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Let the games begin. The Toxic Consultancy: Game Edition is a role-playing game set on a dying planet. The game will be held in the exhibition space and led by artist @marymaggic from 2 – 6pm tomorrow, and is part of @gray_wielebinski’s programme for his exhibition The Red Sun is High, the Blue Low (ends 23 Dec). More details + last chance tickets at the link in our bio. #ICALondon #London

Let the games begin. The Toxic Consultancy: Game Edition is a role-playing game set on a dying planet. The game will be held in the exhibition space and led by artist Mary Maggic from 2 – 6pm tomorrow, and is part of Gray Wielebinski's exhibition programme The Red Sun is High, the Blue Low. Explore the relationship between taxonomies and toxicities. The etymologies of TAXONOMY and TOXICITY are derived from the Greek roots TACTICS and TOXIKON respectively, and were first invented as vocabularies of war. Today, taxonomies have categorised life itself, drawing lines between what we perceive to be toxic and pure. More details + last chance tickets at the link in our bio. ica.art/the-toxic-consultancy

Sound on 🔊 Kazakh-British composer, violinist and London Contemporary Orchestra leader Galya Bisengalieva is headlining at the ICA with her mesmerising blend of folk, ambient, classical and electronic music on Tuesday 28 November. Support by London-based DJ Ans M. Tickets are still on sale. Don't miss it 🌹 ica.art/galya-bisengalieva

TONIGHT | Artists' Film Club | A film inspired by a Filipina woman who has been re-enacting crucifixion for 16 years by being nailed to a cross. Angel Velasco Shaw's film Nailed (1992) explores the complexities of the Catholic Church and 400 years of colonialism in the Pacific region. Stick around for a conversation with Erwin Romulo who unravels the implications of worship, national, cultural, and personal identity. Tickets are still available ica.art/artists-film-club-parallel-histories

Live events happening soon at ICA Tickets at ica.art/live

London Palestine Film Festival 2023: R21 aka Restoring Solidarity by Mohanad Yaqubi
The 24th London Palestine Film Festival kicks off at the ICA in a little over a week. Don’t miss this screening of ‘R21 aka Restoring Solidarity’ (+ Q&A) by Mohanad Yaqubi, which features a collection of archival 16mm films safeguarded in Tokyo by the Japanese solidarity movement with Palestine. Screening + Q&A with filmmaker Mohanad Yaqubi on Sat 18 Nov, 7pm 🌹 Get your tickets ica.art/r21-aka-restoring-solidarity #LPFF23

New programme announcement! Introducing ICA Creatives 🎥 What can we do with art? Can we create art that brings us together? How can we build creative community through making and learning? ICA Creatives is a series of free artist-led workshops open to people aged 16 – 30. Exploring these questions, the programme is made up of four strands (cinema, sound, performance and digital) with an opportunity to learn more about the behind the scenes of the ICA. Workshops are designed to build skills in specific art forms, learn from artists, meet industry professionals and understand how things work in a world-class interdisciplinary arts organisation. There is an opportunity for participants to showcase their collective work made during the workshops to the public in a building-wide takeover of the ICA at the end of March 2024. Each series will allow for 15 participants to attend weekly workshops. The aim of this programme is to support emerging talent and creativity. No prior art making experience is necessary, but you must be able to commit to all sessions and select one strand to attend.

From tomorrow until 15 Oct 🎬: @icalondon and @friezeofficial have teamed up to show 10 artists’ films. Alongside in-person screenings at the ICA, you’ll be able to stream the films on ica.art and frieze.com from across the globe until 29 October. Book tickets through the link in our bio to delve into intimate explorations of human emotions, social dynamics + political landscapes, screening at the ICA Theatre for five days. Bonus 🥰: One ticket to Frieze Film x ICA Artists’ Film Programme gives you free entry to Gray Wielebinski’s exhibition at the ICA, ‘The Red Sun is High, the Blue Low’, from 10 – 15 October. #icalondon #london #frieze #frieze20 #friezemagazine #film #movingimage #uk

From tomorrow until 15 Oct 🎬: We've teamed up with Frieze to show 10 artists' films and moving images. Book tickets to delve into intimate explorations of human emotions, social dynamics + political landscapes, screening on loop at the ICA Theatre. Alongside in-person screenings, you'll be able to stream from across the globe until 29 October. Bonus 🥰: One ticket to Frieze Film x ICA Artists' Film Programme gives you access to Gray Wielebinski's exhibition The Red Sun is High, the Blue Low in the gallery. More at ica.art/frieze-artists-film

The BFI London Film Festival continues! See what we're screening tonight and this weekend at the ICA. #BFILondonFilmFestival #LFF2023 #cinema

BFI London Film Festival 2023 screenings at the ICA in London until 15 October. Tickets in the link in our bio 🔗 @britishfilminstitute #bfilondonfilmfestival #LFF2023 #cinema #movies #filmfestival #london #icalondon

