ICA
LISTINGS
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
Monday
25th October
TLFF: SOUTH OF THE CLOUDS
(Cinema 1) 2 pm
TLFF: WOMAN OF THE BREAKWATER
(Cinema 1) 4 pm
ZIZEK: THE REALITY OF THE VIRTUAL
(Cinema 2) 4.45 pm
CHINESE ODYSSEY 2002
(Cinema 2) 6.30 pm, 8.30 pm
TLFF: THE OVERTURE
(Cinema 1) 9 pm
Tuesday
26th October
TLFF: THE OVERTURE
(Cinema 1) 2pm
TLFF: IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL
(Cinema 1) 4.15pm
ZIZEK: THE REALITY OF THE VIRTUAL
(Cinema 2) 4.45 pm
CHINESE ODYSSEY 2002
(Cinema 2) 6.30, 8.30 pm
TLFF: TANG POETRY
(Cinema 1) 6.45 pm
TLFF: THE COMPLETE JAPANESE SHOWA SONGBOOK (Cinema 1) 9 pm
Wednesday
27th October
TLFF: THE COMPLETE JAPANESE SHOWA SONGBOOK (Cinema 1) 2 pm
ZIZEK: THE REALITY OF THE VIRTUAL
(Cinema 2) 4.45 pm
CHINESE ODYSSEY 2002
(Cinema 2) 6.30, 8.30 pm
TLFF: HERE
(Cinema 1) 6.45 pm
TLFF: UNIFORM
(Cinema 1) 9 pm
Thursday
28th October
TLFF: UNIFORM
(Cinema 1) 2 pm
TLFF: THE NOMI SONG
(Cinema 1) 4.15 pm
ZIZEK: THE REALITY OF THE VIRTUAL
(Cinema 2) 4.45 pm
CHINESE ODYSSEY 2002
(Cinema 2) 6.30, 8.30 pm
TLFF: WITH GEORGE BUSH ON MY MIND
(Cinema 1) 6.45 pm
TLFF: DEALER
(Cinema 1) 8.45 pm
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 22 October - Thursday 28 October 2004
FILM @
THE ICA
22 - 28
Oct
THE TIMES BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL The ICA is again delighted to host
a week of screenings as part of this year's Festival. These highlights
represent the best of independent cinema from around the world, including
two great music documentaries in Kill Your Idols and The Nomi Song.
And from Europe; With George Bush on my Mind, a brutally funny satire
from Spanish director Joaquin Oristrell. Two striking, pertinent features
from Iran, Stray Dogs and The Riverside; from the producers of City
of God, gritty Brazilian drama Up Against them All and the fascinating
flight of fancy In the Realms of the Unreal. Eastern Asian highlights
include, Woman is the Future of Man (South Korea), Splendid Float (Taiwan),
and The Complete Japanese Showa Songbook (Japan). There is also a preview
of ICA Projects' own upcoming release; Cannes prize winner Tropical
Malady. Tickets: £8 available through the Festival box office:
020 7928 3232 For further information on all TLFF films, see www.lff.org.uk.
Cinema
2: 22-28 Oct ZIZEK: THE REALITY OF THE VIRTUALSlavoj 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.
Dir Ben Wright, UK 2003, 70 mins
MUSIC &
PERFORMANCE @ THE ICA
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, Minotaur Shock, Magnetophone £9, £8 Concs
Friday
29th (Fierce Panda)
Youth Movie Soundtrack Strategies, Fightstar, Atlantic Dash & The
Immediate £9, £8 Concs
Saturday
30th (Peacefrog)
Nouvelle Vague + more tbc
£11, £10 Concs
Please
check <www.vapour.co.uk> for further line up details.
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 22 - Thursday 28 October 2004
TALKS @
THE ICA
Part 1:
Mon 25 Oct, 6.45pm
HOW TO START A SEX ZINE
What turns us on? Is this reality reflected in existing materials -
erotic, pornographic or otherwise? Does the division between sexual
media for men and women still exist? Lou Errington, Liz Helman and Paul
Lawrence are launching a new magazine called Slit. Sexy, and all about
sex, it explores the beautiful and absurd nature of sexual experiences
in a way that they believe is unrepresented in current media and its
strictly segmented markets. Tonight they discuss the journey that led
them to set up the publication with author Stephanie Theobald, whose
latest book, TRIX, is about an American dominatrix and a Scarborough
waitress who drive across America; and writer and broadcaster Tania
Glyde, who was Time Out's agony aunt for two years, and is a judge for
this year's Erotic Awards.
