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ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 21 November - Thursday 27 November
TICKETS &
BOX OFFICE INFORMATION:
020 7930 3647 / www.ica.org.uk
THIS
WEEK'S HIGHLIGHT:
Tue 25 Nov,
6.45pm
JUST FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY?
The British armed forces have fought five wars since 1997 and are currently
used to enforce peace in places which threaten no vital interest of the
UK. Who does the UK have a responsibility to protect? The UK military
has a world reputation for peace-keeping: what does this say about Britain's
place in a world which is shifting into a new mode? What should be the
role of the UK military in contemporary politics? Speakers: Philip Bobbitt
who held several senior posts at the National Security Council in both
Republican and Democratic administrations, author of The Shield of Achilles;
General David Richards, Assistant Chief of the General Staff, and Force
Commander in Sierra Leone; and Paul Ingram, senior analyst for the British
American Security Information Council and the Oxford Research Group. In
the chair: Gwyn Prins, author of The Heart of War. £8, £7
Concs. £6 ICA Members
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 21 November - Thursday 27 November
FILM @ THE ICA
Friday
21 November
THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (Cinema 1)
4.30, 6.30, 8.30pm
SCENES FROM AMERICA (Cinema 2)
6.30pm
SANS SOLEIL (Cinema 2)
8.30pm
Saturday
22 November
THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (Cinema 1)
2.30, 4.30, 6.30, 8.30pm
LE MEPRIS (Cinema 2)
4.30pm
SCENES FROM AMERICA (Cinema 2)
6.30pm
SANS SOLEIL (Cinema 2)
8.30pm
Sunday
23 November
THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (Cinema 1)
4.30, 6.30, 8.30pm
A BOUT DE SOUFFLE (Cinema 2)
4.30pm
HEART AND SOUL (Cinema 2)
6.30pm
SANS SOLEIL (Cinema 2)
8.30pm
Monday
24 November
THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (Cinema 1)
4.30, 6.30, 8.30pm
HEART AND SOUL (Cinema 2)
6.30pm
A BOUT DE SOUFFLE (Cinema 2)
8.30pm
Tuesday
25 November
THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (Cinema 1)
4, 9pm
A BOUT DE SOUFFLE (Cinema 2)
6.30pm
HEART AND SOUL (Cinema 2)
8.30pm
Wednesday
26 November
THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (Cinema 1)
4.30, 6.30, 8.30pm
HAPPY TOGETHER (Cinema 2)
6.30pm
BLOWUP NEVERLAND (Cinema 2)
9pm
Thursday
27 November
THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (Cinema 1)
4.30, 6.30, 8.30pm
CHRISTMAS INVENTORY (Cinema 2)
6.30pm
ON ENCHANTMENT (Cinema 2)
8.30pm
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 21 November - Thursday 27 November
FILM @ THE ICA
Dates
throughout November
ICA PROJECTS
THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS
'mischievous and provocative' Observer
'Hilarious ... beautifully shot' Screen International
In the first of Dogme's non-fiction features ('dogumentaries'), Lars von
Trier challenges his mentor - the enigmatic bon viveur Jorgen Leth - to
remake five times Leth's highly influential 1967 short The Perfect Human
according to certain perverse rules. In what becomes a dual of dirty tricks,
Leth is forced to contend with a set of creative constraints that push
him to his limits, from Cuba to the red light district of Bombay and back
to his adopted home of Haiti. Hugely entertaining, the film reveals much
about both the processes of movie-making and the relationship between
a self-appointed enfant terrible and his elected father figure. Dir Lars
von Trier/Jorgen Leth, Denmark 2003, 90 mins, subs
Dates throughout
November
ICA PROJECTS/Arts council
CRIMSON GOLD (TALAYE SORGH)
'A quietly brilliant film... poetic and precise, witty and profoundly
compassionate' Time Out Starting from the point at which a thief
trapped by the security system in a Tehran jewellery store commits murder
and suicide, Panahi's new film brilliantly unwinds to show what pushes
a man to such an extreme. Hussein (Hussein Emadeddin) is a taciturn loner,
a war veteran once lauded but damaged and now working as an ageing pizza
delivery boy. Full of suppressed hilarity and unexpected observations,
Abbas Kiarostami's script provides a stunningly eloquent and moving account
of a society split between privilege and desperation. From the director
of The White Balloon and The Circle, the film won the Un Certain Regard
Jury Award in Cannes this year and has been hailed as a brave new direction
in Iranian cinema. Dir Jafar Panahi, Iran 2003, 97 mins, subs, 12A
22 Nov
LE MEPRIS
'Magnificently shot by Raoul Coutard, it's a dazzling fable' Time
Out Starring Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang,
Godard and Coutard himself. Mythic parallels played out against the staggering
landscapes of Capri combine with a steely study of contempt and a wonderfully
entertaining stream of cinematic jokes.
