ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 25 June - Thursday 1 July 2004
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THIS
WEEK'S HIGHLIGHT:
Sat 26 June,
4pm
ANTONIO NEGRI IN CONVERSATION
In 2000 Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt published Empire, a book that
took the left and academia by storm. A demanding work of political theory,
it was nonetheless on the best-seller lists for months, and became a cult
book for the anti-capitalist movement. Now Negri, in his first visit to
Britain since his arrest in 1979, will be talking about the issues raised
in his most recent book Time for Revolution. Written in prison, the two
essays in this book expand on the idea of there being no outside to capitalism.
Is there still a place for resistance? How is 'the multitude' able to
develop an anti-authoritarian autonomy in the face of world capital? A
rare opportunity to hear one of the most significant figures in contemporary
political thought, Negri will be in conversation. £8, £7 Concs.
£6 ICA Members Cinema 1
FILM @ THE ICA
Friday
25 June
HOURS OF THE DAY
(Cinema 1) 4.30, 6.30pm
JU ON: GRUDGE 2
(Cinema 1) 8.45pm
RING
(Cinema 2) 6.30pm
THE TENANT
(Cinema 2) 8.30pm
Saturday
26 June
UNCUT
(Cinema 2) 12pm
HOURS OF THE DAY
(Cinema 1) 2, 6.45, 8.45pm
ARTISTS FAVOURITES
POETIC JUSTICE
(Cinema 2) 4.30pm
RING
(Cinema 2) 6.30pm
THE TENANT
(Cinema 2) 8.30pm
Sunday
27June
KINGDOM
(Cinema 1) 1pm
HOURS OF THE DAY
(Cinema 1) 6.45, 8.45pm
RING
(Cinema 2) 6.30pm
THE TENANT
(Cinema 2) 8.30pm
Monday
28 June
HOURS OF THE DAY
(Cinema 1) 4.30, 6.30, 8.30pm
THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE
(Cinema 2) 6pm
KWAIDAN
(Cinema 2) 8pm
Tuesday
29 June
HOURS OF THE DAY
(Cinema 1) 4.30, 6.30, 8.30pm
THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE
(Cinema 2) 6pm
KWAIDAN
(Cinema 2) 8pm
Wednesday
30 June
HOURS OF THE DAY
(Cinema 1) 4.30, 6.30, 8.30pm
THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE
(Cinema 2) 6pm
KWAIDAN
(Cinema 2) 8pm
Thursday
1 July
HOURS OF THE DAY
(Cinema 1) 4.30, 6.30, 8.30pm
THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE
(Cinema 2) 6pm
KWAIDAN
(Cinema 2) 8pmICA LISTINGS
Cinema 1:
18 June - 1 July
THE HOURS OF THE DAY
'Leaves one shaken but, at the same time, transfixed'
Edinburgh International Film Festival
This striking debut feature from young Barcelona-born director Jaime Rosales
methodically gets under your skin while managing to avoid standard manipulative
tricks. Abel (Alex Brendemuhl) runs a family clothing store, has a girlfriend
with whom he may buy an apartment and enjoys a reasonably civil relationship
with his mother. He appears to be a perfectly ordinary young man. But
behind that mask something else is going on, a capacity for unmotivated,
unpredictable violence that transforms Abel into a creature impossible
to understand, even as he appears to be a model of normality.
Dir Jaime Rosales, Spain, 2003, 101 mins, subs
Cinema 2: 18, 19, 21 June
Cinema 1
& 2: 24 - 30 June
HAUNTED!
Ghosts, curse and possession - a short round-up of cinema's finest supernatural
frissons. The haunting begins with special previews of the spookily successful
Grudge films from Japan.
