Fri
21 Mar, 9pm
Spread Love presents
M.C. Paul Barman plus Aspects
'Paul's flow is less about hipping and hopping than graphing quadratic
equations, but who's complaining?' Village Voice Spread Love and Coup
D'Etat records present the exclusive UK debut of New Jersey rapper Paul
Barman. An uncanny lyricist, his crafty combination of polysyllabic multi-rhymes,
pop culture references, mathematics, comedy, sex and politics, as found
on debut album Paullelujah! demands repeated close listening. His curly
locks and Jewish heritage defy hip-hop convention but his DIY ethics and
penchant for wordplay make him a quintessential rapper. Special guests
are Bristol's surrealist hip-hop crew Aspects with Spread Love residents
Yoda, James and Rob on the decks in the bar and theatre. £10, £9
Concs, £8 ICA Members Theatre, Bar
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 21 March - Thursday 27 March
FILM @ THE ICA
21
Man Without a Past Cinema 1
4.30,6.30,8.30pm
Fri Derrida Cinema 2 7pm
Red Desert Cinema 2 8.45pm
22 Digital Showcase Cinema 2 1pm
Sat
Man Without A Past Cinema 1
4.30,6.30,8.30pm
Ten Cinema 2 4.30pm
Derrida Cinema 2 6.30pm
Red Desert Cinema 2 8.30pm
23
Pickpocket Cinema 2 2.30pm
Sun Man Without A Past Cinema 1
2.30,4.30,6.30,8.30pm
Ten Cinema 2 4.30pm
Derrida Cinema 2 6.30pm
Red Desert Cinema 2 8.30pm
24
Man Without A Past Cinema 1 4.30, 6.30,
8.30pm
Mon Derrida Cinema 2 6.15pm
Mulholland Drive Cinema 2 8pm
25
Man Without A Past Cinema 1 4.30, 9pm
Tues Derrida Cinema 2 6.15pm
Mulholland Drive Cinema 2 8pm
26 Man Without A Past Cinema 1 4.30,
6.30,8.30pm
Wed Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Cinema 2 6.15pm
Bach
Mulholland Drive Cinema 2 8pm
27 Man Without A Past Cinema 1 4.30, 6.30,
8.30pm
Thurs Derrida Cinema 2 7pm
Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Cinema 2 8.45pm
Bach
PLEASE NOTE THE ICA CINEMA SHOWS FIRST RUN RELEASES AS WELL AS REP FILMS.
PLEASE CAN YOU ENSURE THESE ARE LISTED IN THE MAIN WEST END CINEMA NEW
RELEASE SECTIONS OF YOUR PUBLICATION.
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 21 March - Thursday 27 March
FILM @ THE ICA
**First
Run Release**
ICA PROJECTS
The Man Without a Past (Mies Vailla Menneisyytta)
'Pure cinematic joy' Sight & Sound
'sublime... the feel-good success of the festival' Observer
'A rare pleasure' Guardian
A delirious mixture of black comedy, film noir and love story, Kaurismäki's
rapturously received film triumphed at the Cannes Film Festival where
it took a multitude of prizes. Markku Pellota plays the title character
'M' a man who arrives in Helsinki to be set upon by thugs and pronounced
dead by medics. By some miracle he comes to, wandering the streets with
no memory of his past or his identity. Rebuilding his life from scratch,
'M' acquires a dog named Hannibal and falls in love with a Salvation Army
volunteer. But the past inevitably catches up with him and the man must
then confront his future.
Dir Aki Kaurismäki, Finland/Germany/France 2002, 97 mins, Finnish
with English subtitles
**First
Run Release**
ICA PROJECTS/DOCUMENTA
Derrida
'Blissful ... a pleasure to watch' 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.
Dir Kirby Dick/Amy Ziering Kofman, US 2002, 85 mins
ICA
PROJECTS
Ten
'profoundly compassionate, funny, wise... Time Out
'mesmerising and brilliant...' Daily Telegraph
' ***** the very best of the year' Guardian
Kiarostami's latest film took last year's Cannes Film Festival by storm
with not only its revelation of the emotional life of contemporary Iran,
but its extraordinary, Godardian reinvention of the cinematic form itself.