Dir Jean-Luc Godard, France/Italy 1963, 103 mins, subs
23-25 Nov
A BOUT DE SOUFFLE
'The ultimate night-time film noir' Time Out
Godard's first film with Coutard epitomises the iconoclasm of the early
Nouvelle Vague, with Jean-Paul Belmondo as the handsome, insolent Bogart-obsessed
joyrider who falls for Jean Seberg's all-American newspaper girl. Dir
Jean-Luc Godard, France 1959, 90 mins, subs
ICA/Sheffield
International Documentary Festival
14-30 November
JORGEN LETH: THE PERFECT HUMAN?
To celebrate the release of The Five Obstructions, a short sampling of
works by Jorgen Leth, one from each decade of his prolific career, plus
a wonderfully revealing documentary about Leth himself: poet, sports commentator,
director and Danish consul to Haiti. 20-22 Nov SCENES FROM AMERICA With
its landscapes, architecture, advertising, portraits and refrigerator
interiors, 66 Scenes From America is a series of tableaux each invoking
an emblematic picture of the United States (1981, 42 mins) + New Scenes
From America, two decades later Leth returned to update the project, culminating
in scenes shot soon after 9/11 (2002, 35 mins). RT 77 mins, subs
23-25 Nov
HEART AND SOUL (FRA HJERTET TIL HOENDEN)
The observer becomes the observed. Jorgen Leth discusses his life, art
and demons in this fascinating portrait of an artist who is both straightforward
and complicated, calm yet restless. The documentary includes many excerpts
from Jorgen Leth's own films. Director Tomas Gislason is best known as
a film editor for, amongst others, Bille August and Lars von Trier. Dir
Tomas Gislason, Denmark 1994, 92 mins, subs
23 Nov
SANS SOLEIL
'As entertaining as Zelig, as visionary as Blade Runner' Village Voice
'The cinema's greatest essayist sums up a lifetime's travels, speculations,
passions' Time Out Widely regarded as Marker's masterpiece, this graceful,
exhilarating and endlessly fascinating meditation on 'the dreams of the
human race' weaves footage from Japan, Africa, Iceland, France and the
United States into a breathtakingly imaginative voyage through global
space, human history and the enigma of personal memory. Deeply moving
and delightfully witty, Sans Soleil is a landmark of personal documentary
filmmaking and a work to revisit and savour over and over again. We are
delighted to be showing a new print of the restored original French-language
version narrated by Alexandra Stewart.
Dir Chris Marker, France 1982, 100 mins, subs
26, 29-30
Nov
HAPPY TOGETHER (CHUNGUANG ZHAXIE)
Under the Chinese title used for Antonioni's Blow-Up (it connotes the
exposure of something indecent), Wong Kar Wai and cameraman Chris Doyle
crafted their most lyrical film, the story of two gay men - played by
Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung - whose romance falls apart upon their arrival
in Argentina. A piercing meditation on the meaning of partings, reunions
and attempts to start over, historically the film also crystallises the
anxieties and hopes of Hong Kong people on the verge of their return to
China. Dir Wong Kar Wai, Hong Kong 1997, 97 mins, subs
Cinema 2:
26-28 November
PORTUGUESE FESTIVAL
As part of the London-wide Portuguese Film & Music Festival (21-30
November), the ICA presents a selection of short films and animation that
emphasises the diversity and growing reputation of this national cinema.
