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ICA LISTINGS
Friday 25 April - Thursday 1 May
TICKETS & BOX OFFICE INFORMATION: 020 7930 3647 / www.ica.org.uk
THIS WEEK'S
HIGHLIGHT:
25-28 Apr, 12-6pm (except 26 Apr 4-6pm)
BECK'S FUTURES
2003
STUDENT PRIZE FOR FILM AND VIDEO
Film and video are at the heart of our culture, and this annual event
offers and outstanding opportunity to sample the best student work. This
year's selection was made by the artist Sam Taylor-Wood and the designer
Peter Saville. The selected works will be shown over a long weekend during
Beck's Futures. Exhibiting artists will receive a share of £5,000.
The programme will subsequently be shown at further venues across the
UK.
Mon-Fri: £1.50, £1.00 Concs, FREE with ICA membership; Sat
& Sun: £2.50, £1.50 Concs, FREE with ICA membership Cinema
2
Please see
Exhibitions section for further information on the Beck's Futures exhibition
and award.
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 25 April - Thursday 1 May
FILM @ THE
ICA
25 Beck's Student Film and Video Cinema 2 12-6pm
Fri In This
World Cinema 1
4.30,6.30,8.30pm
Man Without a Past Cinema 2 6.30pm
Full Length 25: Bladerunner Theatre & Bar 8pm
Derrida Cinema 2 8.30pm
26 Beck's Student Film and Video Cinema 2 4-6pm
Sat In This World Cinema 1
2.30,4.30,6.30,8.30pm
Uncut: Beck's Futures Special Cinema 2 1-4pm
Man Without A Past Cinema 2 6.30pm
Derrida Cinema 2 8.30pm
27 Beck's
Student Film and Video Cinema 2 12-6pm
Sun In This
World Cinema 1
2.30,4.30,6.30,8.30pm
Man Without A Past Cinema 2 6.30pm
Derrida Cinema 2 8.30pm
28 Beck's
Student Film and Video Cinema 2 12-6pm
Mon In This
World Cinema 1
4.30,6.30,8.30pm
Man Without A Past Cinema 2 6.15pm
Derrida Cinema 2 8pm
Halloween Shorts Cinema 2 9.45pm
29 CLOSED ALL DAY
Tues
30 In This
World Cinema 1
4.30,6.30,8.30pm
Wed Man Without a Past Cinema 2 6.30pm
Derrida Cinema 2 8.30pm
1 Beck's
Futures screenings Cinema 2 12.30-8pm
Thur In This
World Cinema 1
4.30,6.30,8.30pm
Derrida Cinema 2 6.30,8.30pm
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 25 April - Thursday 1 May
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
Fri 25 Apr,
8pm
Full Length 25: Zan Lyons vs Blade Runner
Zan Lyons exploded onto the alternative music scene in 2000 with the release
of his debut album, Desolate. Tonight Zan will team up with long time
collaborator, sound artist Kweku Aacht and multi-instrumentalist composer
Sabina Doobay, to create a stunning new soundtrack to Ridley Scott's seminal
1982 sci-fi classic Blade Runner.
Support comes from DJ and video artist Thibaud Debarmon, plus live debut
from lo-fi electronica artist tem. Also, a premiere screening of Zan Lyons'
new audio/visual work, Overture. XFM DJ John Kennedy in the bar. £10,
£9 Concs. £8 ICA Members Theatre, Bar
Cinema 2:
28 Apr, 9.45pm
Halloween @ the ICA
Tonight's Halloween looks specifically at successful former UK film school
students who have gone on to greater things. Amongst other gems, we'll
be screening student work from Royal College of Art graduates Jamie Thraves
(The Low Down, Radiohead promos), Alison Murray (Train On The Brain, various
promos), and triumphant BAFTA winner Asif Kapadia (The Warrior), plus
National Film and Television success story and Oscar winner Nick Park
(Wallace and Gromit).
Running time 70 mins
£3, £2 ICA Members
Cinema 2:
26 Apr, 1-4pm
Uncut Special: Beck's Futures
Screening of Beck's Futures Student Film and VideoAwards. Hosted by Joel
Karamath. £4, £3 Concs. £2 ICA Members
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 25 April - Thursday 1 May
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
25-28 Apr,
12-6pm (except 26 Apr 4-6pm)
Beck's Futures 2003: Student Prize for Film and Video
Film and video are at the heart of our culture, and this annual event
offers and outstanding opportunity to sample the best student work. This
year's selection was made by the artist Sam Taylor-Wood and the designer
Peter Saville. The selected works will be shown over a long weekend during
Beck's Futures. Exhibiting artists will receive a share of £5,000.
