TICKETS
& BOX OFFICE INFORMATION: 020 7930 3647 / www.ica.org.uk THIS WEEK'S
HIGHLIGHT:
5 Apr-18 May 12-7.30pm daily
(13 Apr, 4.30-7.30pm; closed 29 Apr)
BECK'S FUTURES 2003
'Dedicated to the support of developing artists, Beck's Futures has established
itself as one of the country's premier art prizes' Independent The ICA
is delighted to present Beck's Futures 2003, featuring an eclectic mix
of some of the most exciting artists now working in the UK. It includes
an internet 'cyber globe' under constant bombardment created by Nick Crowe,
public interventions by Lucy Skaer and the artist-collective Inventory,
work exploring the tools of corporate marketing by Carey Young, performance-derived
videos by Alan Currall, David Sherry and Bernd Behr, a short film by Rosalind
Nashashibi examining cultural displacement, and a vibrating and moaning
mummy by Francis Upritchard. Much of the work in this year's exhibition
explores the points at which art grapples with and appropriates everyday
routines and public spaces, blurring the boundaries between reality and
fiction. As well as photographs, drawings and sculpture, many works have
a presence beyond the gallery through interventions and performances in
the public realm, engagement with broadcast media and the internet. Free
with ICA Day Membership Lower, Concourse and Upper Galleries
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 4 April - Thursday 10 April
FILM @ THE ICA
4 In This World Cinema 1
4.30,6.30,8.30pm
Fri Man Without a Past Cinema 2
6.30pm
Derrida Cinema 2
8.30pm
5 In This World Cinema 1
2.30,4.30,6.30,8.30pm
Sat Ten Cinema 2
4.30pm
Man Without A Past Cinema 2
6.30pm
Derrida Cinema 2
8.30pm
6 Xala Cinema 2 2pm
Sun In This World Cinema 1
2.30, 7, 9pm
Ten Cinema 2
4.30pm
America's Dream Cinema 1 4.30pm
Man Without A Past Cinema 2
6.30pm
Derrida Cinema 2
8.30pm
7 In This World Cinema
1
4.30,6.30,8.30pm
Mon Man Without A Past Cinema 2
6.30pm
Derrida Cinema 2
8.30pm
8 In This World Cinema 1
4.30,6.30,8.30pm
Tues Man Without a Past Cinema 2
6.30pm
Derrida Cinema 2
8.30pm
9 In This World Cinema
1
4.30,6.30,8.30pm
Wed Theorem Cinema 2 6.30pm
Derrida Cinema 2
8.30pm
10 In This World Cinema
1
4.30,9pm
Thur Man Without a Past Cinema 2
6.30pm
Theorem Cinema 2 8.30pm
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 4 April - Thursday 10 April
FILM @ THE ICA
**First
Run Release**
ICA PROJECTS
In This World
'Extraordinary...I urge you to get a ticket' Observer 'astonishing ' Daily
Telegraph 'A film of raw power'
**** Total Film
Winner Golden Bear - Berlin Film Festival 2003
Torn from the headlines, Michael Winterbottom's compelling new film follows
Jamal, a young Afghan, as he embarks on a hazardous overland trip from
the refugee camp at Peshawar through Iran, Turkey, Italy and France to
Sangatte and into the heart of London where he becomes 'M1187511'. Winterbottom
and his brilliant writer Tony Grisoni have struck a fine balance between
the fictional and documentary elements of the film and they give us cause
to see behind the headlines at the broader political and moral concerns.
Dir Michael Winterbottom UK 2002, 89 mins, English subtitles
**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
America's
Dream
The ICA is delighted to welcome Black Film-maker Magazine, whose monthly
film club screenings we will host from April onwards. America's Dream
stars Wesley Snipes, Danny Glover and Lorraine Toussaint in the film adaptations
of three short stories by Richard Wright, John Henrick Clarke and Maya
Angelou. Racial stereotypes are challenged and broken down in this dedication
to black empowerment. A discussion will follow the screening.
Dir Bill Duke, Kevin Rodney Sullivan, Paris Barclay, US 1996, 87 mins
Xala
'invigorating...delightful... spectacular' Time Out
An extraordinary satire on the Senegalese bourgeoisie, in which a middle-aged
Dakar businessman finds that his social standing slides when he takes
a third wife.
