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Friday 13 February - Thursday 19 February
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ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 13 February - Thursday 19 February
FILM @ THE ICA
Friday 13 February
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
4.45, 6.45, 8.45pm
THE BOY WHO PLAYS ON THE BHUDDAS OF BAMIYAN
(Cinema 2) 6.15pm
KITCHEN STORIES (Cinema 2)
9pm
Saturday
14 February
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
2.45, 4.45, 6.45, 8.45pm
KITCHEN STORIES (Cinema 2)
4, 9pm
THE BOY WHO PLAYS ON THE BUDDHAS OF BAMIYAN
(Cinema 2) 6.15pm
Sunday
15 February
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
2.45, 4.45, 6.45, 8.45pm
KITCHEN STORIES (Cinema 2)
4, 9pm
THE BOY WHO PLAYS ON THE BUDDHAS OF BAMIYAN
(Cinema 2) 6.15pm
Monday
16 February
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
4.45, 6.45, 8.45pm
KANDAHAR
(Cinema 2) 6.30pm
KITCHEN STORIES (Cinema 2)
8.30pm
Tuesday
17 February
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
4.45, 6.45, 8.45pm
KANDAHAR (Cinema 2)
6.30pm
KITCHEN STORIES (Cinema 2)
8.30pm
Wednesday 18 February
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
4.45, 6.45, 8.45pm
KANDAHAR (Cinema 2)
6.30pm
KITCHEN STORIES (Cinema 1)
8.30pm
Thursday
19 February
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
4.45, 6.45, 8.45pm
KANDAHAR (Cinema 2)
6.30pm
VJ CULTURE (Cinema 2)
8pm
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 13 February - Thursday 19 February
FILM @ THE ICA
ica
projects
Osama
'Miraculous' Time Out
'Impeccable ... heart-stopping ... fearless' Times
'Enchanting, sometimes terrifying ... a Taliban thriller' Dazed &
Confused The first film from Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban,
Siddiq Barmak's stunning, Sutherland Award-winning and Golden Globe nominated
Osama received a standing ovation at its Cannes Festival premiere last
year. Through the lens of a Western news cameraman, street urchin Espandi
leads the way to a remarkable protest by blue-veiled women whose demonstrations
are swiftly swept from the streets of Kabul. Among the crowds is a young,
nameless girl (Marina Golbahari) who finds herself shorn and disguised
as a boy in order to work. But when she is rounded up and sent to a religious
school where she is named Osama, her disguise dramatically falters and
she embarks on a further odyssey through the judicial system of the Taliban.
From a country that has produced less than 40 films in the past century,
Afghanistan's first Academy nomination is a passionate and lyrical film
full of exquisitely surreal imagery and evocative of its spiritual godfather
(and uncredited producer) Mohsen Makhmalbaf's now-legendary Kandahar.
Dir Siddiq Barmak, Afghanistan 2003, 82 mins, subs, 12A
ICA
PROJECTS
KITCHEN STORIES (SALMER FRA KJOKKENET)
'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
Cinema
2: 13-23 February
Children of the Revolution
To
celebrate the opening of Osama, films which in their different ways interpret
the human side of living under a regime.
16-19
Feb, 6.30pm
Kandahar
'Brave and brilliant' Sunday Times
Mohsen Makhmalbaf's extraordinary odyssey and insight into life behind
the veil prior to September 11th. Nafas is an Afghan journalist now living
in Canada who makes a perilous, desperate return to her ravaged homeland
to save the sister promising to kill herself at the next lunar eclipse.
A revelatory film, with a sense of surreal and unexpected humour. Dir
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran 2001, 85 mins, subs
13-15 Feb, 6.15pm
The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan
+ Afghan Alphabet
The Taliban's destruction of the Buddhas in March 2001 caused an international
furore but less well known are the families who sought refuge in the Bamiyan
caves and hope to find work in rebuilding the treasures.
(dir Phil Grabsky, UK 2003, 95 mins, subs)
+ the schooling of refugee children post 9/11 in Afghan Alphabet
(dir Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran 2001, 45 mins).
