ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 26 December - Thursday 1 January
ICA
CHRISTMAS CLOSING
PLEASE NOTE THE ICA WILL BE CLOSED ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS THROUGHOUT THE
CHRISTMAS PERIOD:
FRI
19 DEC - FROM 5PM
WED 24 DEC - FRI 26 DEC - CLOSED ALL DAY
WED 31 DEC & THURS 1 JAN - CLOSED ALL DAY
COMING
SOON:
>From 2nd Jan
ICA PROJECTS FILM
Kitchen Stories (Salmer Fra Kjøkkenet)
'Wondrously bizarre ... both affecting and funny' Guardian'Marvellous
... wonderfully warm-hearted ... pitch perfect' Time Out Somewhere between
the worlds of Aki Kaurismaki and the Coen's Fargo, the cult hit of last
year's Cannes Film Festival is a wonderfully warm and stylish comedy set
during a 1950s mass-observation project. Having thoroughly mapped the
chores of a Swedish housewife, scientists send their observers to the
rural district of Landstad in Norway to study the kitchen routines of
single men. Mild-mannered researcher Folke is dealt the challenge of studying
the habits of the reticent Isak. Against the odds and the rules of the
study, the two men gradually form a close friendship that allows them
to break out of their respective roles. Beautiful cinematography and a
lugubrious score complement hilariously understated performances and wash
the action in a glorious retro sheen. Dir Bent Hamer, Norway/Sweden 2003,
95 mins, subs
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 26 December - Thursday 1 January
FILM @ THE ICA
Friday
26 December
ICA CLOSED
Saturday
27 December
THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (Cinema 1)
2.30, 4.30, 6.30,8.30pm
DERRIDA (Cinema 2)
2pm
UNDERGROUND CHAMBER (Cinema 2)
4pm
SEVEN SAMURAI (Cinema 2)
7pm
Sunday
28 December
THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (Cinema 1)
2.30, 4.30, 6.30,8.30pm
DERRIDA (Cinema 2)
2pm
UNDERGROUND CHAMBER (Cinema 2)
4pm
SEVEN SAMURAI (Cinema 2)
7pm
Monday
29 December
THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (Cinema 1)
4.30, 6.30, 8.30pm
SEVEN SAMURAI (Cinema 2)
7pm
Tuesday
30 December
THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (Cinema 1)
4.30, 6.30, 8.30pm
SEVEN SAMURAI
(Cinema 2)
7pm
Wednesday
31 December
ICA CLOSED
Thursday
1 January
ICA CLOSED
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 26 December - Thursday 1 January
FILM
@ THE ICA
Dates throughout Nov & Dec
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 Nov & Dec
ICA PROJECTS
DERRIDA
'Blissful...' New York Times
'Inspirational and unexpectedly moving' Film Comment
This award-winning film is an intimate portrait of the brilliant, controversial
philosopher and intellectual icon Jacques Derrida, whose theory of 'deconstruction'
has deeply influenced the studies of literature, philosophy, ethics, architecture
and law, indelibly marking the intellectual landscape of the 20th and
21st centuries. Combining rare private footage of Derrida with his reflections
on deconstruction, violence, love and death, the film investigates the
concept of biography and explores the relationship between the public
and the private. Provocative and entertaining, Derrida is co-directed
by philosophy scholar Amy Ziering Kofman and film maker Kirby Dick, with
a mesmerising score by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Dir Kirby Dick/Amy Ziering Kofman,
US 2002, 85 mins
Cinema
2: 1-31 Dec
CLASSIC CINEMA
A season of some of the cinematic masterpieces of the 20th century, including
Sante Sangre, Seven Samurai, La Regle du Jeu and more. This week, La Dolce
Vita, Wings of Desire, Stalker and L'Atalante.
