Friday 29 October - Thursday 4 November 2004
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WEEK'S HIGHLIGHT:
UNTIL
7 NOVEMBER, 12-7.30pm daily
KLUTTERKAMMER
AN EXHIBITION BY JOHN BOCK
'Influence, imitation, homage, simulation, originality, nonsense, truth,
spoof, real or not - when you're deep in Bock country, you just can't
tell the difference any more...' Jan Avgikos, Parkett 67 For Klütterkammer
the German artist John Bock has conceived an exceptional exhibition that
will transform the gallery spaces into a cabinet of curiosities, which
represents a condensation of the artist's diverse and highly absurd artistic
universe. Within a complex wooden labyrinth - complete with ladders, ramps
and crawl spaces - Bock will assemble an idiosyncratic and heterogeneous
collection of artworks, appropriating sculptures, paintings, films and
artefacts that draw on his interest in a wide variety of artistic and
non-artistic disciplines ranging from theatre, the visual arts and film
to economics, fashion and architecture. By doing so Bock's practise mirrors
perfectly the ICA's interdisciplinary character in one artistic undertaking.
The title of the exhibition, Klütterkammer, refers to Bock's upbringing
on a remote farm in northern Germany where it designates a space that
is used as a storage or working environment.
Bringing together the strange and the curious Klütterkammer continues
the artist's frantic investigation into the possibilities of how we experience
and make sense of the world. Since his first exhibitions in the mid-1990s
Bock has developed a unique visual vocabulary that cannot be located within
one medium, one discipline or one single artistic concern alone. From
his early performances to the large-scale installations and his recent
films, Bock has formed a vast, surreal and often anarchic collage that
amplifies the chaos of the everyday and reaffirms the contradictions,
senselessness and incoherence of an unknown reality that exists beyond
our rationalised understanding of the world. The exhibition avoids taking
a single position that attempts to rationalise contemporary art or thinking.
Instead Bock has created an unrestricted installation full of intentional
inconsistencies that never aims at reaching any form of conclusion but
rather resembles the often confusing realities of our civilisation. Klütterkammer
is an appraisal of the modern age, a promiscuous and mysterious scenario
that will give the audience the chance to witness how, in Bock's exceptional
cosmos, the artist Martin Kippenberger is brought together with the economist
John Maynard Keyes or sculptor John McCracken with the adventures of the
legendary Arctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott.
Bock, who was born in 1965 near Hamburg and is currently living in Berlin,
is one of the most celebrated German artists to emerge in the late 1990s.
While his work is relatively unknown in the UK it has been presented in
many solo and group exhibitions around the world including solo presentations
at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2000) and the Museum Boijmans Van
Beuningen, Rotterdam (2003). Among his countless participations in group-exhibitions
are The Carnegie International, Pittsburgh (2004), Manifesta 5, San Sebastian
(2004), Documenta 11, Kassel (2002), the 48th and 50th Venice Biennial,
Venice (1998 and 2003), 1st Yokohama Triennial; Yokohama (2001).
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
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 22 - Thursday 28 October 2004
FILM
@ THE ICA
Friday
29th October
Uncovered: The war on Iraq
(Cinema 1) 4, 5.45, 7.30, 9.15 pm
Chinese Odyssey
(Cinema 2) 6.30, 8.30 pm
Saturday
30th October
Uncovered: The war on Iraq
(Cinema 1) 2.15, 4, 5.45, 7.30, 9.15 pm
CHINESE ODYSSEY
(Cinema 1) 4.15, 6.30, 8.30 pm
Sunday
31st October
Uncovered: The war on Iraq
(Cinema 1) 2.15, 4, 5.45, 7.30, 9.15 pm
CHINESE ODYSSEY
(Cinema 1) 4.15, 6.30, 8.30 pm
Monday
1st November
Uncovered: War on Iraq
(Cinema 1) 4, 5.45, 7.30, 9.15 pm
Chinese Odyssey
(Cinema 1) 6.30, 8.30 pm
Tuesday
2nd November
Uncovered: War on Iraq
(Cinema 1) 4, 5.45, 7.30, 9.15 pm
Chinese Odyssey
(Cinema 1) 6.30, 8.30 pm
Wednesday
3rd November
Uncovered: War on Iraq
(Cinema 1) 4, 5.45, 7.30, 9.15 pm
Chinese Odyssey
(Cinema 1) 6.30, 8.30 pm
Thursday
4th November
Uncovered: War on Iraq
(Cinema 1) 4, 5.45, 7.30, 9.15 pm
Chinese Odyssey
(Cinema 1) 6.30, 8.30 pm
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 29 October - Thursday 4 November 2004
FILM
@ THE ICA
Cinema
1: 1 - 4 Nov
Cinema 2: 5 - 18 Nov
Uncovered: The War on Iraq
'...makes Fahrenheit 911 look like The Magic Roundabout' Observer Magazine
A thorough, patient and ultimately devastating dismantling of the Bush
administration's case for war on Iraq that proves just as effective as
Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. With the aid of informed insight from
long-term members of the political, military and intelligence communities,
director Robert Greenwald chronicles the path that led to war and beyond.
