ICA LISTINGS

Friday 2 - Thursday 8 April

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THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHT:

Until 16 May
Galleries: 12-7.30pm; Cinema 2: 12-5.30pm
Beck's Futures 2004
'Dedicated to the support of developing artists...one of the country's premier arts prizes' Independent The ICA presents the fifth annual Beck's Futures exhibition and awards, bringing together work from ten of the most exciting UK-based artists, some of whom were born in Bulgaria, Turkey, the Netherlands and Brazil. The exhibition confirms the cosmopolitan nature of the UK's contemporary arts scene, and the range of artistic and cultural resources informing art made in the UK.
The shortlisted artists are: Haluk Akakce, Tonico Lemos Auad, Simon Bedwell, Ergin Cavusoglu, Andrew Cross, Saskia Olde Wolbers, Susan Philipsz, Imogen Stidworthy, Hayley Tompkins and Nicoline Van Harskamp. Each receives an award of £4,000 from the total awards fund of £65,000 that makes this the UK's most generous art awards. Mon-Fri £1.50, £1.00 Concs, FREE to ICA Members; Sat & Sun £2.50, £1.50 Concs, FREE to ICA Members Lower, Concourse and Upper Galleries & Cinema 2

ICA LISTINGS
Friday 2 - Thursday 8 April
FILM @ THE ICA

Friday 2 April
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
4.45,6.45pm
ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES
(Cinema 1) 8.30pm
ROUGE (Cinema 2)
6pm
HAPPY TOGETHER
(Cinema 2) 8.30pm

Saturday 3 April
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
2.45, 4.45pm
ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES
(Cinema 2) 6.30, 8.30pm
AMERICAN WEREWOLF
(Cinema 1) 6.45pm
SHAUN OF THE DEAD
(Cinema 1) 8.30pm

Sunday 4 April
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
2.30, 6.45, 8.30pm
ELMINA'S KITCHEN
(Cinema 1) 4pm
ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES
(Cinema 2) 6.30, 8.30pm

Monday 5 April
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
4.45, 6.45, 8.30pm
ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES
(Cinema 2) 6.30, 8.30pm

Tuesday 6 April
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
4.30, 6.30pm
ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES
6.30, 8.30pm
LONG GONE (Cinema 1)
8pm

Wednesday 7 April
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
4.45, 6.45, 8.30pm
ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES
(Cinema 2) 6.30, 8.30pm

Thursday 1 April
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
4.45, 6.45pm
LADY SNOWBLOOD
(Cinema 1) 8.30pm
ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES
(Cinema 2) 6.30pm
PLATFORM (Cinema 2)
8.30pm

ICA LISTINGS
Friday 2 - Thursday 8 April
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

All Tomorrow's Parties

'modern cyberpunk film' Le Monde
Serious science-fiction, set in a future China controlled by a severe religious authoritarian sect (shades of Falun Gong and Taliban) that has effectively abolished all traces of freedom. Two brothers are sent for re-education to an internment camp where they befriend a Korean mother, a hard-fought-for human bond in an inhuman environment. Liberated by a sudden and unexplained revolt, the group set out together to discover what's become of their devastated world. Director Yu Lik Wai (director of the 1999 Cannes entry Love Will Tear Us Apart and Jia Zhangke's regular DP) may have created - entirely on found locations - one of the grimmest dystopias in cinema history, but he's realised it with a visual style that makes experiencing it no hardship. A powerful, mesmerising experience.
Dir Yu Lik Wai, China 2003, 95 mins, subs

Cinema 2 : 1 - 2 April
Leslie Cheung RIP
On 1 April, 2003, the much-cherished Leslie Cheung - one of Hong Kong's greatest stars - tragically committed suicide. By way of remembrance, the ICA presents two of the many essential films graced by his presence.