27-30
Dec, 7pm
SEVEN SAMURAI (SHICHININ NO SAMURAI)
'Kurosawa's masterpiece... without peer' Time Out
The film that set the template for every subsequent samurai movie sees
a small farming village beset by rapacious bandits. The villagers hire
seven warriors to defend them through episodes of violent combat, between
which times the uneasy relationship between the samurais and their hosts
is played out. Dir Akira Kurosawa, Japan 1954, 206 mins, Subs
Cinema
2: 1-31 Dec
SPICE!
Five contemporary films from the South Asian subcontinent. Showcasing
an array of talent, visual styles and social themes that put modern India
under the microscope.
20-21,
27-28 Dec
THE UNDERGROUND CHAMBER (PATALGHAR)
'a sight for sore eyes' Telegraph
Abhijit Chaudhuri's debut has all the classic ingredients of comic-book
adventure: aliens, a spaceship, pirates, and a mad scientist. A fascinating
and enjoyable experience for one and all!
Dir: Abhijit Chaudhuri, India, 2002, 141 mins, Subs
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 19 December - Thursday 25 December
EXHIBITIONS @ THE ICA
Until
29 Feb 2004, 12-7pm daily
FOREIGN OFFICE ARCHITECTS: BREEDING ARCHITECTURE
'Gracious, thoughtful, sensitive to other cultures and yet original and
strong-willed' Guardian This is the first UK exhibition of the acclaimed
architects, Foreign Office Architects (FOA), founded by Farshid Moussavi
and Alejandro Zaera Polo. Based in London, they have a global reputation
with projects commissioned or realised in cities as varied as London,
New York, Tehran, Seoul and Yokohama.
FOA's
diverse projects include, among others, an international port terminal,
an urban and coastal park, a theatre, a police headquarters and a proposed
replacement for the World Trade Centre.
Designed
as a series of immersive installations, this visually stunning exhibition
explores FOA's projects, the particularities of each city in which they've
built, and the influences on their work. The exhibition also provides,
uniquely, a critical insight into the office's internal 'operating system'.
Amidst
projections of built projects and related UV illuminated drawings, the
lower galleries contain architectural models placed on a vivid diagram
linking each project. Video interviews are featured with an international
selection of FOA's clients, allowing a rare insight into the commissioning
and developing of projects. The concourse gallery features an installation
comprising illustrated samples of the surface textures of their projects.
Mon - Fri: £1.50, £1.00 Concs, FREE to ICA members; Sat &
Sun: £2.50, £1.50 Concs, FREE to ICA members
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 19 December - Thursday 25 December
DIGITAL STUDIO @ THE ICA
Until
Mon 10 Jan; Digital studio opening times
LAPTOP LOVERS
JAMES HUTCHINSON, CLIVE JACKSON, DOMINIC SMITH, SNEHA SOLANKI
A curated exhibition showcasing new work from four leading media artists
based in the North East of England. All the artists playfully explore
the use of software as a tool to create work that subverts the conventional
use of the technology. Beautiful Square by James Hutchinson depicts the
movement of a white pixel (extracted from Final Cut Pro software) across
black space. By removing the square from the original software and controlling
its movement through key frame animation he alludes to both retro computer
game Pong and inverts Malevich's painting Black Square. Clive Jackson's
work follows this aesthetic of the pixel. In Laptop Dancers we are presented
with moving black pixels which gradually emerge into a figurative image
of male and female club dancers. Jackson is interested in the process
of stripping images to their core components of black and white values.
Dominic Smith works with live streaming in Micro Psychic, linking a clairvoyant
in the northern seaside town of South Shields to the ICA. A remote digital
fortune telling experience! Sneha Solanki will be creating a new networked
piece for the ICA, three connected machines will slowly infect each other
with a virus through the interface of short story narrative, leading to
irrational behaviour and communication between the computers in a programmed
and controlled environment. Additional programming on James Hutchinson's
work by Andrew Richardson.
Mon - Fri: £1.50, £1.00 Concs, FREE to ICA members; Sat &
Sun: £2.50, £1.50 Concs, FREE to ICA members
TICKETS & BOX OFFICE INFORMATION:
020 7930 3647 / www.ica.org.uk
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