Focusing tightly on a driver (the wonderful Mania Akbari) and her passengers,
Ten opens on an incredible exchange with her young son, the very model
of burgeoning masculinity. We meet her sister, an elderly woman going
to prayer, a prostitute and a heartbroken friend, as the driver and her
passengers argue, joke, cajole and console one another through the course
of ten brief journeys.
Dir Abbas Kiarostami, France/Iran 2002, 94 mins, Farsi with English subtitles
The
Red Desert
(Deserto Rosso)
'extraordinary and riveting'
Time Out
The alienated wife of an electronics engineer wanders bewildered through
a modern industrial landscape that Antonioni has coloured in the most
startling and original way imaginable. A hauntingly intricate plot and
an extraordinary central performance by the wonderful Monica Vitti. Dir
Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy/France 1964, 116 mins
Pickpocket
'One of the few postwar European films that is both cerebral and sensual'
Time Out Inspired by Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, an examination
of a thief who deems himself above the laws and conditions of ordinary
men. Michel haunts the subways, city streets and racetracks to ply his
trade. He plays a game of wits with a paternal police inspector and walls
his heart off from the affections of the quiet young woman who looks after
his dying mother. Bresson's direction strips his non-professional cast
of affectation and motivation, making them 'blank slates' defined by the
accumulation of actions and words. Despite its daring, Pickpocket is no
thriller but a powerful, profound search for meaning and spiritual enlightenment
by a man who believes in nothing but himself. An allegory on the insufficiency
of human resources, a tone poem on displaced desire. Dir Robert Bresson,
France 1959, 75 mins
Mulholland
Drive
'Steamily inspired ... deliciously clever' Guardian
A compelling epic set amongst the hills and hidden corners of Los Angeles,
the labyrinthine plot follows the fate of a young beauty who crawls from
the wreckage of a car crash to assume another identity. Ominously suspenseful
and full of surprises with an extraordinary central twist. Dir David Lynch,
US/France 2001, 146 mins
The
Chronicle of Anna Magdelena Bach
'beautiful ...' Time Out
Documenting the last three decades of Bach's life through the mediating
eyes of his wife, Straub's extraordinarily lucid film is predominantly
concerned with the relationship between music and performance. With his
minimalist sensitivity to nuance and inflection, Straub eschews extraneous
editing and camera movement to stunning effect. Dir Jean-Marie Straub,
Italy/Germany 1968, 93 mins
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 14 March - Thursday 20 March
EXHIBITIONS
@ the ICA
>From 29 Jan-16 Mar, 12-7.30pm
PUBLICNESS:
HAANING MATTHIEU LAURETTE ALEKSANDRA MIR
Publicness features three artists, Jens Haaning, Matthieu Laurette, and
Aleksandra Mir. Collectively, they operate between Europe, Asia, Australia,
North and South America. Haaning recently showed in Documenta 11, Kassel,
Germany (2002). Laurette showed in Plateau of Humankind, 49th Venice Biennale
(2001). Aleksandra Mir represented Sweden in the Sydney Biennale (2002).
All three artists work with and interrogate the notion of the public realm.
The majority of their works are not conceived primarily for gallery display
but are developed within larger economies. Taking the form of a three-way
conversation Publicness presents newly commissioned projects alongside
existing works that explore travel, migration, consumerism, marketing
strategies, art production systems and mass-media culture. Publicness
will be dealt with on many different levels, including the artist as a
public persona, the institution as a public space and the production and
circulation of public information. The artists will also explore how diverse
public projects can be presented within a gallery context whilst maintaining
the significance and meaning of the work. The title Publicness may sound
slightly odd, out of place, or possibly foreign. However, the word also
promises a sense of generosity, a desire to give something to the public
and to share certain ideals.
Amongst
other projects, Jens Haaning shows Ma'lesh (who cares) (2002), a giant
illuminated sign, along with photographs depicting refugees living in
Copenhagen produced in the style of a commercial fashion shoot. He also
presents Foreigners Free at the box office, allowing free entry for anyone
who isn't British.
