Friday 26 March
- Thursday 1 April
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THIS WEEK'S
HIGHLIGHT:
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 an
award of £4,000 from the total awards fund of £65,000 that
makes this the UK's most generous art awards. Free with ICA Day Membership
Lower, Concourse and Upper Galleries Cinema 2
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 26 March - Thursday 1 April
FILM @ THE ICA
Friday 26 March
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
4.45,6.45, 8.30pm
ZIZEK (Cinema 2)
6pm
YOKO ONO ENGLAND 68-9
(Cinema 2) 7.30pm
YOKO ONO LONDON 69-71
(Cinema 2) 9.30pm
Saturday
27 March
UNCUT (Cinema 1)
12-2.15pm
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
2.45, 4.45, 6.45, 8.30pm
ZIZEK (Cinema 2)
6.15pm
IVAN THE TERRIBLE I and II
(Cinema 2) 7.45pm
Sunday 28
March
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
2.45, 4.45, 6.45, 8.30pm
ZIZEK (Cinema 2)
7.45pm
IVAN THE TERRIBLE I AND II
(Cinema 2) 7.45pm
Monday 29
March
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
4.45, 6.45, 8.30pm
ZIZEK (Cinema 2)
6.15pm
IVAN THE TERRIBLE I AND II
(Cinema 2) 7.45pm
Tuesday 30
March
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
4.45, 6.45, 8.30pm
ZIZEK (Cinema 2)
6.15pm
IVAN THE TERRIBLE I AND II
(Cinema 2) 7.45pm
Wednesday
31 March
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
4.45, 6.45, 8.30pm
ZIZEK (Cinema 2)
6.15pm
IVAN THE TERRIBLE I AND II
(Cinema 2) 7.45pm
Thursday
1 April
OSAMA (Cinema 1)
4.45, 6.45, 8.30pm
BECKS (Cinema 2)
12-7.30pm
HAPPY TOGETHER
(Cinema 2) 6.30pm
ROUGE (Cinema 2)
8.30pm
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 26 March - Thursday 1 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
Cinema 2:
1-31 March
Thinking Aloud
Noam Chomsky, Jacques Lacan, Slavoj Zizek and Jacques Derrida - an unrivalled
opportunity to watch and listen to thinkers as they try to make sense
of the world.
23, 26-31
Mar
Zizek: The Reality of the Virtual
Slavoj Zizek is one of the most distinguished and politically engaged
thinkers of our time. In this tour de force filmed lecture, Slavoj Zizek
lucidly and compellingly reflects on belief - which takes him from Father
Christmas to democracy - and on the various forms that belief takes, drawing
on Lacanian categories of thought. In a radical dismissal of todays so
called post-political era, he mobilizes the paradox of universal truth
urging us to dare to enact the impossible. It is a characteristic virtuoso
performance, moving promiscuously from subject to subject but keeping
the larger argument in view. Based at Ljubliana University, Slavoj Zizek's
main body includes Welcome to the Desert of the Real and, most recently,
The Puppet and the Dwarf: The Perverse Core of Christianity. Ben Wright,
the director of the film, is an artist and film maker based in London
whose work most often employs a non-subjective camera in particular locations
across the globe. Here the camera is unflinchingly receptive to Slavoj
Zizek standing in for the uncanny lack of an audience. Ben Wright's body
of works includes Sibirskoye Kino, Blaze of Embers and Palagruza. (Dir
Ben Wright, UK, 2003, 70mins)
Cinema 2:
10-23 March
Cinema 2:
1-26 March
The Rare Films of Yoko Ono
'To look at Yoko Ono's work is to look at an artist who isn't afraid'
Sam Taylor-Wood, Guardian Complementing the "Odyssey Of A Cockroach"
exhibition, this season of films is a rare opportunity to see a selection
of the important and compelling films of Yoko Ono, and those made with
John Lennon and herself. Shown in historical sequence, they have been
selected by Yoko Ono herself and range from a film such as Film No 4 (Bottom)
through Rape which one critic said did "for the age of television
what Franz Kafka's The Trial did for the age of totalitarianism",
to Erection, a film about the construction of a hotel to Fly, showing
a fly explore a woman's body. These are works that helped to reshape the
grammar of film.
26 March,
7.30pm
England 68-69
26 March
9.30pm
London 69 -71
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
Cinema 2:
1-31 March
Empires and the Senses
27-31 Mar,
7.45pm
Ivan the Terrible parts I & II
'Miraculous' Time Out
Planned as an epic trilogy, Eisenstein's most enjoyable film - and his
final work - projects the Tsar's struggle to consolidate the Russian empire
and free it from Eastern domination.
