WATCH: A new short film on NOWNESS explores Kathy Acker’s pleasure-filled world. Directed by Amy Gwatkin, featuring contributors to ‘I, I, I, I, I, I, I, Kathy Acker’ alongside artists, writers and musicians who channel the spirit of the great ... 3 Likes
Cinematographer Vasco Viana and Lisbon-born, London-based DJ Rita Maia depict a vibrant community of musicians and producers from diverse backgrounds each establishing their relationship to this complex city. Among many other notable figures, the film features DJ Nigga Fox, previously ... 3 Likes
ICA | PREVIEW Of Fish and Foe + Q&AWhat happens when the ideals of one group conflicts with the livelihood of another? A controversial documentary portrays the fraught relationship between traditional fishing practices in Scotland and the concerns of environmentalists. PREVIEW of 'Of Fish and Foe' will be ... 2 Likes
Varda by Agnès'Varda by Agnès' screens at the ICA from Friday Whether in front of the camera or behind it, Agnès Varda was a visual storyteller who eschewed convention and prescribed approaches to filmmaking. In the French auteur’s final film – which ... 4 Likes
How the Garage Became America’s Favorite Room"For Erlanger and Ortega Govela, who speculate with more brevity, the garage is a latter-day arcade, a symbol of modernity—or maybe postmodernity." Read about 'Garage', Olivia Erlanger and Luis Ortega Govela's secret history, in The New Yorker https://bit.ly/2RwWi4N The ICA ...
The ICA presents a newly commissioned performance based on Kathy Acker’s 1982 play ‘Desire’. Directed by Kate Valk of the Wooster Group, this interpretation will be the play’s first-ever public staging. 31 July – 4 August Find out more about ... 6 Likes
Are you a person of colour working outside of formal academia with an interest in education, collectivity and knowledge? Collectivity in Times of Crisis is a day of alternative study and interventions into education, inviting participants to join in open ... 3 Likes
Forough Farrokhzad, the Iranian Poet Who Broke Barriers of Sex and Society Read more via The New York Times https://nyti.ms/2UvtXc0 The late poet's only film 'The House is Black' (1962) screens at the ICA on 10 July 6:45pm https://bit.ly/2Nu2FE7 7 Likes
Photos from ICA's post"At a certain point I realized that the "I" doesn't exist. So I said to myself: If the "I" doesn't exist, I have to construct one, or maybe even more than one." – Kathy Acker, 1991 'I, I, I, I, ... 6 Likes
ICA | Reza Abdoh: Showtapes and Short FilmsHis 'politically potent productions were so piercing that anyone who got to witness one still frames Abdoh and his performers with god-like status.' Dazed and Confused Magazine on the experimental performances of theatre director and filmmaker Reza Abdoh (1963 – ... 1 Likes
Photos from ICA's postTOMORROW, 6:30pm The UK Premiere of 'Jessica Forever' - French duo Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel’s visually striking debut feature. https://bit.ly/2ZvUlVz This premiere kicks off a season of three feature films and a programme of shorts celebrating new transgressive French ... 5 Likes
“We’re in a time of regression and puritanism that I wanted to go against whilst recapturing the lifeblood of cinema.” - Yann Gonzalez The French director’s ‘Knife + Heart’, starring Vanessa Paradis, screens at the ICA from 5 July https://bit.ly/2WHipD8 2 Likes
Photos from ICA's post48HRS FLASH SALE STARTS NOW Use code ICA25 to get 25% discount on all ICA Artists’ Editions. Become a Red Member and receive 50% off all editions for the duration of the sale. 22 June, 10:00 – 24 June 10:00 ... 1 Comments
OPEN CALL! Are you a London-based creative aged 16-30? You have until 25 July to submit an idea to our Open Call, part of In Production. We are working with #NewCreatives, co-funded by BBC Arts and Arts Council England, to ...
Frames of Representation: Symposium: Imaginaries Of The Desert pt. 1Engaging with the ICA's Frames of Representation 2018 film festival theme of 'landscape', this symposium invites critical responses to the expanded notion of the desert. Taking as a starting point anthropologist Elizabeth A. Povinelli's discussion of the 'Desert' as a ...
Frames of Representation: Symposium: Imaginaries Of The Desert pt. 2Engaging with the ICA's Frames of Representation 2018 film festival theme of 'landscape', this symposium invites critical responses to the expanded notion of the desert. Taking as a starting point anthropologist Elizabeth A. Povinelli's discussion of the 'Desert' as a ...
Meteors (Meteorlar) /// ICA Cinema Release TrailerICA CINEMA releases METEORS in selected cinemas from 7 December. At night, in a Kurdish town in eastern Turkey, meteors start to fall. Stepping out of their homes to look, the city’s inhabitants encounter fragments of the past and remember ...
Hale County This Morning, This Evening /// ICA Cinema Release TrailerICA CINEMA releases HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING in selected cinemas from 18 January 2019. Dazzling and sun-drenched, HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING is an innovative, impressionistic portrait of contemporary life in Hale County, Alabama. RaMell Ross’ careful ...
Frames of Representation: How to Film Nothing: Lecture with Boris MitićThe director of satirical documentary In Praise of Nothing joined us for a special, tongue-in-cheek lecture about Nothing. Boris Mitić presents a quirky overview of the creative and production challenges of making his whistleblowing documentary parody in which he explores ...
Frames of Representation: Intro and Q&A #FoR18 Shorts #1Q&A with directors Pedro Peralta (Ascension) and Rafael Ramírez (Amundsen’s Dogs) and producer Michał Białożej (Zhalanash) hosted by film journalist and critic at large Wendy Ide. Ascension (Ascensao) The term sublime is not overused, Ascensão is an invitation to a ...
Frames of Representation: DragonFly Eyes Q&AQ&A with director Xu Bing hosted by Tony Rayns, filmmaker, critic and festival programmer with a special interest in East Asian cinema All across China, surveillance cameras are tracking citizens as they go about their lives. Compiling diverse fragments of ...
Frames of Representation: Meteors (Meteorlar) Intro and Q&AQ&A with director Gürcan Ketlek hosted by Isabel Stevens, Production Editor at Sight & Sound At night, in a Kurdish town in eastern Turkey, meteors start to fall. Stepping out of their homes to look, the city's inhabitants encounter fragments ...
Frames of Representation: The Son (Syn) Intro and Q&AQ&A with director Alexander Abaturov hosted by Nick Bradshaw, Web Editor at Sight & Sound In Siberia, a group of young recruits compete in harsh conditions to join the elite Spetsnaz special forces. At home, a family grieves for a ...