A catalogue of misinformation, manipulation and misguided pronouncements
is painstakingly laid bare by the likes of weapons inspector David Kay
and CIA analyst Ray McGovern, as Greenwald illustrates the arguments with
judiciously employed graphics and news footage.
Dir Robert Greenwald, US 2004, 83 mins
Cinema
2: 1 - 4 Nov
Chinese Odyssey 2002
'a hoot...stunning' Variety
An extravagant and delirious send-up of Shaw Bros.-style period martial-arts
films and the familiar tropes of Wong Kar-wai, who obviously enjoyed the
joke so much that he produced the film himself. Chungking Express's California
dreamers Tony Leung and Faye Wong are reunited on-screen for the first
time since that popular hit, with Leung playing a feared but really rather
ridiculous bandit confused by his feelings for the apparently male stranger
Wong (who's really an escaped princess in drag disguise). Meanwhile, his
lovelorn sister is falling for an Emperor who'd rather be a fashion designer
(Crouching Tiger's Chang Chen). With in-jokes littering every scene, Jeffrey
Lau's film may play as a spoof but it's also sincere in its intent to
provide straightforward entertainment and emotion; along with the abundant
humour.
Dir Jeffrey Lau, Hong Kong, 2002, 98 mins, subs
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 22 - Thursday 28 October 2004
MUSIC
& PERFORMANCE @ THE ICA
3
Mobile present
Sun 2 Nov
ROOSTER
'The swagger of Oasis with Aerosmith's riffs' Music Week On 2nd November
Rooster, who entered the charts at No 7 this month with their debut single
'Come Get Some', and have two sell-out London dates lined up for December,
will be making music history when their performance at London's ICA is
streamed live for the very first time across 3, the UK's first 3G mobile
network. 3 is offering 1,000 places to fans of the band dialling into
the ground-breaking gig live, with highlights of the 45 minute performance
and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage then made available for download
by over 1. 3 million 3 customers. The live broadcast is set to be the
first in a series of music events broadcast over the network.
£10, £9 concs, £8 ICA members
Tickets available from ICA Box Office and www.seetickets.com ICA Theatre
Eat
Your Own Ears present
Thurs 4 Nov, 7.30pm
Joanna Newsom
Plus GREAT DAYS OF SAIL
A harp and a heroine. Few things this Autumn will mesmerise the soul like
Joanna Newsom. Her early home recordings (2002's Walnut Whales and 2003's
Yarn and Glue) were whispered amongst the few until Drag City, US indie
label par excellence, asked her for a studio album and tours with Will
Oldham and Devendra Banhart commenced. This will be a compelling and seminal
performance. Earlier this year Sufjan Stevens picked up his guitar and
played his debut UK show at the ICA to an amazed and enraptured audience,
tonight promises to be another of those memorable nights.
£8.50, £7.50 Concs, £6.50 ICA Members
Theatre (standing)
Thurs
28 - Sat 30 Oct, 7.30pm
VAPOUR FESTIVAL
4AD, FIERCE PANDA, PEACEFROG LABEL SHOWCASES Nouvelle Vague: 'will set
latin flames surging through the coldest post-punk blood' MOJO The Vapour
festival returns and has been expanded to the whole month of October.
The ICA is delighted to be a part of this festival and welcomes three
nights hosted by three great labels. 4AD is home to luminaries The Pixies,
distinct, established acts such as Blonde Redhead and the Breeders, and
now future greats TV On The Radio. Esteemed indie label Fierce Panda joins
forces with effervescent London promoter monkeys Club Fandango to present
an evening of vibrant new underground sounds. Expect much pop tension
from the post-rock holocaust that is Youth Movie Soundtrack Strategies
plus special guests and thoroughly spikey vibes. Finally, Peacefrog, who
have been mining underground techno and house music for years, but have
never lost their love of live music either, present current French darlings,
Nouvelle Vague.
