Who Are You? (Directed by the Blaine Brothers

Another successful Skate at Somerset House season

11.01.16

After another successful season of Skate at Somerset House, it’s time to put the skates away until November. New for this year’s campaign, we commissioned the award-winning Blaine Brothers (Nina Forever) to make a short film set at Sk...

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The Cogency welcomes two new members of the team

23.12.15

In December, we welcomed Kathryn Winter to the team as our new Head of Digital. Kathryn will lead on strategy development & implementation of digital and social projects. We are also delighted that Selina Ocean will re-join the team in J...

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Le Patin Libre, phot by Alicia Clarke

Our new sting for Le Patin Libre

18.12.15

We are working on the campaign for Canadian ice dance quintet extraordinaire, Le Patin Libre, whose show Vertical will be taking place on Somerset House’s ice rink 12-16 January. We recently finished producing this short sting (with filmmak...

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Weeping Window poppies sculpture installed in Liverpool

Poppies: Weeping Window launched in Liverpool

13.11.15

Last week we launched the installation of the sculpture Weeping Window at St. Georges Hall, Liverpool, as part of our work as Marketing Consultants for the 14-18 NOW Poppies tour. The installation opened to coincide with Remembrance Sunday & A...

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NEW Political Mother: The Choreographer’s Cut trailer released

23.06.15

Internationally renowned Hofesh Shechter Company have just released the NEW official trailer Political Mother: The Choreographer’s Cut. Bringing the atmosphere of a rock gig, and brimming with gritty and emotional complexity, this extraordi...

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John Constable, Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows 1831

Happy birthday John Constable

11.06.15

11th June marks the birthday of British landscape artist John Constable. As part of the celebrations, the second phase of the display of Constable’s 6-foot masterpiece Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows (1831) opens at Ipswich’s Chr...

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We are voting again for Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House

19.05.15

Has it really been 11 years? Last year we celebrated 10 years of Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House. This August, THE finest outdoor cinema returns for its 11th season with 14 nights of classic, cult and contemporary films including 3 premiere...

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Hofesh Shechter Company’s London season #HOFEST

19.05.15

Last month our new client, internationally renowned Hofesh Shechter Company announced #HOFEST, a four week long season of work presented across London, celebrating the diversity of the company’s work and artistic partnerships, presented in f...

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David Byrne's Meltdown. Photo by Danny North

David Byrne's Meltdown

06.05.15

The Cogency are leading the marketing campaign for this year’s Meltdown festival at Southbank Centre, curated by David Byrne. The first wave of this year’s confirmed Meltdown acts have recently been announced and go on sale this Frida...

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PICK ME UP

PICK ME UP Graphic Arts Festival

29.04.15

Last week, The Cogency were invited to attend the preview of PICK ME UP Graphic Arts Festival at Somerset House featuring some of the best of new illustration, graphic design and other related disciplines. Check out the image gallery to see some ...

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Memories of 1914, Royal de Luxe, 2014

15 x 15

17.03.15

In 2014 we were very proud to be the Marketing Consultants for 14-18 NOW, the official, UK-wide, cultural programme to mark the centenary of the First World War. The Cogency developed the marketing strategy for season 1, which included commission...

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Manchester International Festival - Kenneth Brannagh's Macbeth

15 x 14

06.03.15

This penultimate post showcasing 15 years of The Cogency takes us to the year 2013 and our work for Manchester International Festival (MIF), a world class festival of new and pioneering commissions. The Cogency has worked on every festival since i...

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David Byrne's Meltdown

David Byrne's Meltdown

13.02.15

We are delighted to be working with the Southbank Centre’s marketing team on this year’s Meltdown, which will be curated by David Bryne, following in the footsteps of previous directors including Jarvis Cocker, Patti Smith, David Bowie...

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World Stages London

15 x 13

09.02.15

Our year-long retrospective of blog posts covering 15 years of the Cogency is nearing an end. The 13th post sends us to that momentous year, 2012, when we worked as Marketing Consultants for World Stages London.  World Stages London was...

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John Constable, Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows 1831

Aspire

03.02.15

We have just started work as the marketing and audience development consultants on Aspire, a new partnership made up of National Museum Wales, the National Galleries of Scotland, Colchester and Ipswich Museums, Salisbury & South Wiltshire Muse...

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without walls cogency

15 x 12

03.02.15

The 12th of 15 posts examining The Cogency’s fifteen years, one project a year, looks back at Without Walls, a consortium of festivals dedicated to the development of new work for the UK’s outdoor arts sector and beyond, currently...

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Greenwich Summer Sessions 2011

15 x 11

18.01.15

The 11th of 15 posts looking back at The Cogency’s fifteen years, one project a year, brings us to Greenwich Summer Sessions, first held in 2010 in the beautiful grounds of the Old Royal Naval College. Set up by long-time Cogency friends an...

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Clean Break - it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now photo copyright jsmonzani.com

15 x 10

02.12.14

For our tenth post in our look back at the projects that have defined The Cogency’s 15 years, we have chosen the acclaimed new writing theatre company, Clean Break, whom we worked for the first time in 2009 (our tenth anniversary!). We work...

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east festival mayor of london cogency

15 x 9

02.12.14

Continuing our mini-retrospective of The Cogency’s 15 year history, we look back to 2008 when we worked on East. Having already worked with the Mayor of London’s cultural team at GLA on elements of Open Rehearsal and Lates in 2007, Th...

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Arrivals

15 x 8

02.12.14

Continuing our year-long look back at projects from the past 15 years, we find ourselves in the year 2007, when we worked for the first time with Create KX on Arrivals, a festival celebrating the re-opening of St. Pancras International station. W...

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cogency where are they now

Part 5: Where are they now?

01.09.14

This is the fifth of our interviewettes with past staff over The Cogency’s fifteen years. We caught up with the lovely Lis Jennings. - How long / when you worked at The Cogency and your role? I was Marketing Manager from September 2006 to ...

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Film4 Summer Screen

15 x 7

26.08.14

After a brief summer break, we continue our look back over the last fifteen years of The Cogency. Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House has just celebrated its 10th anniversary, and we have worked on every season since its inaugural year, when it ...

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spectra, Ryoji Ikeda, 2014.  View from Primrose Hill.  image credit - Thierry Bal

Ryoji Ikeda's spectra

05.08.14

We are very excited we can now announce Ryoji Ikeda's spectra (pictured) as part of LIGHTS OUT. A column of monumental light emanating from forty-nine static high-powered searchlights, it is visible across London by simply looking up to the sky. ...

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Summer Screen Prints: Film Poster Exhibition at Somerset House

04.08.14

Launched last week, Summer Screen Prints: Film Poster Exhibiton at Somerset House is your chance to buy limited-edition prints inspired by each film shown at Film4 Summer Screen. Back for a second year, Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House has c...

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The Cogency turn their LIGHTS OUT

We’re turning our #LIGHTSOUT

31.07.14

We will be turning our #LIGHTSOUT on 4 August from 10pm to 11pm as part of 14-18 NOW's UK-wide event, LIGHTS OUT for which we are the dedicated marketing team. To mark the moment Great Britain entered the First World War, everyone in the UK is in...

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