Cinema 2: 1 Apr, 6.30; 2 Apr 8.30
Happy Together
'Sublime, lyrical and hopeful... Wong's masterpiece' NME
Wong Kar-wai's favourite leading-men - Cheung and Tony Leung - are lovers from Hong Kong whose relationship founders while in Buenos Aires. The pair try to take separate paths but inevitably end up back together, despite the torment that comes with reunion. Fragmented and visually restless, this is a tough-love story that earns its deep emotional resonance.
Dir Wong Kar-Wai, Hong Kong 1997, 97 mins, subs, 15

Cinema 2: 1 Apr, 8.30; 2 Apr, 6.30
Rouge
'Stunning visuals and sophisticated performances' Time Out
A courtesan in 1930s Hong Kong enters into a suicide pact with her lover, intending to meet him in the afterlife. When he fails to show up, she returns to modern-day Hong Kong to find him. A sublime romantic ghost story that plays as one long, languorous swoon, with past and present repeatedly cross paths (the title itself refers back to the first-ever film production in Hong Kong). Sadly, Cheung's co-star Anita Mui - another Hong Kong legend - is also no longer with us, having passed away last December. Dir Stanley Kwan, Hong Kong 1988, 96 mins, subs, 15

SPECIAL PREVIEW! SHAUN OF THE DEAD Double bill

3 Apr, 6.45pm
An American Werewolf in London
'Delirious amalgam of guffaws'n'gore...' Time Out
John Landis's classic 1981 horror-comedy, starring David Naughton and Griffin Dunne as two American tourists in England who meet something very nasty out on the moors under a full moon. Plenty of black humour and Rick Baker's unforgettable transformation effects have helped turn this into an enduring favourite. Its affection for the genre and great use of London locations makes it the perfect companion-piece to Shaun of the Dead. Dir John Landis, USA, 1981, 97 mins

3 Apr, 8.30pm
Shaun of the Dead

Introduced by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg
The creators of the cult series Spaced bring their lightning-quick wit and pop-culture savvy to the big-screen in this London-set, romantic zombie comedy. Simon Pegg (Spaced's Tim Bisley) is the titular hero who finds himself having to deal with girlfriend trouble, flatmate fallout, parental tension and the undead all on the same day. Plenty of laughs of course, but director Edgar Wright doesn't stint on the shocks and ensures that the blood runs thick and fast. A new homegrown horror favourite has been born. Thanks to UIP and Freuds for this screening. Dir Edgar Wright, UK, 2004, 95mins

Cinema 2: 8 - 19 April
Jia Zhangke & Yu Lik Wai
'Far below the radar, in a dusty pocket of inland China that lends new meaning to 'Middle Earth', another trilogy was taking shape' Village Voice Since 1997, director Jia Zhangke has made three films about disaffected, marginalised youngsters confronting radical changes to life in post-Mao China. Although his films have never been shown theatrically in his own country, Jia's international status is assured thanks to this loose trilogy made in collaboration with his versatile, visionary DP Yu Lik Wai (a director himself - see All Tomorrow's Parties).

Cinema 2: 8 -10 Apr
Platform
'A masterly achievement' Time Out
Jia Zhangke's second film firmly placed the director in the hierarchy of international cinema. Following the fortunes of a collective of young performers in provincial China after the Cultural Revolution, the film observes relationships within the group, its members differing expectations and the gradual widening of their - and their country's - horizons. Together again, Jia and DP Yu Lik Wai refined their style on this epic film to illustrate the almost imperceptible changes taking place in the world of their young protagonists. Subtle, touching and very rewarding.
Dir Jia Zhangke, China 2000, 154 mins, subs, 15