The programme will subsequently be shown at further venues across the
UK. Mon - Fri: £1.50, £1.00 Concs. FREE with ICA Membership;
Sat & Sun: £2.50, £1.50 Concs. FREE with ICA Membership
Cinema 2
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 25 April - Thursday 1 May
TALKS @ the
ICA
Kids R Us Season
Wed 30 Apr, 7pm
Babytalk
Are adults turning into children, and children turning into adults? Whilst
the 'key demographic' attempts to cope with its accelerated sexuality,
their elders yearn for scooters and space hoopers. Speakers include Peter
York, style and ad guru, columnist, author, and broadcaster; Andrew Calcutt,
lecturer and author of Arrested Development: Pop Culture and the Erosion
of Adulthood; Matt Thorne, whose novels include Tourist, and Eight Minutes
Idle, Julie Myerson, critic, columnist, and author of Me And the Fat Man;
and Melvin Burgess, author of prize-winning teenage novel, Junk, a book
which was criticised by some as going beyond the bounds of suitable subject
matter for children's fiction and whose latest book, aimed at young teenagers,
Lady, My Life As A Bitch is proving as controversial. £8, £7
Concs. £6 ICA Members Nash Room
Café
Scientifique
Thur 1 May, 7pm
Maddening Sadness
Depression is the most common psychiatric illness worldwide. It is estimated
that 1 in 5 of us will suffer from depression at some point and that,
by 2020, depression will have overtaken heart disease as the single biggest
illness in the world. How can we disentangle biological causes from complex
social and cultural factors? Can social treatments compete with Prozac?
And why, when materially life is better than ever before, are we all feeling
so blue anyway? Tonight's speaker is Julian Leff, Professor of Social
and Cultural Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry. Winner of the
Burgholzi prize for outstanding contributions to psychiatry, he contributes
regularly to television and radio and has published widely, including
his recent book, The Unbalanced Mind. In the chair is Daniel Glaser, neuroscientist
at UCL. £5, £4 Concs. £3 ICA Members Nash Room ICA LISTINGS
Friday 25
April - Thursday 1 May
EDUCATION
@ the ICA
Mon 28 Apr,
6.30pm
Creative Writing Lab
The seventh www.orange.
labyrinth.co.uk creative writing class will look at Creating Imaginary
Worlds - from Potter to Le Guin, from Brontë to Bilbo. The class
will be led by Greg Mosse, Education Director of Orange Labyrinth. £8,
£7 Concs. £6 ICA Members Brandon Room
27, 28 Apr,
7-8.30pm
Wot Moves U? Youth Performance
Issues central to young people's experience of contemporary life have
been transformed into a fusion of dance and drama. The work is performed
by young people who live or study in Westminster. Produced by Westminster
Theatre Arts. £3, £2 Concs. £2 ICA Members Theatre
27, 28, 30
Apr, 3-6pm
R U Ready 4 This?
This is the story of 40 young people with different backgrounds and different
outlooks. Over five days they were given access to 20 artists specialising
in dance, music, acting and visual arts. A creative, safe space to foster
independent thought, reflection and innovation. The work exhibited shows
how they used the tools to explore who they are and how to communicate
this through creativity. Free with ICA Day Membership Bar
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 25 April - Thursday 1 May
CLUBS AND
MUSIC @ the ICA
3 Apr - 1
May
Cut and Splice
A unique series of events presenting a broad slice through the history
of radical electronic music.
Thur 1 May,
8pm
Soundscapes: Gregg Wagstaff, Chris Watson, Francisco Lopez Natural sounds
and acoustic ecology. Gregg Wagstaff is a sonic environmentalist, preserving
and relocating some of the fast disappearing sounds of these isles. Bagpipes
and bells, peat cutters and sheep shearers. Chris Watson presents unique
recordings made deep inside an Icelandic glacier. Francisco Lopez works
in total, blindfolded blackout. This is 'anti-fast listening. A world
where things are uneasy, unclear, unsolved. Immerse and search.' In the
bar, Sonic Arts Network raid the National Sound Archives. Historic moments,
dead celebs, weird radio and distant lands.