RT 140 mins
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 13 February - Thursday 19 February
EXHIBITIONS @ THE ICA
Until
29 Feb 2004, 12-7pm daily
FOREIGN OFFICE ARCHITECTS: BREEDING ARCHITECTURE
'Gracious, thoughtful, sensitive... 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), 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
Thur
19 Feb, 7.30-8.30pm
Gallery Talk: Creative Couples
Professor Anne Massey, author and Senior Lecturer in Design History and
Material Culture in the Faculty of Design, Kingston University, will focus
on the concept of 'Creative Couples', and consider the work of FOA in
relation to other partnerships who have worked collaboratively. She will
unravel the myth of the creative genius and consider other models for
the study of creativity in architecture, art and design. £1.50,
£1.00 Concs, FREE to ICA Members
5
Feb - 7 Mar, 12.30 - 7.30pm
YOKO ONO: ODYSSEY OF A COCKROACH
'Ono has pulled off a difficult and delicate task, creating a highly theatrical
mise en scene that makes the viewer feel personally involved rather than
overwhelmed' Time Out, NY Odyssey of a Cockroach is an installation that
takes the form of a theatrical mise-en-scene , the experience of a cockroach
as it makes its way through the city of New York. But more than that,
'it's a phantasmagorical passage through time - specifically the last
century' NY Time Out. In Odyssey of a Cockroach, walls are covered with
billboard-size colour photographs of gritty urban scenes - a bloody crime
scene, a bombed-out building, a starving child. Towering sculptures depict
similarly unsettling subjects - a six foot rubbish bin overflowing with
plaster body casts, an enormous replica of a human rat trap, and hundreds
and hundreds of old discarded shoes, the owners long forgotten.
Describing the genesis of this project, Yoko Ono says: 'I have taken various
pictures of the city's corners and presented them from a cockroach's point
of view. Through the eyes of this other strong race, we may learn the
true reality of what our dreams and nightmares have created. I invite
you to join me on this odyssey.' The exhibition is an offsite project,
which will be held in a 3 storey gallery space at: 14 Wharf Road, London
N1 7RW. (Nearest Tubes: Angel/Old Street) Odyssey of a Cockroach was first
seen at Deitchs Projects, New York, 2003.
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 13 February - Thursday 19 February
LIVE
MUSIC @ THE ICA
Sat
14 Feb, 8pm
The Killers + The Glitterati
'T-rex and Ziggy-era Bowie at their most blowsy and histrionic, Psychedelic
Furs in the vocal department, and Duran Duran for the synth parts ' Sunday
Times
>From third on the bill here in December as part of The Playlouder
>Festival to headline act, it's been a short ride to the top for Las
Vegas' The Killers. This is the best rock and roll band since the Yeah
Yeah Yeahs took the underground American scene into the UK mainstream.
Valentine couples may not be inclined to headbang, but are encouraged
to hold hands and remember where they were on this day 2004, as The Killers
are very hard to forget.
They are a gem of a band for which references such as Psychedelic Furs,
Interpol, Duran Duran, The Cure and Blondie might be mooted, and in fact
are by the band on their website. £7.50, £6.50 Concs. £5.50
ICA Members www.thekillers.co.uk
Exhibition:
14-16 Feb, 12-7.30pm
John Squire
John Squire's Jackson Pollock inspired action paintings are the defining
graphic image of the whole 'Madchester' movement, gracing the cover of
The Stone Roses debut album and a myriad of T-Shirts. This retrospective
includes many private and unseen pieces plus the original artwork for
all those classic sleeves.
Exhibition: Free with Day Membership (£1.50/£2.50 weekends)
Mon
16 Feb, 8pm
Explosions In The Sky + Bikini Atoll + Part Chimp
'Magnificent, monumental, overwhelming music' Uncut 'breathtaking' MOJO
US space rock doesn't come better than Explosions In The Sky, the new
kings of epic and emotional instrumental schematics who bring their awe-inspiring
sounds to the UK. By turns gentle and ferocious, Explosions' incendiary
live performances are already the stuff of legend. Theirs is a world of
heart stopping soundtracks and imaginary horizons that linger on in the
mind's eye as The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place on Bella Union demonstrates.