Part 2:
8pm:
BURLESQUE! THE NEW FEMALE VOYEURISM
Over the past two years burlesque fever has been sweeping London. This
new burlesque has evolved beyond its roots in century-old American vaudeville
- working-class women performing striptease for men. Retaining its emphasis
on concealing as much of the body as revealing, contemporary burlesque
striptease acts feature both men and women performing for a primarily
female audience. Does this new version have more in common with performance
and body art than with traditional striptease? How do all these phenomena
seek to appropriate the female voyeuristic gaze? Speakers: Delilah,
performer with pioneering burlesque ensemble The Whoopee Club; Julie
Cook, an artist who has been watching striptease in London and Las Vegas
for 5 years, whose book Baby Oil and Ice, Striptease in East London
won Erotic Book of the Year in 2001; Tracey Warr, co-editor of The Artist's
Body (Phaidon); and artist Daria Martin, whose art mines early modern
performance and its connection to vaudeville.
Followed by a live performance by the Whoopee Club.
£12, £10 Concs, £9 ICA Members
Nash and Brandon Rooms
ErotICA
Part 1: Tue 26 Oct, 6.45pm
DOING DIGITAL SEX
In the last five years, a large proportion of our sexual activity has
silently migrated to the digital world. But what happens to the sexual
experience when it is broken down into bytes? As digitally simulated
sex comes of age, are we on the brink of a brave new world of erotic
fantasy-porn? Or is the future of digital sex about peer-to-peer communications
through mobile phones and web-cams, enabling people to swap erotic images
between themselves? What is the future of digital sex?
Speakers: Julius Wiedemann, editor of Digital Beauties; professor James
Woudhuysen, Professor of innovation and forecasting, De Montfort University
and author of Cult IT; Steven Montague, Technical Director of Bendover
Bugle, a new British mobile porn magazine. In the chair: Lilian Pizzichini,
author, journalist and former commissioning editor, The Erotic Review.
Julius Wiedemann will introduce the subject with give a short illustrated
talk on digital erotica.
Part 2:
Tue 26 Oct, 8.30pm
MASTERCLASS: THE FUTURE OF EROTICA
Why are the British so bad at pornography? While the French indulge
themselves in a literary-erotic renaissance and the Americans use hand-held
cameras to democratise the business of pornography, the British, in
thrall to lame innuendo, remain enthusiastic amateurs. What can be done
to put Britain on the erotic map? Is there an emerging aesthetic which
can revive the fortunes of British porn? The ICA brings together an
international panel to brainstorm the future of erotica.
Speakers: Roy Stuart, erotic photographer and author of The Fourth Body;
Ovidie, French porn star and author of Porno Manifesto; Turi Munthe,
journalist, Zembla; Rod Liddle, associate editor, The Spectator, and
columnist, The Times. In the chair: Zoe Williams, columnist, Guardian.
Roy Stuart will introduce the discussion by presenting some of his work.
£12, £10 Concs, £9 ICA Members
Nash Room
Thurs 28
Oct, 7pm
NEW GLOBAL GRAFFITI
Continued accusations that graffiti is 'crime not art' have recently
prompted Tony Blair to endorse the Keep Britain Tidy campaign for zero
tolerance to street art. However, graffiti has evolved greatly since
anonymous spray-can art first appeared in the late 1960s, earning its
exponents the respect of the art world and guaranteeing its long-lasting
influence on art, graphic design and music around the world. But is
graffiti still an unruly art form? Speakers: Nicholas Ganz aka Keinom,
author of Graffiti World; graffiti artists Stormie from Australia, Other
from Canada, and Paris and Nylon from the UK. Supported by a sneak preview
of Who is Bozo Texino?, Bill Daniels' documentary on the monikers painted
by hobos and rail workers over the last 20 years; and Just to Get a
Rep, which premiered at this year's Edinburgh film festival, introduced
by director Peter Gerard.
£12, £10 Concs, £9 ICA Members
Nash Room
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 22 - Thursday 28 October 2004
EXHIBITIONS
@ THE ICA
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).
Free with ICA Day Membership
Lower/Upper Galleries, Concourse
Mon 18-Sun
31 Oct, 12-7.30pm
OPEN REHEARSALS
Over a two-week period, the theatre company PunchDrunk will be in open
rehearsals.
Free with Day Membership
Lower Gallery
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
Tue 26
Oct, 7pm
ARTIST TALK: WARREN NEIDICH
Warren Neidich has studied medicine, neurobiology, biology and psychology,
and his artistic work is clearly influenced by his background. Concentrating
on photography and video art, Neidich's work consistently explores relationships
between perception and reality. He is one of the creators and editors
of artbrain.org, an online structure open to scientists, artists, art
historians, architects, writers and philosophers working with issues
relating to neuroscientific interests. In this talk, Neidich will talk
about the difference between Neuro-aesthetics and Aesthetic Neurobiology.
Free with ICA Day Membership
Digital Studio
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