(BBC broadcast 10 May)
£10, £9 Concs. £8 ICA Members
Theatre, Bar
Fri 25 Apr,
8pm
Full Length 25: Zan Lyons vs Blade Runner
Zan Lyons exploded onto the alternative music scene in 2000 with the release
of his debut album, Desolate. Tonight Zan will team up with long time
collaborator, sound artist Kweku Aacht and multi-instrumentalist composer
Sabina Doobay, to create a stunning new soundtrack to Ridley Scott's seminal
1982 sci-fi classic Blade Runner.
Support comes from DJ and video artist Thibaud Debarmon, plus live debut
from lo-fi electronica artist tem. Also, a premiere screening of Zan Lyons'
new audio/visual work, Overture. XFM DJ John Kennedy in the bar. £10,
£9 Concs. £8 ICA Members Theatre, Bar Wed 30 Apr, 8pm Blacktronica
London's first forum for electronic expression continues its residency
at the ICA with a heart warming spring session. Joining Charlie Dark behind
the turntables this month will be guests from the worldwide Blacktronica
movement. Spoken word comes courtesy of Urban Spirit. Blacktronica - From
Carl Craig to Coltrane and everything in between. £6, £5 Concs.
Free to ICA Members Bar
Sat 26 Apr,
8pm
Labelled: Bis
'the spirit of futurism born anew' NME
The ICA is both proud and sad to present the farewell show by cult Glasgow
three piece Bis. Forming in their teens a decade ago, becoming the first
unsigned band to appear on Top of The Pops, Bis have continued to innovate
mixing electro-pop beats and post-punk dynamics. Working with the Beastie
Boys' Grand Central label, recording the theme for the Powerpuff Girls
cartoon series, having their own Casio G-Shock in Japan, and recording
with the Gang of Four's Andy Gill long before the current punk-funk revival,
Bis leave a pioneering do-it-yourself legacy, with this final show being
a celebration of electro-punk-pop creativity.
Support comes from electro-punk duo Motormark.
£9, £8 Concs. £7 ICA Members
Theatre, Bar
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 25 April - Thursday 1 May
NEW MEDIA
@ the ICA
23 Apr-11
May; Wed, Thurs, Fri 4-8pm, Sat 2-6pm
Tina Frank, Fuzzy Motion: Pictures Without Legs 1995-2002
Best known for her design and video work for Austrian record label Mego,
Tina Frank has become a leading figure operating at the intersection of
music, graphic design and the moving image. Frank has collaborated with
the likes of Mathias Gmachl of Farmers Manual with whom she formed Skot
- an audiovisual 'band', Chicks on Speed, Christian Fennesz, Hecker and
labels such as Chocolate Industries, Idea Recordings and Staubgold. The
Digital Studio presents the London premiere of Fuzzy Motion - Pictures
Without Legs, a collection of Frank's works released on DVD by the Japanese
label GAS. A mélange of Frank 'classics' and adventures in new
media and the moving image, this is a unique opportunity to sample over
twenty works from 7 years of Frank's work on Mego and other projects.
The exhibition includes works ranging from the well-known 'Aus' (music
by Christian Fennesz) to Skot vs. Hecker - a 30 minute live videowork,
characterised by shredded type and crude pixel magnifications - the look
of data gone wrong.
Wed-Fri: £1.50, £1 Concs, Free with ICA Membership; Sat: £2.50,
£1.50 Concs, Free with ICA Membership Digital Studio
23 - 30 Apr;
Wed, Thurs, Fri 4-8pm, Sat 2-6pm
Microchunk Residency
The Digital Studio welcomes VJ label MICROCHUNK for the first in a series
of Digital Studio residencies over the coming months. MICROCHUNK is London's
most vibrant VJ label and home to some of the best VJ talent. For the
duration of this ten day residency, the Digital Studio becomes a hub for
VJ workshops, talks and informal VJ sessions hosted by MICROCHUNK resident
VJs. For full event line up and to book please check the ICA website.
Wed-Fri: £1.50, £1 Concs, Free with ICA Membership; Sat: £2.50,
£1.50 Concs, Free with ICA Membership Digital Studio
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