Special Preview
Cinema 1: 25 June, 8.45pm
JU-ON: THE GRUDGE 2
The curse continues in Takashi Shimizu's sequel, which not only sustains
the terror of its predecessor but manages to intensify it. This time a
TV crew have foolishly entered the house of horror to shoot a supposedly
staged report on the weird goings-on. It's not long before they realise
that faking it won't be necessary, as Kayako and Toshio - who's fast becoming
one of horror cinema's creepiest new icons - don't take kindly to intruders
on their turf. If the first Grudge scared you half to death, Grudge 2
will finish you off. Dir Takashi Shimizu, Japan, 2003, 92 mins, subs
Tickets: £7.50, £6.50 Concs. £5.50 ICA Members
Cinema 2,
25-27 June, 6.30pm
RING
'a very scary movie' Tony Rayns
A videotape containing bizarre images transmits a deadly curse to all
those who watch it in this Japanese hit that prompted a new wave of Asian
horror and spawned a Hollywood remake. Distressed and baffled by the mysterious
death of her niece and three classmates, TV journalist Asakawa Reiko retraces
their steps to a resort in Izu. Here she finds the strange videotape -
grainy images of a woman in a kimono combing her hair, deaths in a volcanic
eruption, a hooded pointing figure and an old well...
Dir Nakata Hideo, Japan, 1998, 95mins, subs
Cinema 2:
25 - 27 June, 8.30pm
THE TENANT
'A darkly, witty nightmare' The Onion
Roman Polanski moves into a dingy apartment after the former occupant
throws herself out of the window, only to find that the mansion block
itself may have had something to do with her attempted suicide. Slowly
but surely the spirit of the place - replete with sinister, conspiring
tenants - begins to possess him. A macabre black comedy and an effective
supernatural mystery, suffused by an expertly conjured atmosphere of clammy
dread that sticks to the skin.
Dir Roman Polanski, US/France, 1976, 125 mins
Cinema 2:
28 - 30 June, 6pm
THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE
'The work of a great stylist' Sight & Sound
At the tail-end of the Spanish Civil War, a boarding-school for boys becomes
a microcosm of the conflict itself. An unexploded Fascist bomb is lodged
in the courtyard, while within the school's labyrinth of corridors and
underground rooms the ghost of a former pupil provides a clue to the institution's
secrets.
Dir Guillermo Del Toro, Spain/Mexico, 2001, 108 mins
Cinema 1:
27 June, 1pm
THE KINGDOM
Built on ancient marshlands, The Kingdom is the most advanced hospital
in Denmark. However, science and technology prove to be no match for the
supernatural forces that begin to invade the hospital once a portal between
worlds is opened. Crazy, scary and relentless.
Dir Lars Von Trier, Denmarkk, 1994, 280 mins approx (+ interval), subs
Cinema 2:
28 - 30 June, 8pm
KWAIDAN
One of the greatest supernatural anthology films ever made, this Cannes
award-winner spins a quartet of finely-crafted ghost stories. 'The Black
Hair' belongs to a wife who remains curiously unchanged years after being
betrayed; 'The Woman in the Snow' is a succubus who strikes a hard bargain
with a poor woodcutter; 'Hoichi the Earless' is a blind musician whose
singing invokes spirits; and 'In a Cup of Tea' you'll find an unexpected
reflection...
Dir Masaki Kobayashi, Japan, 1965, 161 mins
Sat 26 Jun,
1-4pm
UNCUT
The independent forum for screening and debate before an active audience.
Programmed and presented by Joel Karamath. £4, £3 Concs. £2
ICA Members Cinema 2
EXHIBITIONS @ THE ICA
Act 1: Until
23 July, 2004
Galleries: 12-7.30pm
ARTISTS' FAVOURITES: AN EXHIBITION IN TWO ACTS
Which artworks do artists consider important and influential? Which pieces
would artists like to see exhibited? What artworks had an effect on the
practice of other artists? Conceived as an exhibition in two acts, Artists'
Favourites will investigate these questions while examining the different
criteria that determine the way in which art is understood, judged and
how it is in fact classified.
Over thirty of the foremost international artists have each been invited
to select and introduce one of their favourite works of art made between
1947 (the year the ICA first opened) and today. The result is a subjective
and multifarious selection of artworks revealing aspects of the invited
artists' own practice, influences on their work and personal preferences
in art, whilst mirroring the wide spectrum of contemporary artistic practice
created during the fifty-seven years that the ICA has existed.