Dir Ousmane Sembene, Senegal 1974, 123 mins, English subtitles
Theorem
'perfect...' Time Out
Terence Stamp plays a stranger who descends upon a wealthy family and
seduces every one of them. Leaving as swiftly as he arrived, the family
finds their life in ruins. Dir Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy 1968, 98 mins,
English subtitles
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 4 April - Thursday 10 April
EXHIBITION @ the ICA
5 Apr-18 May 12-7.30pm daily (13 Apr, 4.30-7.30pm; closed 29 Apr) BECK'S
FUTURES 2003 'Dedicated to the support of developing artists, Beck's Futures
has established itself as one of the country's premier art prizes' Independent
The ICA is delighted to present Beck's Futures 2003, featuring an eclectic
mix of some of the most exciting artists now working in the UK. It includes
an internet 'cyber globe' under constant bombardment created by Nick Crowe,
public interventions by Lucy Skaer and the artist-collective Inventory,
work exploring the tools of corporate marketing by Carey Young, performance-derived
videos by Alan Currall, David Sherry and Bernd Behr, a short film by Rosalind
Nashashibi examining cultural displacement, and a vibrating and moaning
mummy by Francis Upritchard. Much of the work in this year's exhibition
explores the points at which art grapples with and appropriates everyday
routines and public spaces, blurring the boundaries between reality and
fiction. As well as photographs, drawings and sculpture, many works have
a presence beyond the gallery through interventions and performances in
the public realm, engagement with broadcast media and the internet. This
year's selection was made by the curators Russell Ferguson (Chief Curator,
UCLA Hammer Museum); Maria Lind (Director, Kunstverein Munich); Hans Ulrich
Obrist (Independent Curator); and the artist Michael Landy, who is the
Chair of the panel. Beck's Futures is the result of an ongoing collaboration
between the ICA and Beck's and has established a reputation for identifying
and supporting the work of the most promising artists in the UK. Each
of the participating artists will receive a share of the £40,000
awards-fund that goes towards making Beck's Futures the UK's most generous
arts awards. One artist will be selected for a further overall award of
£20,000. The exhibition is accompanied by a limited-edition publication
with contributions from J G Ballard and Hans Ulrich Obrist, and art historian
and writer Michael Archer. A free newsprint exhibition guide will also
be available. Beck's Futures 2003 subsequently travels to the CCA, Glasgow
and Southampton City Art Gallery. Mon - Fri: £1.50, £1.00
Concs. FREE with ICA Membership; Sat & Sun: £2.50, £1.50
Concs. FREE with ICA Membership
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 4 April - Thursday 10 April
EDUCATION @ the ICA
Beck's
Futures Gallery Talk
Sat 5 Apr, 3pm
Artist Bruce McLean, whose work spans performance, painting and film,
joins with Beck's Futures artists David Sherry, Lucy Skaer and Bernd Behr
to discuss work that deals with performance, public space, social convention
and the everyday.
£6, £5 Concs. £4 ICA Members
Brandon Room
Primal
Art Masterclass
Mon 7 Apr, 4pm
The Artist in the Video Game
The creative team from the BAFTA award-winning SCEE Studio Cambridge will
reveal the development process, from initial concept to digital actualisation.
Free with ICA Day Membership Brandon Room
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 4 April - Thursday 10 April
TALKS @ the ICA
British Psychoanalytical Society
Sun 6 Apr, 10am-1.30pm
Family Knots and Abusive Ties
The fourth in a series of films and discussions on the subject of Family
Knots and Abusive Ties introduced by and discussed with psychoanalysts
Andrea Sabbadini and Michael Brearley, and Film Historian Peter Evans.
The programme continues with a screening and discussion of Behind the
Sun directed by Walter Salles. The way film-makers from different cinematic
traditions have portrayed families on screen and interpreted their dysfunctions,
from comic misunderstandings to tragic abuse, will be explored. There
are a further 4 films in this monthly series.
Tickets and further information: Events, The Institute of Psychoanalysis,
112A Shirland Road, London W9 2EQ.
020 7563 5017 / EventsBPAS@compuserve.com
£18, £13.50 Concs.
