At the end of summer the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) will host Tanoa Sasraku’s new solo exhibition, premieres by filmmakers such as Albert Serra and Courtney Stephens, a live programme featuring collaborations with CTM and Atonal Festivals, Amber Mark and Baby Dee, and an exhibition revisiting and expanding the legacy of The Thin Black Line.
The London space will also launch GLUE, the ICA’s new artist book fair which brings together over 50 publishers for a weekend of exhibitions, talks and workshops.
The forthcoming season reflects the ICA’s commitment to cross-disciplinarity and artistic experimentation, with a focus on intergenerational exchange, cultural memory and emerging creative practice.
It will bring together new commissions, and recent and historical works from Brenda Agard, Sutapa Biswas, Sonia Boyce, Chila Kumari Burman, Jennifer Comrie, Lubaina Himid, Claudette Johnson, Ingrid Pollard, Veronica Ryan, Marlene Smith and Maud Sulter.
A new solo exhibition by Tanoa Sasraku opens in the Lower Galleries from Tuesday, October 7th.
Through process-driven works on paper, found objects, and sculpture, Sasraku examines the seductive and destructive power of oil – its ties to war and national identity – through the mediation of emblems and mementos. A public programme will be announced at a later date, for details about the exhibitons go here.
This season’s Live programme see Amber Mark opens on Thursday, July 3rd followed by a third collaboration with CTM Festival from Thursday, September 4th to Saturday, September 6th.
A new solo exhibition by Tanoa Sasraku opens in the Lower Galleries from Tuesday, October 7th.
Through process-driven works on paper, found objects, and sculpture, Sasraku examines the seductive and destructive power of oil – its ties to war and national identity – through the mediation of emblems and mementos. A public programme will be announced at a later date, for details about the exhibitons go here.
This season’s Live programme see Amber Mark opens on Thursday, July 3rd followed by a third collaboration with CTM Festival from Thursday, September 4th to Saturday, September 6th.
Spanning three nights, the festival features emptyset, KAVARI, Lyra Pramuk, aya & MFO, Tarta Relena and VMO.
The ICA will present Resonance, a three-part workshop series exploring collective movement and performance with artists Teo Ala-Ruona, Miša Skalkis and Marika Peura in collaboration with the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland from Friday, July 18th to Sunday, July 20th.
The ICA will present Resonance, a three-part workshop series exploring collective movement and performance with artists Teo Ala-Ruona, Miša Skalkis and Marika Peura in collaboration with the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland from Friday, July 18th to Sunday, July 20th.
Further events include performances from Baby Dee (Tuesday, September 2nd), Atonal’s Humanities by Laxlan Petras (Saturday, August 23rd), and Ghosted, a collaboration between Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin (Tuesday, September 16th).
The Talks & Engagement programme continues to nurture dialogue across disciplines with new iterations of the Speaking Futures programme exploring the intersection between art and life and celebrating artists as catalysts for imagining and shaping the future.
This year's ICA Creatives x Pesolife programme culminates in a cross-disciplinary takeover of the theatre space Wednesday, July 2nd, a new platform for interdisciplinary practice PULSE launches with Biogal on Thursday, July 17th,
Book launches include Rosanna McLaughlin’s Against Morality (Tuesday, July 22nd) and Hot Pencil Press’ Letter to My Little Trans Self on Wednesday, July 30th.
GLUE, the ICA’s new annual artist publishing fair, launches Saturday, September 13th to Sundy, September 14th with over 50 participating publishers including Verso, Montez Press, Matts Gallery, Antenne and Four Corners.
GLUE, the ICA’s new annual artist publishing fair, launches Saturday, September 13th to Sundy, September 14th with over 50 participating publishers including Verso, Montez Press, Matts Gallery, Antenne and Four Corners.
The weekend includes talks, workshops with Toe Press, an open studio with Different Gravy, and exhibitions from Hot Potato and Sana Badri.
In addition, the Talks programme will host the ICA Youth Forum over the summer and will respond to Connecting Thin Black Lines with a collaborative sound work and listening party, exploring sound as a tool for dialogue and exchange.
In addition, the Talks programme will host the ICA Youth Forum over the summer and will respond to Connecting Thin Black Lines with a collaborative sound work and listening party, exploring sound as a tool for dialogue and exchange.
The ICA's cinema programme includes Off-Circuit offering audiences a chance to encounter this generation's landmark films on screen for the first tim.
There will be premieres of Sammy Baloji’s The Tree of Authenticity, Hong Sangsoo’s What Does That Nature Say to You?, Sofia Bohdanowicz’s Measures for a Funeral, Albert Serra’s Afternoons of Solitude, a portrait of Peruvian-born bullfighter Andrés Roca Rey, and Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez’s Invention.
The Celluloid Sunday Festival will run from Friday, july 11th to Sunday, July 20th celebrating analogue cinema with rare 35mm and 16mm screenings by Edward Yang, Jim Jarmusch, David Cronenberg and more.
The programme ‘Youths’ running Thursday, July 24th to Sunday, August 17th gathers films that explore youth, solidarity, and identity through the formation of communities.
The Machine That Kills Bad People returns with a double bill by Maya Deren and Kira Muratova on Tuesday, July 22nd and In Focus: Serge Daney will present a ten-film programme exploring the legacy of the influential critic in collaboration with Sabzian from Friday, August 29th to Thursday, September 4th.
The Machine That Kills Bad People returns with a double bill by Maya Deren and Kira Muratova on Tuesday, July 22nd and In Focus: Serge Daney will present a ten-film programme exploring the legacy of the influential critic in collaboration with Sabzian from Friday, August 29th to Thursday, September 4th.
The ICA also welcomes the return of the Hong Kong Film Festival from Saturday, September 13th to Sunday, September 28th.