Dir Sergei Eisenstein
Russia 1944-46, 100 + 88 mins, subs
Cinema 1:
Sat 27 Mar, 12-2.15pm
Uncut Special
Filmmaker Annie Wright will be presenting her work and looking at the
myths that are disseminated by the world of the mass media and its impact
on our lives. The lecture will be illustrated by some of her video work
of the last ten years. £4, £3 Concs, £2 ICA Members
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 26 March - Thursday 1 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 an
award of £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. Free with ICA Day Membership,
Lower, Concourse and Upper Galleries Cinema 2
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 26 March - Thursday 1 April
LIVE MUSIC
@ THE ICA
ica showcase
Tues 30 Mar, 7.30pm
Gentle Electric present:
Fonda 500, Bitmap, Husband, Punish The Atom
F500: 'make clockwork lullabies that sound like the Beach Boys' Sleazenation
The first in a monthly series of music showcases at the ICA. Tonight sees
Gentle Electric Records from Nottingham bring their marvellous roster
to bear. Fonda 500 headline the show, fresh from the release of their
fourth album Spectrumatronicalogical Sounds. On release of Husband's debut
7" the NME claimed to have found 'an errant pop prodigy..a maverick
in the making'. Plus Bitmap - whose debut album Alpha Beta Gamma was Sunday
Times' album of the week on its release. And Punish The Atom, bringing
with them their passionate and furious micro anthems that recall Wire
and vintage PiL. A very sparkly lineup not to be missed. £6, £5
Concs. £4 ICA Members Theatre (standing)
Sat 27 Mar,
9pm
Batmacumba 2004
Batmacumba boys are back at the ICA for 2004. As ever there are some damn
funky events planned and to kick things off there is a special launch
party for Essential Brazilian Flavas, a new album out on Outcaste records.
Joining forces with resident DJ Cliffy is veteran player John Armstrong.
Expect a roadblock return to the ICA from this perennial winner. £6,
£5 Concs. Free ICA Members Bar
Thurs 1 April,
8pm
LLGF PRESENT:
PARAPHERNALIA
Paraphernalia, the club and film night from London's Lesbian and Gay Film
Festival, retyrns to the ICA this year with a queer gothic spin, Tales
of the Unexptected. A delicious night of live bands, performance, weird
sex-gothic visuals and film extravagance awaits thise who dare to enter.
With top London DJs Mark Moore and Jeffrey Hinton, polysexual band Hooker
and a very special act, you'll have your appetite wet with music and horror
film screenings in what promises to be a brilliant night out. Last year
quickly sold out, so be careful you don't miss this wonderful event for
queer boys and girls and horror freaks everywhere. And remember no one
will hear you scream. £8, £7 Concs. £6 ICA Members Theatre
/ Bar / Cinema 2, 11pm
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 26 March - Thursday 1 April
THEATRE @
THE ICA
Sat 27 Mar,
5-7pm
A2 present:
Private View
(A Work In Progress presentation)
'very like a chance meeting of TS Eliot and Agnes Varda' Telegraph
Following their hugely successful performance during the 2004 Mime Festival,
A2 (Alit Kreiz & Anton Mirto) return to the ICA to develop a new installation
/performance work with a twist of their own distinct style.
Drop into their special 'private view' in the Nash Room, between 5-7pm,
and be the first to see this work at its early stage of development.
Free with Day Membership
Nash Room
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 26 March - Thursday 1 April
TALKS @ THE ICA
Confer/ICA
Fri 26 Mar, 7.30pm
Psychoanalysis Masterclass:
François Lévy and Bernard Burgoyne
In the third of a four-part series, another of France's most innovative
thinkers in psychoanalysis takes you inside the usually hidden domain
of the consulting room to give live supervision to a British colleague
on a piece of current clinical work. Tonight's focus will be the role
of the father in the internal and external world of the patient. François
Lévy is a founder member of the Société de Psychoanalyse
Freudienne, a psychoanalyst, training analyst, , editor of the psychoanalytic
review, Les Lettres de la Société de Psychanalyse Freudienne
and author of numerous articles. In the chair, Bernard Burgoyne, Professor
of Psychoanalysis at Middlesex University, a founder member of the Centre
for Freudian Analysis and Research.
£20, £12 Concs. £8 ICA/Confer Mems.
Theatre
Tue 30 Mar, 7pm
Who Runs This Place?
Government has never been more distant from Parliament, or closer to big
business. After all the promises of decentralisation, and increased transparency,
Whitehall seems to have become more impenetrable, and more decisions than
ever are concentrated at No. 10, as the Hutton Inquiry has shown. Will
this centralisation pass with Blairism - or have the structures of government
been permanently changed and Whitehall irrevocably politicised? Why are
we so exercised by Blair's retinue of advisors - and how could they be
made more accountable? In a globalised world, is it inevitable that government
and corporations will be mutually dependent? Speakers: Peter Hennessey,
historian and author of The Secret State; Lord Christopher Haskins, frequent
advisor to the government, formerly chairman of Express Northern Foods;
Anthony King, professor of British Government at Essex University, who
sat on the Committee on Standards in Public Life; and Tony Wright, MP,
chairman of the Public Administration Committee. In the chair: Anthony
Sampson, whose previous books include The Anatomy of Britain and the authorised
biography of Nelson Mandela. Nash Room £8, £7 Concs. £6
ICA Members
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 26 March - Thursday 1 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
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