ICA LISTINGS
Friday 2 - Thursday 8 April
EXHIBITIONS @ THE ICA

26 Mar-16 May
Galleries: 12-7.30pm, Cinema 2: 12-5.30pm
Beck's Futures 2004
'Dedicated to the support of developing artists,...one of the country's premier arts prizes' Independent The ICA presents the fifth annual Beck's Futures exhibition and awards, bringing together work from ten of the most exciting UK-based artists. Some of whom were born in Bulgaria, Turkey, the Netherlands and Brazil. The exhibition confirms the cosmopolitan nature of the UK's contemporary arts scene, and the range of artistic and cultural resources informing art made in the UK.
The shortlisted artists are: Haluk Akakce, Tonico Lemos Auad, Simon Bedwell, Ergin Cavusoglu, Andrew Cross, Saskia Olde Wolbers, Susan Philipsz, Imogen Stidworthy, Hayley Tompkins and Nicoline Van Harskamp. Each receives £4,000 from the total awards fund of £65,000 that makes this the UK's most generous art awards. Beck's Futures 2004 will see the ICA's spaces animated by seductive and immersive video installations and films, as well as sound-based pieces which draw upon sources as diverse as Cilla Black and Rosa Luxembourg. Also displayed will be figures sculpted from carpet fluff, delicate abstract watercolours, and found posters editorialised through the addition of trenchant slogans and spray paint. Through the course of the show, the ICA will also play host to a succession of professional security guards, invited to the building for a single day. Ranging from department store guards to Street Wardens, their presence will form the live aspect of a work offering A Guide to UK Security Guards. This year's selection was made by the curators Klaus Biesenbach, Katrina Brown and Dan Cameron, and artists Mark Dion and Philippe Parreno. A further overall award of £20,000 will be made to one artist from the shortlist, which will be announced in late April 2004. Mon-Fri £1.50, £1.00 Concs, FREE to ICA Members; Sat & Sun £2.50, £1.50 Concs, FREE to ICA Members Lower, Concourse and Upper Galleries & Cinema 2

ICA LISTINGS
Friday 2 - Thursday 8 April

LIVE MUSIC @ THE ICA

Fri 2 Apr, 7.30pm
Lightning Bolt + WOLVES OF GREECE
'Dangerous, Challenging, And Most Importantly, Not Shit' Sonicdeath.Co.Uk The future of music arrives at the ICA, two musicians, drums, bass and some masks. Lighting Bolt are so high in fidelity, that those who can listen advance to the next level of evolution instantly in their presence. Similar in essence to other 'duo' bands such as Ruins and Godehead Silo or Pink and Brown, 'da Bolt' are the undisputed champions in the genre. 'Awe-inspiring, dance damaged, metallic overload. Like the bearded lady, the dog faced boy and other circus freaks, insane riffs are plucked nonchalantly while a surrounding mosh of noise kids go balistic' 5/5 Kerrang. Tickets for this event are strictly limited to 200. £7.50, £6.50 Concs.£5.50 ICA Members,
Theatre (standing)

Sat 3 Apr, 7.30pm
MISSION OF BURMA plus support
One band, one seminal album. This was the legacy of Mission of Burma, a primary influence frequently cited by bands as luminary as The Pixies and Nirvana. Such is their reverence that Michael Azerrad's 2000 tome, 'Our Band Could Be Your Life', devotes an entire chapter to Burma's career placing them in the hall of alongside Black Flag, the Minutemen, Hüsker Dü and Sonic Youth. In 2001, the founding members of Mission Of Burma, Roger Miller, Clint Conley and Peter Prescott, augmented by Shellac's Bob Weston began performing together again for the first time since 1983 for a series of sold out shows. Prepare for the second coming! £9, £8 Concs. £7 ICA Members Theatre (standing)

Sun 4 Apr, 7pm
Telefon Tel Aviv + Bus feat. Soom-T
'Utterly dazzling with gorgeous instrumentation, slippery textures and meaty beats' Esquire Charles Cooper and Josh Eustis were once commonly termed underground musicians. All that may be about to change with their second album as Telefon Tel Aviv, Map of What is Effortless. Not since Massive Attack's Blue Lines has a dance record been so accessable yet original simulataneously. Modern chilled artists such as Zero 7 need note something that is galaxies ahead of the downbeat scene's current achievements. Support meanwhile comes from Bus, no less equally inventive and destined for greatness. Plus female MC talent Soom-T. Don't miss this Sunday session. £7.50, £6.50 Concs. £5.50 ICA Members Theatre (standing)

