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Friday 17 June - Thursday 23 June 2005 THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHT: NEW EXHIBITION In a version organised especially for the Institute, Martha Rosler brings her seminal work Garage Sale to the ICA. Over the six-week duration of this exhibition, visitors to the gallery are invited to rummage through piles of junk and clothes, bargain with the sales assistants and buy items on display in the gallery. All the proceeds from this cash-only Garage Sale will go to charity. Garage Sale, a now iconic installation and performance work, originally took place in 1973 in the Art Gallery of the University of California, San Diego. Advertised as a jumble sale in local newspapers but also as an art event within the art community, this work took the form of a house-hold sale where second-hand goods — clothes, books, records, toys, costume jewellery and personal letters and mementos — were displayed on racks and tables and sold off over the course of the exhibition. Garage Sale, with its reference to the status of the art work, art history and art audiences, is interested in examining art as a fetishised object and commodity. It is also a representation of a subjective history and a way of thinking, and it works as a potent metaphor for personal and social relations — especially given its genesis within the highly politicised context of the women’s movement in the 1970s. Through her examination of domesticity, suburbia and family and the circulation of domestic material objects, Rosler evokes a powerful feminist discourse, which gives clear expression to the anthem of the personal as political. The arena of domestic experience becomes here the focus for a charged artistic, social and cultural exploration, but there is a dry humour in the way that this ‘art’ can be rummaged in, discarded, fought over or treated with a delightful insouciance not usually found in the traditional museum/gallery context. Over the past 30 years, Rosler’s Garage Sale has travelled extensively — from the artist-run La Mamelle Gallery, San Francisco (1977) to, more recently, the Generali Foundation, Vienna (1999), Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, the New Museum, New York (both as part of Rosler’s retrospective in 2000) and the Project Arts Centre, Dublin (2004). Although the work takes elements from each venue, London Garage Sale will be specifically adapted for the ICA to reflect the particularities of London, its narrative and present reality. In the Upper Galleries, to accompany London Garage Sale, the ICA will present a selection of Rosler’s films from throughout her career most of which have not been previously seen in London. Martha Rosler was born in Brooklyn, New York where she is also living today. Since graduating from the University of California in 1974, Rosler has exhibited widely. London Garage Sale at the ICA will be Rosler’s first London solo exhibition. With special thanks to TRAID. FILM @ THE ICA Friday 17 June Saturday 18 June Sunday 19 June Monday 20 June Tuesday 21 June Wednesday 22 June Thursday 23 June ICA projects An ICA Projects Release Blue Dolphin Dir John Cassavetes EXHIBITION @ THE ICA NEW EXHIBITION In a version organised especially for the Institute, Martha Rosler brings her seminal work Garage Sale to the ICA. Over the six-week duration of this exhibition, visitors to the gallery are invited to rummage through piles of junk and clothes, bargain with the sales assistants and buy items on display in the gallery. All the proceeds from this cash-only Garage Sale will go to charity. Garage Sale, a now iconic installation and performance work, originally took place in 1973 in the Art Gallery of the University of California, San Diego. Advertised as a jumble sale in local newspapers but also as an art event within the art community, this work took the form of a house-hold sale where second-hand goods — clothes, books, records, toys, costume jewellery and personal letters and mementos — were displayed on racks and tables and sold off over the course of the exhibition. Garage Sale, with its reference to the status of the art work, art history and art audiences, is interested in examining art as a fetishised object and commodity. It is also a representation of a subjective history and a way of thinking, and it works as a potent metaphor for personal and social relations — especially given its genesis within the highly politicised context of the women’s movement in the 1970s. Through her examination of domesticity, suburbia and family and the circulation of domestic material objects, Rosler evokes a powerful feminist discourse, which gives clear expression to the anthem of the personal as political. The arena of domestic experience becomes here the focus for a charged artistic, social and cultural exploration, but there is a dry humour in the way that this ‘art’ can be rummaged in, discarded, fought over or treated with a delightful insouciance not usually found in the traditional museum/gallery context. Over the past 30 years, Rosler’s Garage Sale has travelled extensively — from the artist-run La Mamelle Gallery, San Francisco (1977) to, more recently, the Generali Foundation, Vienna (1999), Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, the New Museum, New York (both as part of Rosler’s retrospective in 2000) and the Project Arts Centre, Dublin (2004). Although the work takes elements from each venue, London Garage Sale will be specifically adapted for the ICA to reflect the particularities of London, its narrative and present reality. In the Upper Galleries, to accompany London Garage Sale, the ICA will present a selection of Rosler’s films from throughout her career most of which have not been previously seen in London. Martha Rosler was born in Brooklyn, New York where she is also living today. Since graduating from the University of California in 1974, Rosler has exhibited widely. London Garage Sale at the ICA will be Rosler’s first London solo exhibition. 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 17 June - Thursday 23 June 2005 LIVE MUSIC & CLUB NIGHTS @ THE ICA MOSHI MOSHI PRESENTS Tonight’s headline slot is taken by The Rakes, who the NME recently dubbed ‘the post-punk Monkees’. Possessing lyrical and musical eloquence, their chaotic performance tonight is sure to dazzle. Also on the bill are Melbourne’s Cut Copy, who have been described as sounding something close to Daft Punk-pop with a guitar playing frontman. Oh, and don’t forget that these gigs are hosted and filmed by Fuji TV, to be broadcast to millions on Japanese television! £10, £9 ICA Members ICA LISTINGS Friday 17 June - Thursday 23 June 2005 TALKS @ THE ICA Speeding Up or Slowing Down Retain your ticket for any of the talks in this season and receive a £2 discount off the full price for any screening of Café Lumière in June. Speeding up or slowing down Speakers: Jeffery Paine, author of Re-enchantment and Adventures with the Buddha; Richard King, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University and co-author of Selling Spirituality, Mick Brown, author of The Spiritual Tourist; Indra Adnan, Director of New Integrity. Chair: Marion Bowman, senior lecturer in religious studies at The Open University and co-editor of Beyond New Age. £8, £7 Concs, £6 ICA Members Speeding up or slowing down Speakers: Corinne Maier, author of Hello Laziness (Bonjour Paresse); Pat Kane, writer and author of The Play Ethic; Tom Hodgkinson, editor of The Idler and author of How to be Idle. Chair: Richard Reeves, co-founder of The Intelligence Agency and research associate, The Work Foundation. £8, £7 Concs, £6 ICA Members Art and Psychoanalysis £8, £7 Concs, £6 ICA Members Friday 10 June - Thursday 16 June 2005 EDUCATION @ THE ICA Gallery talk Free with ICA Day Membership Friday 17 May - Thursday 23 June 2005 PERFORMANCE @ THE ICA DIGITAL DANCE Incorporating video projection, motion capture systems and web streaming, Passion No Patience questions time and stillness and explores the architecture of the human body. The five dancers wear a series of motion capture sensors so that the movement of an arm or a slight change in facial expression can be recorded, stored digitally and manipulated during the show. The company use digital wireless stethoscopes to transmit the sound of their heartbeats as the performance progresses. As exertion increases heart rates so the sound, lighting and colour of the piece intensifies. £8 Full, £7 Concs, £6 ICA Members |
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