Thur
10 Apr, 6.45pm
Bianca Jagger: Toy Soldiers
There are some 300,000 children serving as soldiers in current armed conflicts
in more than 30 countries around the world. They participate in all aspects
of contemporary warfare, wielding AK-47s and M-16s, serving as human mine
detectors, carrying supplies, and acting as spies. An optional protocol
to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child forbids the involvement
of children under the age of 18 in armed conflict. But some governments
have refused to sign it, and it is widely ignored. Tonight's talk is lead
by human rights campaginer Bianca Jagger; Jo Becker, Children's Rights
Advocacy Director at Human Rights Watch; and former child soldier China
Keitetsi, now resettled in Denmark and author of My Life as a Childsoldier
in Uganda. Chair: Sue Lloyd-Roberts. £8, £7 Concs. £6
ICA Members Cinema 1
6-9 Apr
Primal Art
Video games are one of the key contemporary cultural forms as well as
one of the UK's major cultural businesses, which increasing numbers of
students enter. This unique four-day event brings together an exhibition
and a series of seminars to examine the art of computer games, the creative
processes by which they're forged, their impact on the culture, and the
employment prospects in the business. Mixing major designers and games
artists with cultural commentators, it's an unmissable opportunity to
sample just what a creative business is.
Tue
8 Apr, 7pm
Video Games and their Cultural Contexts
As with all cultural forms, games are influenced by forms such as music
and art and, in their turn, influence such forms. An invited panel of
media influencers and commentators discuss the cultural life of video
games. Panel
includes: Ken Hollings, the author of Destroy All Monsters, regular contributor
to The Wire magazine and Sight and Sound; Matt Adams, member of Blast
Theory, one of UK's leading artists' groups making interactive performances,
installations, video and mixed reality projects; Phil Harrison, SCEE's
Executive Vice President of Development and Paul Bennun, director of Somethin'
Else, the award winning, network-based content company that produces programming
and technology for broadcasters. In the Chair: Mark Kermode, film critic
and broadcaster. Free with ICA Day Membership Brandon Room
Wed
9 Apr, 5-6.30pm
Video Games : Career Surgery
Ideal for those interested in a career in video games. A panel of speakers
from the top four specialist video games recruitment agencies will offer
advice on routes into industry and a guide to CV and portfolio construction.
By Invitation Only,
email for info: katie@ica.org.uk
Brandon Room
Wed 9 Apr, 7pm
Women in Video Games
An opportunity to discover how women are making an impact on a supposedly
male dominated business. Guests include: Katie Lea and Lisa Harmon, part
of the SCEE Studio Cambridge development team; Katie Ellwood, scriptwriter
on The Getaway at SCEE Studio SoHo; media columnist and ardent gamer,
Aleks Krotoski. Free with ICA Membership for the day Brandon Room
Programme Changes
Thurs 3 Apr, 6.45pm
Age: 4700 days. Lolita
Many of the world's great works of art have been subject to censorship
in their time. But, perhaps more than any of them, Nabokov's Lolita still
retains the power to discommode and unsettle. "A disgusting book"
is a typical Amazon customer review. The evening kicks off with actor
Alan Howard reading from Lolita, and is followed by four writers and thinkers
exploring the book and asking whether it is vitiated by - or even beautiful
because of - its horrible central premise. Will Self's most recent book,
Dorian, is a shameless reworking of Wilde's classic novel, steeped in
drugs and sex. Jenny Diski's Skating to Antarctica is an extraordinary
account of childhood. David Wilson, professor of Criminal Justice at the
University of Central England, formerly a prison governor and set up the
sex offender treatment programme at HMP Grendon. David Quantick, comedy
writer (including Brass Eye, Jam, and The Junkies). In the chair is Guardian
columnist, Zoe Williams.
Cinema 1
£8, £7 Concs, £6 ICA Members
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 4 April - Thursday 10 April
CLUBS AND MUSIC @ the ICA
Sat
5 Apr, 8pm
Batmacumba
Pack away your jumpers, slip into your bikinis and prepare to samba as
the legendary Brazilian night returns to the ICA after its winter siesta.
Hosted by the world famous DJ Cliffy - he promises to bring sunshine,
dancing and the most eclectic and ground breaking Latin music to the capital
to keep the enthusiast, muso and (P)arty goer happy in one elaborate night.
£6, £5 Concs. Free to ICA Members Bar
DIY
Clubbing
Wed 9 Apr, 8pm
Laptop Jams
An open invitation to the technically obsessed, digitally challenged and
the wary. A 21st century guitar jam without guitars. Bring your laptop
for audio and visual improvisation or maybe you just like to watch...?
Info: www.laptop-jams.com
£5, £4 Concs. Free to ICA Members
Bar
3
Apr - 1 May
Cut and Splice
A unique series of events presenting a broad slice through the history
of radical electronic music, revealing a cross-section from the handmade
sounds of the 60s to the digital world of today. Each event will be broadcast
with interviews and web streaming late night on Saturdays on BBC Radio
3's Hear and Now. At each event, there will be a discussion with artists
performing that night, admission free to ticket holders, subject to capacity.