ICA LISTINGS
Friday 2 - Thursday 8 April

THEATRE @ THE ICA

World premiere
Thur 8 - Tues 13 Apr,
Guided Tours on the hour 3-6pm and half-hour 6.30-8.30pm Calling All Agents INS Broadcasting The ICA Theatre becomes the Transmission Room for The International Necronautical Society (INS). Appropriating a host of cultural moments from Jean Cocteau's Orphée to current debates around art and wireless networks, INS staff will copy, transcribe and mutate sequences plucked from the 'mediasphere' (radio and television programmes, digital communications etc), rearranging them into encrypted sequences which are then read out over the radio in London and streamed to collaborating stations in Europe and America. Visitors are led on tours of the Transmission Room; they can also contribute their own input from the INS Briefing Room (Digital Studio). Calling All Agents blurs poetry and propaganda in an attempt to read our culture's source-code.
Mon-Fri £1.50, £1.00 Concs, FREE to ICA Members; Sat & Sun £2.50, £1.50 Concs, FREE to ICA Members Theatre (standing)

ICA LISTINGS
Friday 2 - Thursday 8 April
TALKS @ THE ICA

Café Scientifique
Wed 7 Apr, 7pm
We Are All Mutants
While most of us are born with one nose, two legs, ten fingers and two eyes some of us are not. How different are we from people who, at first glance, appear physically dissimilar to us? And, since there is no such thing as genetic perfection and each of us carries hundreds of mutations, how does the human body work around - and hide - these misprints in our DNA? Tonight Armand Leroi discusses physical variety and how it can help us understand human development, growth and aging. Armand Leroi is Reader in Developmental Biology at Imperial College London; he was awarded the 2001 Scientist for the New Century award by the Royal Institution; he has published many scientific papers and is the author of Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body. In the chair: Daniel Glaser, neuroscientist at UCL. £5, £4 Concs. £3 ICA Members
Nash Room

Beck's Futures Artist's Talk
Thurs 8 Apr, 7.30-8.30pm
Susan Philipsz
Artist Susan Philipsz, participating in Beck's Futures 2004, will talk about her work and the sculptural experience of making sound. £1.50, £1.00 Concs, FREE to ICA Members Upper Gallery

ICA LISTINGS
Friday 2 - Thursday 8 April
DIGITAL STUDIO @ THE ICA

Until Sat 3 Apr (Daily 12 till 7.30pm)
Jonah Brucker-Cohen
Jonah Brucker-Cohen works as a Research Fellow in the Human Connectedness Group at Media Lab Europe in Dublin, Ireland and as a PhD candidate in the Networks and Telecommunications Research Group (NTRG) at Trinity College Dublin.
This show includes: Phonetic Faces, 2003 - an interactive mobile visual installation that allows people to both contribute their image to a shared display and collaborate with others to create a collage of images using their mobile phones. Public Desktop, 2004, adds sociability to the Mac OSX desktop background by allowing people to input text online which then becomes the desktop image. Desktop Subversibles, 2003 capitalizes on the ubiquity of our interactions with computer desktops to convey awareness of activity and a sense of shared network space among the members of an online and physical community. BumpList, 2003, a mailing list aiming to re-examine the culture and rules of online email lists Mon - Fri £1.50, £1.00 Concs, FREE to ICA Members; Sat & Sun £2.50, £1.50 Concs. FREE to ICA Members Digital Studio

Mon 5 - Tues 13 Apr, 3-9pm
Calling All Agents Briefing Room: INS Broadcasting Unit
The International Necronautical Society's (INS) broadcasting project Calling All Agents is operating out of the ICA. Encoded poem-messages will be sent around the world from the Transmission Room installed in the ICA Theatre, and the Digital Studio is being requisitioned as a Briefing Room. Visitors to the Digital Studio can access INS propaganda, transcripts and reports, view films and consult texts that have strongly influenced the Calling All Agents project, and send their own contributions into the Transmission Room. Mon-Fri £1.50, £1.00 Concs, FREE to ICA Members; Sat & Sun £2.50, £1.50 Concs, FREE to ICA Members Digital Studio