Curated by Noemero Magazine and ACM - Portuguese Short Film Agency
26 Nov, 9pm
BLOW-UP NEVERLAND (DINAMITEM A TERRA DO NUNCA)
Four separate shorts - Kalkitos + Corpo e Meio + 31 + Remains - that have
been brought together to form a particular trajectory.
Dir Miguel Gomes/Sandro Aguilar, 2003, 86 mins
27 Nov, 6.30pm
CHRISTMAS INVENTORY
Inventario de Natal is a fake documentary/animation about a mid '80s family
Christmas taken over by the kids (Miguel Gomes, 2000 22 mins) + Respirar
debaixo d'agua, the story of Pedro who learns how to breathe under water
(Antonio Ferreira, 2000 45 mins). RT 67 mins
27 Nov, 8.30pm
ON ENCHANTMENT
A series of shorts ranging from thoughts on the changing of lights (Por
Encanto, Notas de Outono dir Carmen Castello-Branco, 2001, 6 mins), to
the landscapes of the Portuguese coast (Paisagem dir Renata Sancho, 2002,
17 mins), the twisted rules of a daring car chase in a shopping mall (Sem
Movimento dir Sandro Aguilar, 2000, 17 mins), to a lakeside summer incident
(Ë Margem dir Joao Carrilho, 2002, 12 mins) and life in the Portuguese
National Service (O Nome e o N.I.M. dir Ines Oliveira, 2003, 25 mins).
RT 77 mins
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 21 November - Thursday 27 November
EXHIBITIONS @ THE ICA
OPENS 29
November 2003 (Until 29 February 2004)
FOREIGN OFFICE ARCHITECTS: BREEDING ARCHITECTURE
'Gracious, thoughtful, sensitive to other cultures and yet original and
strong-willed' Guardian 'coolest architects in the world' The Times This
is the first UK exhibition of the acclaimed architects, Foreign Office
Architects (FOA), on their tenth anniversary. Based in London, they have
a global reach with projects commissioned or realised in cities as varied
as London, New York, Tehran, Barcelona and Yokohama. FOA, founded by Farshid
Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera Polo, is an international practice of architecture
and urban design, dedicated to the exploration of contemporary urban conditions
and construction technologies. FOA's diverse projects include an international
port terminal, an urban and coastal park, a pier, a theatre, a police
headquarters and a proposed replacement for the World Trade Centre. FOA
present a groundbreaking, visually stunning, exhibition exploring their
ambitious projects, the particularities of each city in which they've
built, and their extraordinary range of influences. It also provides,
uniquely, a critical insight into the office's internal 'operating system'.
The lower galleries feature twenty architectural models placed upon a
vivid diagram covering the entire gallery floor, making clear connections
across projects. The walls are covered with related drawings lit by UV
light, as well as a large-scale projection of their buildings. The concourse
gallery features samples of the surface textures of their projects, creating
a dramatic shift in scale for the viewer. The upper galleries explore
client relationships and the outside influences on FOA's architecture
through projected images and floor laminated aerial photographs. The galleries
feature revealing interviews with some of FOA's clients around the world,
allowing a rare insight into how their projects were commissioned and
developed.
At the 8th
Venice Architecture Biennale, 2002, FOA represented Britain at the British
Pavilion, with their designs for the Yokohama Port Terminal. In May 2003,
the BBC announced FOA as one of five architects short-listed to design
their new Music Centre in White City, London. In August 2003 FOA were
chosen as part a multi-national consortium asked to create London's master-plan
in its bid for 2012 Olympic Games host.
Mon - Fri: £1.50, £1.00 Concs, FREE to ICA members; Sat &
Sun: £2.50, £1.50 Concs, FREE to ICA members
Thurs 27 Nov, 7.30-8.30pm
GALLERY TALK: CITY AS ORGANISM WITH JOE RAVETZ
Joe Ravetz, Deputy Director of the Centre for Urban & Regional Ecology
(CURE) will address the concept of organic urban growth, both in relation
to the organic architectural process of Foreign Office Architects and
in relation to Cure's recent study Taking Stock: an analysis of the flows
of materials and energy through the South East region of England, and
the associated environmental impacts at both the local and global scales.
www.art.man.ac.uk/planning/cure.