If you like Godspeed or Mogwai, this album has your name on it. Support
from Bikini Atoll, with their delicate and touching melodies - check out
their new album Moratoria. £7, £6 Concs. £5 ICA Members
Theatre
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 13 February - Thursday 19 February
THEATRE
@ THE ICA
london
- lubijana theatre
Wed 18 - Fri 20 Feb, 8pm
Primorsko Dramsko Gledalisce Theatre Company
present: Arabian Night
'shocks and fascinates with its intensity and suspense' Radio Koper 'fantastic'
Primorske Novice The new hotbed for challenging contemporary theatre,
Slovenian theatre company PDG present Arabian Night - the creation of
Roland Schimmelpfennig and directed by rising star Diego de Brea. Arabian
Night leads us into the lives, dreams and fantasies of five inhabitants
of a residential building. The author paints a hot summer night in which
magic, fairytale and fantasies are intertwined with the brutal reality
of urban living. The immense intensity of the the play follows the logic
of film art, and its composition is a combination of motion, gestures,
sound and special effects achieved by lights, sound and music - all these
elements have an equally important role. Writer Roland Schimmelpfennig
is a very productive man. At an age where others still slave over their
very first work, which of course is meant to revolutionise their respective
genre, he can already refer to an impressive list of publications. He
has nine entries in the field of dramatic works alone. Like some other
younger authors (such as Gesine Danckwart, Marius von Mayenburg, RenŽ
Pollesch) Schimmelpfennig has been able to work in other areas of the
theatre. Arabian Night was first presented in 2000 when Schimmelpfennig
was just 32, making him one of the fastest rising stars of contemporary
playwriting. £8, £7 Concs. £6 ICA Members, Theatre
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 13 February - Thursday 19 February
TALKS @ THE ICA
ICA
/ Economist Debate
Thurs 19 Feb, 7pm
Are Opponents of Anti-semitism the New McCarthyites? Anti-semitism is
foul, and to be accused of it can be ruinous. But is the charge now levelled
too freely? Does its sweeping use by pro-Israeli activists stifle debate,
preventing honest discussion of the Middle East conflict? Or is anti-semitism
now newly dangerous precisely because it has lost its stigma? And if the
taboo has worn off, whoÕs to blame: the anti-semites, or their
critics? Speakers: Jacqueline Rose, professor of English, writer and presenter
of Channel 4Õs Dangerous Liaison, about AmericaÕs relationship
with Israel; Michael Gove, Times columnist and chairman of Policy Exchange;
Robert Jackson, MP and Joint Chairman of the Council for Arab-British
Understanding; and Guardian columnist, Jonathan Freedland. Peter David,
Foreign Editor at The Economist will be in the chair. £8, £7
Concs. £6 ICA Members Nash Room
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 13 February - Thursday 19 February
DIGITAL STUDIO & INSTALLATION @ THE ICA
UK
Premier & Retrospective
Wed 11 Feb - Sat 6 March,
Digital Studio opening times
Aristarkh Chernyshev & Vladislav Efimov
Moscow artists Aristarkh Chernyshev and Vladislav Efimov have been working
together since 1996. During this time they have made a number of video
and interactive installations devoted to various scientific problems:
they studied the phenomenon of beauty in industrial society (Opus Magnum,
1998), and tried to comprehend how the brain functions (Mystery of Brain,
1999) and changed themselves using the latest scientific achievement -
the decoding of the human genome (Genetic Gymnastics, 2000-2001). In one
of their latest work - The Project of the Monument to A.Schwarzenegger
as Terminator T-800 - they studied the mechanism of the pop-culture.
View: www.shining-tv.com
www.chef.artinfo.ru
Free with Day Membership
Digital Studio
Wed
18 Feb, 7pm
TALK: NICK FARNHILL ON ARISTARKH CHERNYSHEV AND VLADISLAV EFIMOV Nick
Farnhill, partner at creative interaction company Poke, London, will lead
an informal discussion on both the creative and commercial practice of
Moscow-based artists Aristarkh Chernyshev and Vladislav Efimov. Free with
Day Membership Digital Studio
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