LINE-UP:
Thursday
28th (4AD)
Cass McCombs, Neil Halstead, Magnetophone feat. King Creosote, Tunng
DJs: Minotaur Shock, 4 AD, Rough Trade Shops, EYOE £9, £8
Concs
Friday
29th (Fierce Panda)
Youth Movie Soundtrack Strategies, Fightstar, Atlantic Dash & The
Immediate £9, £8 Concs
Saturday
30th (Peacefrog)
Nouvelle Vague + DY sets by Nathan Gregory Wilkins and Mark Green £11,
£10 Concs
Please
check <www.vapour.co.uk> for further line up details.
Sat
30 & Sun 31 Oct; 12 - 7.30pm daily
Graham Coxon ART SHOW
Graham Coxon is most familiar as one of the most brilliant guitarists
of his generation, both with Blur and now as a solo artist with five highly
acclaimed albums. However, his roots are most definitely in art school,
more specifically Goldsmiths College, London, where he studied fine art
alongside contemporaries such as Sam Taylor Wood.
Graham created all the distinctive artwork for his solo albums, plus the
cover for Blur's album 13. He has also continued painting a series of
more personal work. Now, after a hugely successful year, Graham has collected
together a body of work including brand new work created specifically
for the ICA show.
£2.50, £1.50 Concs, Free to ICA members Nash & Brandon
Rooms
Mon
1 Nov, 7.30pm
Six by Seven plus support
"Six By Seven stand out like a beacon on a blasted heath"
Drowned In Sound.Com
Back for their second session this year at the ICA, the marvellous Six
By Seven are well worth it. With new album '04' out now on their own imprint
and a stack of internet only action in the form of outakes and download
only singles, this is a band who are successfully dealing in music without
the help of the greater industry. Why? Because they want to, and in this,
they are trailblazing a pattern that will become the staple of many bands
in the not so distant future. Have website, have studio, have fanbase,
will travel. Their last tour saw them take in Europe and the Far East
with ease and now it's a full UK list of dates. Filth and fury in equal
parts.
£7, £6 Concs, £5 Members
Theatre (standing)
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 22 - Thursday 28 October 2004
EXHIBITIONS
@ THE ICA
last chance Until 7 Nov, 12-7.30pm daily Klütterkammer An Exhibition
by John Bock 'Grisly, hilarious and wonderful' Guardian For Klüterkammer
the German artist John Bock has conceived an exceptional exhibition that
transforms the gallery spaces into a cabinet of curiosities, which represents
a condensation of the artist's diverse and highly absurd artistic universe.
Within a complex wooden labyrinth - complete with ladders, ramps and crawl
spaces - Bock has assembled an idiosyncratic and heterogeneous collection
of artworks, appropriating sculptures, paintings, films and artefacts
that draw on his interest in a wide variety of artistic and non-artistic
disciples ranging from theatre, the visual arts and film to economics,
fashion and architecture.
Bock, who was born in 1965 near Hamburg and is currently living in Berlin,
is one of the most celebrated German artists to emerge in the late 1990s.
While his work is relatively unknown in the UK it has been presented in
many solo and group exhibitions around the world including solo presentations
at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2000) and the Museum Boijmans Van
Beuningen, Rotterdam (2003). Among his countless participations in group-exhibitions
are The Carnegie International, Pittsburgh (2004), Manifesta 5, San Sebastian
(2004), Documenta 11, Kassel (2002), the 48th and 50th Venice Biennial,
Venice (1998 and 2003), 1st Yokohama Triennial; Yokohama (2001).
klütterkammer
Wed 3 Nov, 7pm
Gig: Blackmail
John Bock will present a concert by the highly acclaimed German rock group
Blackmail.
£6 (No Concs), £5 ICA Members
Theatre
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 15 - Thursday 21 October 2004
DIGITAL
@ THE ICA
Wed
6 Oct-Sun 7 Nov; 12-7.30pm
SYNAESTHESIA
A Neuro-Aesthetics Exhibition
Synaesthesia is a term used by neuroscientists to describe a specific
condition that occurs when an
individual who receives a stimulus in one sense modality (e.g. sight),
receives a stimulus in another (e.g. audition). There are reported instances
of 'hearing' colours, 'seeing' sounds, 'tasting' shapes.
This exhibition will borrow the concept of synaesthesia from the neuro-scientific
world to look at works that allow for crossing-over of the senses, but
it will also tracs the concept back to its meaning as a joint experience
through works that engage the audience's perceptual system as a shared
function. The goal is for artists to engage with the nervous system as
a communication device in diverse creative means that all affect the audience
- individually and collectively - in unique ways. Participating artists:
Stephen Vitiello, Ken Jacobs, Nina Sobell, Dr. Sonja Grün, Fred Worden,
Henry Hills and Warren Neidich.
Show curated by Chloe Vaitsou.
Free with ICA Day Membership
Digital Studio
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