The invited artists are: Act 1: Pawel Althamer, Eleanor Antin, John Baldessari,
Victor Burgin, Maurizio Cattelan, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset,
Liam Gillick, Nan Goldin, Brian Jungen, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Tim
Lee, Paul McCarthy, Jonathan Monk, Mariko Mori, Gabriel Orozco, Yvonne
Rainer, Anri Sala, Yinka Shonibare, Rirkrit Tiravanija. Act II (30 July
-5 Sept): Art & Language, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Ghada Amer, Daniel Buren,
Janet Cardiff, Martin Creed, Olafur Eliasson, Ceal Floyer, Liam Gillick,
Eberhard Havekost, Susan Hiller, Koo Jeong-A, Gustav Metzger, Cildo Mereiles,
Vik Muniz, Rivane Neuenschwander, Cornelia Parker, Tino Sehgal, Luc Tuymans,
Gillian Wearing Act I will be followed by a short intermission with a
series of talks and discussions. Act II will commence on 30 July and last
until 5 September.
Mon-Fri £1.50, £1.00 Concs. FREE to ICA Members; Sat &
Sun £2.50, £1.50 Concs, FREE to ICA Members Lower/Upper Galleries,
Concourse
27 June,
3pm
Artists' Favourites Performance:
JOHN CAGE'S
4'33" 1952
Selected by Rirkrit Tiravanija.
Free with ICA Day Membership
Lower Gallery
Cinema 2: 26 June, 4.30pm
Artists' Favourites Film Screenings:
HOLLIS FRAMPTON'S
POETIC JUSTICE (HAPAX LEGOMENA II)
Selected by Yvonne Rainer.
US, 1972, 31 mins
Free with ICA Day Membership
Thurs 30
June 7.30-8.30pm
GALLERY TALK: ARTISTS' FAVOURITES
Susan Taylor, Fine Art Lecturer, Goldsmiths College, will focus on a selection
of artists.
Free with ICA Day Membership
Upper Gallery
LIVE MUSIC @ THE ICA
Tues 29 Jun, 7.30pm
MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY + support
'Passion, echoed through words of devotion, a lush dose of introspection'
5/5 Guardian Colin MacIntyre is Mull Historical Society. Marrying the
experimental instincts and rich instrumentation of the Beta Band and The
Flaming Lips with the belting pop sensibility of The Beatles. He plays
a rare one off show in advance of the release of his 3rd album, This is
Hope, on July 19th, which includes the single How Bout I Love You More,
out on July 12th. A song-writing junkie, oblivious to passing trends,
Colin has become more than just Mull's local hero and his not-so-secret
society is getting bigger all the time. £11, £10 concs, £9
ICA Members Theatre (standing)
TALKS @ THE ICA
ICA ArtReview
TALKS/Art Fortnight London
Fri 25 Jun, 7pm
THE ART OF PETER SAVILLE: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Peter Saville is Britain's best-known graphic designer and the first Creative
Director of Manchester. He will talk about his plans to unify the city's
image, as well as about his album-covers for New Order, Roxy Music and
Factory Records, and his collaborations with Yohji Yamamoto and Stella
McCartney. Saville's retrospective at London's Design Museum is on tour
around the world and his drawings have recently been shown at Neu Gallery
in Berlin. £8, £7 Concs. £6 ICA Members Nash Room
Sat 26 June, 4pm
ANTONIO NEGRI IN CONVERSATION
In 2000 Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt published Empire, a book that
took the left and academia by storm. A demanding work of political theory,
it was nonetheless on the best-seller lists for months, and became a cult
book for the anti-capitalist movement. Now Negri, in his first visit to
Britain since his arrest in 1979, will be talking about the issues raised
in his most recent book Time for Revolution. Written in prison, the two
essays in this book expand on the idea of there being no outside to capitalism.