£1.50, £1.00 Concs, FREE to ICA members
Lower Gallery
Sat 29 Nov, 2pm
FOREIGN OFFICE ARCHITECTS IN CONVERSATION
We are delighted to present a unique opportunity to hear the founders
of Foreign Office Architects (FOA), Alejandro Zaera Polo and Farshid Moussavi,
discussing their work and groundbreaking exhibition, currently showing
in the ICA galleries. FOA won international acclaim for their stunning
Yokohama International Port Terminal, completed in 2002, and they represented
Britain at the 8th Venice Architectural Biennale in 2002 and have recently
been short-listed to design the BBC's new Music Centre in White City.
FOA will discuss their working methods, the development of their projects,
architectural competitions, the experience of operating internationally
and their future plans. £8, £7 Concs. £6 ICA Members
Nash Room
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 21 November - Thursday 27 November
TALKS @ THE ICA
Tue 25 Nov,
7pm
Cafe Scientifique: WHOLLY INDIVISIBLE
Divisible only by themselves and the number one, prime numbers underlie
the security of international banking. They also represent one of the
most tantalising enigmas in the pursuit of human knowledge. For centuries
mathematicians have striven to find a way of predicting when the next
prime number will occur in a list of numbers. Is there a formula which
could generate primes? Why does it matter? Tonight Marcus de Sautoy goes
in search of mathematics' Holy Grail - and explains why so many mathematicians
have gone mad on the same journey. Marcus du Sautoy is professor of mathematics
at Oxford and Royal Society University Research fellow. In addition to
scientific papers, he has written and broadcast widely and is author of
The Music of the Primes. In the chair is Daniel Glaser, neuroscientist
at UCL. £5, £4 Concs. £3 ICA Members
Nash Room
Tue 25 Nov,
6.45pm
JUST FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY?
The British armed forces have fought five wars since 1997 and are currently
used to enforce peace in places which threaten no vital interest of the
UK. Who does the UK have a responsibility to protect? The UK military
has a world reputation for peace-keeping: what does this say about Britain's
place in a world which is shifting into a new mode? What should be the
role of the UK military in contemporary politics? Speakers: Philip Bobbitt
who held several senior posts at the National Security Council in both
Republican and Democratic administrations, author of The Shield of Achilles;
General David Richards, Assistant Chief of the General Staff, and Force
Commander in Sierra Leone; and Paul Ingram, senior analyst for the British
American Security Information Council and the Oxford Research Group. In
the chair: Gwyn Prins, author of The Heart of War. £8, £7
Concs. £6 ICA Members
Cinema 1
Wed 26 Nov,
7pm
FOREIGN OFFICE ARCHITECTS IN CONVERSATION
We are delighted to present a unique opportunity to hear the founders
of Foreign Office Architects (FOA), Alejandro Zaera Polo and Farshid Moussavi,
discussing their work and groundbreaking exhibition, currently showing
in the ICA galleries. FOA won international acclaim for their stunning
Yokohama International Port Terminal, completed in 2002, and they represented
Britain at the 8th Venice Architectural Biennale in 2002 and have recently
been short-listed to design the BBC's new Music Centre in White City.
FOA will discuss their working methods, the development of their projects,
architectural competitions, the experience of operating internationally
and their future plans. £8, £7 Concs. £6 ICA Members
New
Economics Foundation/ICA
Thurs 27 Nov, 7pm
CAN WE ESCAPE THE CULTURE OF THE LOGO?