In conjunction with Sonic Arts Network and Radio 3, supported by The Wire.
Artists talks to be announced, check ICA website or www.sonicartsnetwork.org
for details. Thur 10 Apr, 8pm
Electric Voices:
Charles Amirkhanian, Iris Garrelfs, Trevor Wishart
The voice. Probably the most versatile sound source in the world. Change
it into electricity and mould it in space. Charles Amirkhanian electronically
transforms text/words/speech to make a displaced musical hyperlanguage.
It could be the music of a million telephone calls coded, recoded and
decoded. Iris Garrelfs is the queen of glitch-tech distorted vocals. Her
voice is a circuit jammed on dislocate. She sings the body electric. Trevor
Wishart, long established explorer of lost voices, uses his own personalised
computer alchemy to transform human utterance into electroacoustic gold.
In the bar, Touch, the ground breaking audio visual label. Insect laughter
and animal voices.
(BBC broadcast 19 April)
£10, £9 Concs. £8 ICA Members
Theatre, Bar
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 4 April - Thursday 10 April
NEW MEDIA @ the ICA
London Premiere
26 Mar-20 Apr, Wed, Thurs, Fri 4-8pm, Sat 2-6pm
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.
Mon-Fri: £1.50, £1 Concs, Free with ICA Membership; Sat-Sun:
£2.50, £1.50 Concs, Free with ICA Membership Digital Studio
6-9 Apr Primal Art Video games are one of the key contemporary cultural
forms as well as one of the UK's major cultural businesses, which increasing
numbers of students enter. This unique four-day event brings together
an exhibition and a series of seminars to examine the art of computer
games, the creative processes by which they're forged, their impact on
the culture, and the employment prospects in the business. Mixing major
designers and games artists with cultural commentators, it's an unmissable
opportunity to sample just what a creative business is.
Tue
8 Apr, 7pm
Video Games and their Cultural Contexts
As with all cultural forms, games are influenced by forms such as music
and art and, in their turn, influence such forms. An invited panel of
media influencers and commentators discuss the cultural life of video
games. Panel
includes: Ken Hollings, the author of Destroy All Monsters, regular contributor
to The Wire magazine and Sight and Sound; Matt Adams, member of Blast
Theory, one of UK's leading artists' groups making interactive performances,
installations, video and mixed reality projects; Phil Harrison, SCEE's
Executive Vice President of Development and Paul Bennun, director of Somethin'
Else, the award winning, network-based content company that produces programming
and technology for broadcasters. In the Chair: Mark Kermode, film critic
and broadcaster. Free with ICA Day Membership Brandon Room
Wed
9 Apr, 5-6.30pm
Video Games : Career Surgery
Ideal for those interested in a career in video games. A panel of speakers
from the top four specialist video games recruitment agencies will offer
advice on routes into industry and a guide to CV and portfolio construction.
By Invitation Only,
email for info: katie@ica.org.uk
Brandon Room
Wed
9 Apr, 7pm
Women in Video Games
An opportunity to discover how women are making an impact on a supposedly
male dominated business. Guests include: Katie Lea and Lisa Harmon, part
of the SCEE Studio Cambridge development team; Katie Ellwood, scriptwriter
on The Getaway at SCEE Studio SoHo; media columnist and ardent gamer,
Aleks Krotoski. Free with ICA Membership for the day Brandon Room
PROGRAMME CHANGES
Please note the new line-up for the talk entitled 'Lolita' on April 3rd.
Several extra speakers will now participate.
April
3rd
6.45pm
Age: 4700 days. Lolita
Many of the world's great works of art have been subject to censorship
in their time. But, perhaps more than any of them, Nabokov's Lolita still
retains the power to discommode and unsettle. "A disgusting book"
is a typical Amazon customer review. The evening kicks off with actor
Alan Howard reading from Lolita, and is followed by four writers and thinkers
exploring the book and asking whether it is vitiated by - or even beautiful
because of - its horrible central premise. Will Self's most recent book,
Dorian, is a shameless reworking of Wilde's classic novel, steeped in
drugs and sex. Jenny Diski's Skating to Antarctica is an extraordinary
account of childhood. David Wilson, professor of Criminal Justice at the
University of Central England, formerly a prison governor and set up the
sex offender treatment programme at HMP Grendon. David Quantick, comedy
writer (including Brass Eye, Jam, and The Junkies). In the chair is Guardian
columnist, Zoe Williams.
Cinema 1
£8, £7 Concs, £6 ICA Members
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