webcast of artists' projects commissioned specifically for the WWW, which took as its subject the demise of Television in the age of convergent media. The project is archived at www.swansong.tv .


Bata-ville: We are not afraid of the future

In 2005 Somewhere co-produced Pope & Guthrie's first feature film, the documentary travelogue ". It was supported by funding from Arts Council England , the Heritage Lottery Fund , the European Cultural Foundation and Thurrock Council. It has since been shown many times, including at Tate Britain . {Link without Title}


Other works

Other works include:
  • ''The Festival of Lying'', Grizedale Show, Cumbria (2000)

  • ''A Fair Place'', British Council Group show, Nouvelles Peripheries, Istanbul, Turkey (2001)

  • ''Seven Samurai'', Site-specific project for Echigo-Tsumari Triennale, Japan - curated by Grizedale Arts (ongoing, 2007)



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