In a world where there is a race to patent and brand every new product,
discovery or idea, how can we escape branding and being branded? Is everything
- including counter-cultural movements - doomed to be repackaged as a
lifestyle brand? To what extent are we all complicit in this - enjoying
the sense of collective identity? Do the critics of branding confuse their
views about brands with their views about capitalism? Tonight's speakers
look at the politics of branding and the branding of politics. Wally Olins'
books include Corporate Identity and Wally Olins on Brand; David Boyle
is author of Authenticity: Brands, Fakes, Spin and the Lust for Real Life;
Phil Teer is joint MD at St Lukes advertising agency; and Katharine Ainger
is co-editor of New Internationalist. Chair: Deborah Doane, head of transforming
markets at the New Economics Foundation. £8, £7 Concs. £6
ICA Members
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 21 November - Thursday 27 November
PERFORMANCE & LIVE MUSIC @ THE ICA
Sat 22 Nov,
9pm
MESSER FUR FRAU MULLER
'twangy sci-fi music for people who know that the future actually happened
over 40 years ago' Wire Magazine The much admired Messer Fur Frau Muller,
with rave reviews in NME among many other places, make their debut at
the ICA. Frontman Oleg Kostrov is a fixture on the Moscow club scene,
and has also created music for theatre - most recently for the Snow Queen
at the Royal Festival Hall. The band have toured widely in Europe with
groups such as Mouse on Mars and Jimmy Tenor. Don't miss this wonderfully
enjoyable evening, with its parody of easy listening or post easy listening
kitsch, and its fantastic videos. Plus special guest Lidya Kavina, grand-neice
of Leon Theremin. £9, £8 Concs, £7 ICA Members
Mon 24 -
Wed 26 Nov, 8pm
METRO-BOULOT-DODO PRESENT: BLOWNUP
'very successful ...compelling sounds, images and ideas' Time Out Multi-award
winning Metro-Boulot-Dodo (MBD) theatre company hit London with a brand
new re-work of their show Blownup. Inspired by Michelangelo Antonioni's
1966 film Blow-Up, Blownup combines lo-key performance, lo-tempo music
and hi-tech video to tell a real-life love story. In its sell-out two-week
run in London last year, Blownup was Time Out's Critic's Choice.
MBD strive to subvert the norm in their performance work with physical
invention, innovative techniques and the use of new technology.
£9 £8 Concs, £7 ICA Members
performancepop
Thurs 27 Nov, 8pm
EARL BRUTUS VS. THE JUNEAU/PROJECT + TRASH MONEY LIVE
Earl Brutus: 'They could have been the best band in the world. And in
the hearts of those who share in their delusions, they always will be.'
NME Performing a greatest hits medley of previous live art work, The Juneau/Projects
will go head to head with the destructively spectacular Earl Brutus. Making
use of power tools, mobile phones, computers and a soldering iron, The
Juneau/Project will digitally out-play Earl Brutus and steal their adoring
fans. They'll construct their sound works by stealing live samples of
their rivals' music, before the inevitable destruction. Plus Designer
Republic DJ set. Curated by Richard Wearing. £8, £7 Concs,
£6 ICA Members ICA LISTINGS
Friday 21 November - Thursday 27 November
DIGITAL STUDIO & INSTALLATION @ THE ICA
14- 29 Nov, 2pm-8pm daily (12-6pm weekends)
WAR GAMES: A BRIEF RETROSPECTIVE
Since 1991 there has been a profusion of Desert Warfare games. Tanks,
planes and troops have swarmed over the sandy expanses of virtual Iraq
and the virtual Middle East. This exhibition will present a range of notable
examples of the genre and examine how they function charting their development
from the early '90s to present day. Mon - Fri: £1.50, £1.00
Concs, FREE to ICA members; Sat & Sun: £2.50, £1.50 Concs,
FREE to ICA members
Sat 22 Nov,
5pm
TALK: A RECENT HISTORY OF WAR GAMES
There has been an explosion of computer games based on real theatres of
war. Depending heavily on the impression of reality (with precisely modelled
weapons and vehicles) these games tellingly omit the social and political
backdrops to the events they depict. David McCarthy deputy editor of The
Edge magazine, will give an informal talk about the ways in which gaming
industries have responded to political changes. £2.50, £1.50
Concs, FREE to ICA members
Wed 26 Nov,
7pm
TALK: DESERT RAIN
Desert Rain is widely regarded as a seminal virtual reality game that
explores how reality, virtually and fiction have become blurred. Matt
Adams from Blast Theory will show a video of the project and discuss its
use of gaming in relation to warfare. £1.50, £1.00 Concs,
FREE to ICA members
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