Is there still a place for resistance? How is 'the multitude' able to
develop an anti-authoritarian autonomy in the face of world capital? A
rare opportunity to hear one of the most significant figures in contemporary
political thought, Negri will be in conversation. £8, £7 Concs.
£6 ICA Members Cinema 1
Café Scientifique
Wed 30 Jun, 7pm
ARE HUMANS REALLY ALL THAT SPECIAL?
Recent advances in science have changed our understanding of the human
place in nature and evolution. But can we yet explain the reasons for
our interest in religion, our love of music or our desire to paint - those
endeavours which seem to set us apart from other creatures? Did we develop
big brains mainly to amuse and seduce each other? Robert Dunbar will address
these questions, drawing on the work of evolutionary biologists, anthropologists,
cognitive scientists, and psychologists. Professor of Evolutionary Psychology
at Liverpool University, Dunbar's main research interest is the evolution
of the mind; he is author of several best-selling books, including Grooming,
Gossip and the Evolution of Language, The Trouble with Science, and most
recently The Human Story. In the chair: Daniel Glaser, neuroscientist
at UCL. £5, £4 Concs. £3 ICA Members
Nash Room
Thurs 1 Jul,
7pm
DOES TRANSLATION MATTER?
The first issue of Modern Poetry in Translation, in 1966, was edited by
Ted Hughes and Daniel Weissbort, who believed in the shock of the foreign.
Today, with the mass voluntary and enforced movement of people and their
languages, is this need for translation still urgent? Do we in Britain
risk becoming parochial - even xenophobic - with the march of English
towards supremacy among the languages of the world? Can poetry even be
translated - or only rewritten? Tonight three writers discuss these questions
and read from their work: Elaine Feinstein, poet and leading translator
of Russian poetry; George Gomöri, Hungarian poet, translator; and
Amarjit Chandan, poet and translator of Brecht into Punjabi. The evening
is introduced by Al Alvarez, poet, novelist and critic, whose memoir,
Where Did It All Go Right? is out now. £8, £7 Concs. £6
ICA Members
Brandon Room
DIGITAL STUDIO @ THE ICA
London-BudapestUntil
Tues 29 June, 12pm - 7.30pm
ADAM LENDVAI HIGH SPEED SHUTTER (4-CAMERA GAME-VIDEO)
Hungarian Digital artist Adam Lendvai presents his High Speed Shutter
game for the first time in London. The HSS 4 camera game is a new medium
which explores both active and passive engagement. All players will be
given a camera which records continuously. The task is to record as many
players for as long as possible while trying to avoid being seen on the
others' recordings. The players get 1 score for every frame where another
player is visible. The game takes place in a given playing field and each
game lasts about 5 minutes. The recorded material of the four players
runs simultaneously on computers in the Digital Studio, the screen is
divided into four areas. The High Speed Shutter 4 camera championship
first started, 2001 in Italy, with 12 participating players. The winner
of the last game plays with 3 new members, selected from the audience
of the exhibition. Please sign up to play the game in the Digital Studio.Free
wih day membership Digital studio PLEASE NOTE THE ADAM LENDVAI TALK ON
MON 28 JUNE HAS BEEN CANCELLED
1-31 July
12pm - 7.30pm daily
SIMON FAITHFULL: HARD DRIVE
Simon Faithfull's practice over last 6 years has focused on an open-ended
mapping process. An essential tool within this mapping process has become
the use of a palm-pilot. It has become a kind of psycho-geographer's tool,
enabling Faithfull to map a personal reaction to a place. For this show
Faithfull will remove the monitors, replacing them with a stream of drawings
output by a single printer. The piece will manifest the entire collection
of drawings amassed over the last 5 years from places as exotic or mundane
as Marrakesh, Leamouth, Venice, Reading, Amsterdam and New Cross. 13,
commissioned by Channel4 and the Arts Council, is a five-minute film built
from hundreds of drawings made whilst walking down the A13 road from Whitechapel
to Barking. Free with ICA Day Membership Digital Studio, Bar
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