In
association with Déjà vu - The Fifth International Lookalike
Convention, held during the ICA Private View, Matthieu Laurette shows
video footage and posters from previous International Lookalike Conventions
he has organised. He also presents his ongoing Citizenship Project. In
the upper galleries, Aleksandra Mir exhibits a selection of evolving and
completed projects, such as Stonehenge II, a proposal for a replica to
save the original from erosion, and First Woman on the Moon (Casco Projects,
1999), a video documentation of a one-day event that took place in Holland
to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the original moon landing. Upper
and Lower Galleries Mon-Fri £1.50; £1.00 concs; FREE with
ICA membership. Sat & Sun £2.50; £1.50 concs; FREE with
ICA membership Foreigners Free
>From
29 Jan-16 Mar, 12-7.30pm
DRINKS BY:
THE BEER, WINE AND OTHER ALCOHOL ART ARCHIVE
Also in the upper gallery, an exhibition featuring Matthieu Laurette's
unique archive of bottle labels designed or illustrated by modern and
contemporary artists, including Tacita Dean, Keith Haring, Vincent Van
Gogh, Damien Hirst, Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, Mark Wallinger and
Andy Warhol.
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 21 March - Thursday 27 March
TALKS
@ the ICA
21-22
March
Body Missing:
Marc Augé, Vera Frenkel, Paul Ricoeur
A two day conference featuring some of the world's leading academics and
philosophical theorists on the meaning of absence in the context of exile,
migration, and loss.
Fri
21 Mar, 11am-6pm
Considerations on the Meaning of Absence Part I
This first day focuses on the internationally distinguished multi-media
Czech-Canadian artist and cultural theorist Vera Frenkel whose work is
currently being exhibited at the Freud Museum. She will talk about her
installation and video works that deal with the meaning of absence in
the context of post Holocaust and other social conditions of exile, fantasies
of redemption, and the aesthetic-technical contexts of cyber-virtuality.
A theoretical and historical context for the discussion of this work will
be provided by Sigrid Schade, leading feminist art historian from the
University of Bremen and author of Art as Loot, and Ryczard Kluczczinski,
Polish curator of new media art. Other speakers are Griselda Pollock,
whose many books include Differencing the Canon: Feminist Desire and the
Writing of Art Histories, Dot Tuer, and Elizabeth Legg.
£9, £8 Concs, £7 ICA Members
Tickets for both days:
£21, £18 Concs, £16 ICA Members
Nash Room
Sat 22 Mar, 2-4pm
Considerations on the Meaning of Absence Part II
Marc Augé, Director of Studies at Ecoles des Hautes Etudes en sciences
sociales at the University of Paris and author of Non-Places: Introduction
to an anthropology of supermodernity joins Paul Ricoeur retired Professor
of Philosophy from Universities of Paris and Chicago and a major philosophical
theorist of historical narrative, author of Time and Narrative. They will
be in debate with Czech-Canadian multi-media artist and cultural theorist
Vera Frenkel about her work in the context of the meaning of absence in
contemporary historical consciousness and postmodern social and virtual
spatiality. Chaired by the writer and academic Griselda Pollock. £15,
£13 Concs, £12 ICA Members Tickets for both days: £21,
£18 Concs, £16 ICA Members Cinema 1
Tues
25 Mar, 7pm
Painting on Film:
Twin Peaks and the Art of Production Design
Richard Hoover, production designer for the television series of Twin
Peaks, Hollywood Art Director and Visual Effects Consultant on films as
diverse as Bob Roberts, Ed Wood, Dead Man Walking, and Girl Interrupted
gives an illustrated talk centred on the influence of fine art on contemporary
film design. Have artists ever had such a wealth of resources at their
disposal, or should they continually return to the gallery in search of
inspiration? Hoover will then be in conversation with Hari Kunzru, award-winning
author of The Impressionist and music editor of Wallpaper. Followed by
a screening of a classic episode of Twin Peaks.
£8, £7 Concs, £6 ICA Members
Cinema 1
Tues
25 Mar, 7.15pm
Sexist Science?
Recently two major reports highlighted the under-representation of women
in science, engineering and technology (SET). A disproportionate number
of women leave SET, increasing the gender imbalance in these fields. Could
this loss threaten our country's competitive position in the global 'knowledge
economy'? Are women leaving because of institutional sexism? Tonight's
speaker, Nancy Lane, will explore the unique contribution made by Rosalind
Franklin to the discovery of DNA, as well as the challenges facing women
in science then and now. Lane is a senior research associate at the Department
of Zoology at the University of Cambridge and she is also the project
director of the University's Initiative for Women in Science. Tonight's
chair is Daniel Glaser, the ICA's first scientist in residence. £5,
£4 Concs, £3 ICA Members Nash Room
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 21 March - Thursday 27 March
CLUBS
AND MUSIC @ the ICA
Sat
22 Mar, 8pm
K. Beta
Tonight is a unique chance to catch a glimpse into the intensity of Greek
contemporary culture. Founding Stereo Nova in the early nineties, Kostantine
Beta (K-Beta) was the first composer to make a case for electronic music
in Greece. Since the group split in 1996, he has released numerous solo
albums and has composed for documentaries, film and theatre. Tonight,
he is presenting electronic compositions from his latest project 'transformations'.
Late night screenings in Cinema 2 from 11pm include excerpts from the
VideoDanceThessaloniki International Film Festival; the International
Short Film Festival in Drama and profiles Christos Dimas. Christos Dimas
is one of the current upcoming film-makers in Greece. His first feature
film The Cistern was one of the most anticipated films at the 2001 Thessaloniki
Film Festival. £5, £4 Concs. £3 ICA Members Cinema 2
: 11pm-1am; 8pm-1am : Bar, Theatre
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 21 March - Thursday 27 March
DIGITAL
STUDIO @ the ICA
22
Mar, 1pm
Digital Showcase
'I wish that everything was better between us'
The Digital Showcase is delighted to welcome Emma Hedditch and Miranda
July who will join Lina D. Russell to host the screening of 'I wish that
everything was better between us' - a collaborative video project created
especially for the Digital Showcase. Portland based artist Miranda July
makes performances and movies, her work has been shown internationally
at MoMA, the Guggenheim Museum, and the International Film Festival Rotterdam
and the Whitney Biennial. Emma Hedditch is a London based artist working
with video. Her work focuses on the politics and practices of working
together, and it shows ways in which to create solidarity and active support.
£4, £3 Concs. £2 ICA Members Cinema 2
26
& 27 Mar, 4-8pm
Exit Strategy
'A project for all migrants: MEP's, refugees, businessmen/women, nomads,
astronauts and actors' Exit Strategy Catalogue The work of Rachel Baker
examines networks in various forms - their mechanics, politics and aesthetics.
Exit Strategy generates networked discourse and narrative on migratory
modes, taking place on train routes around Europe. Accounts of train journeys
such as a trip to Sangatte refugee camp and conversations overheard in
the first-class carriage are presented
alongside sound recordings and video journeys.
For four weeks, the Digital Studio is transformed into Rachel Baker's
base to develop further rail-publishing interventions. Audiences are invited
to participate contribute text via SMS.
Free with ICA Day Membership
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 21 March - Thursday 27 March
DIGITAL
/ PERFORMANCE @ the ICA
Fri
21 Mar, 12.30, 2, 3.30pm
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind
of Someone from Suffolk
'A fascinating insight into theology, celebrity and death' Nicholas Parsons
What happens when you die? Does your soul live on? Does your spirit spend
a restless eternity haunting the halls and cellars of National Trust properties?
Or does your consciousness vanish forever like an alka-seltzer in a paddling
pool? These are the big questions. And who better to answer them than
Elvis Presley, Gwyneth Paltrow, William Shakespeare, Saddam Hussein and
Tiger Woods. A digital spectacular from artist Charlie Skelton and Anthropics
Technology, the London based provider of visual messaging technology For
further information visit www.anthropics.com/ica Free with ICA Day Membership
Theatre
Wed
26, Thur 27 Mar, 8pm
Bodies in Flight presents Skinworks
Three performers cruise the web, crashing chat-rooms, flipping identities,
spinning yarns, beguiling, ensnaring unsuspecting novices, seducing each
other, pushing imagination beyond the tech spec, mailing valentines into
the void. Partly made in Chicago and in collaboration with the band Angel
Tech and film-maker Lucy Baldwyn, Skinworks - a linked web-performance
event - marks the culmination of Bodies in Flight's exploration of cyberlove,
how new desires and moods of love
emerge from sex without bodies.
Limited space; early booking is advisable.
£8, £7 Concs. £6 ICA Members
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