Girl math this, boy math that... here's some math-math: see two exhibitions at the ICA for the price of one from 10 – 15 October! Swing by for the Frieze Film × ICA Artists’ Film Programme *and* Gray Wielebinski's exhibition 'The Red Sun is High, The Blue Low'. One ticket = access to both. The Frieze x ICA screenings coincide with with Frieze London’s 20th Anniversary. Wielebinski's exhibition runs until 23 December. Even better, if you're free on Tuesday, both exhibitions are free. See you there. 💘 ica.art/exhibitions

CTM Festival comes to London for the first time, in partnership with ICA, Fri October 20 + Sat October 21, 2023. Early bird tickets have sold out across both nights, don’t miss out! Featuring international DJs, live sets, UK premieres, screenings and live audiovisual projects. Dive into a programme that includes the UK debut of Gabber Modus Operandi, Sote, Pollution Opera (Nadah El Shazly & Elvin Brandhi with Omar El Sadek), Prison Religion, Sarah Farina, events curated by Mariana Berezovska + the initiatives Standard Deviation × Remote Control, alongside many, many more. Supported by Goethe-Institut London and Goethe-Institut in Exile. @ctmfestival @borninflamez @dianaazzuz @nznnsmmnr @gabbermodusoperandi @katarina_gryvul @alex.g.u.e.v.a.r.a @opium_hum @plus44kaligula @nadah_elshazly @elvinbrandhi @elsadekomar @_standard_deviation @remotecontrol.club @sarahfarinabln @ata_ebtekar @stefanieegedy

Yvonne Rainer on avoiding the audience gaze, filmmaking vs dancing, and accepting mistakes
Filmmaker, dancer and choreographer Yvonne Rainer explains how her shift from dance choreography to film was influenced by her desire to challenge the traditional relationship with the audience, avoiding the traditional gaze of dance and finding new ways to manipulate and explore the audience-performer dynamic in film. Listen to the full interview with Yvonne Rainer, a pioneering figure in the America avant-garde movement, on our podcast Infrequencies. ica.art/infrequencies The original talk was held on 17 August with film researcher Oliver Fuke to open a season at the ICA celebrating Rainer’s extensive work.

Behind the scenes of Gray Wielebinski's first institutional solo exhibition 'The Red Sun is High, the Blue Low'. The show runs from 20 September to 23 December. In Wielebinski’s installation environment, overlapping worlds feel both familiar and strange. With references to sci-fi, Cold War legacies and games, it could be viewed as a processing of terminal capitalism and the omnipresence of a collective low-grade anxiety. Exhibition hours: Tuesday to Thursday: 4 – 9pm Friday to Sunday: 12 – 9pm Read more + book tickets here: ica.art/gray-wielebinski-the-red-sun-is-high-the-blue-low

We're excited for LSDXOXO – live at the ICA on 5 October! Don’t miss out on his blend of pop hooks, techno, Baltimore club, ghetto house + razor-sharp electro because tickets are going fast and there's a few more left. Tickets are £15. See you there! ica.art/lsdxoxo Video + music from LSDXOXO’s Double Tap

Momtaza Mehri on the limits of identity politics, symbolism and Beyoncé. Mehri explores how powerful Black women such as Beyoncé to Oprah to Michelle Obama are positioned as cultural products or as representational symbols, and interrogates how useful it is to the interests of working class Black women. Link to the full episode in our bio + subscribe to our podcast Infrequencies to get regular releases of our talks – both archived and contemporary. From 2019: A conversation between Momtaza Mehri and Ifeanyi Awachie. #beyonce #oprah #identitypolitics #representation #icalondon #london #talks #learning #podcast #class #workingclass

Momtaza Mehri on the limits of identity politics, symbolism and Beyoncé. Mehri explores how powerful Black women such as Beyoncé to Oprah to Michelle Obama are positioned as cultural products or as representational symbols, and interrogates how useful it is to the interests of working class Black women. Link to the full episode in our bio + subscribe to our podcast Infrequencies to get regular releases of our talks – both archived and contemporary. From 2019: A conversation between Momtaza Mehri and Ifeanyi Awachie. #beyonce #oprah #identitypolitics #representation #icalondon #london #talks #learning #podcast

Preview screening of Fremont by Babak Jalali + Q&A on Thu 14 Sep at the ICA. Donya, a young Afghan who moved to Fremont, California after serving as a translator for the American army, spends her days working at a fortune cookie factory and her nights wide awake battling between her desire to rebuild her life and the overbearing guilt she carries within. In a bid to connect with the world, she sends an unconventional message through a fortune cookie. Tinged with Jarmuschian deadpan humour, this sensitive immigrant tale packs a breakout performance by Anaita Wali Zada, who is a refugee as well as an actor, and joined by a perpetually off-kilter Gregg Turkington and Jeremy Allen White from The Bear as a heartthrob mechanic. This special preview screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Babak Jalali, hosted by Ella Kemp. Go to the link in our bio to see what else we’re screening at the ICA these coming weeks and to book your tickets. @fremontthemovie ica.art/films #films #cinema #afghanistan #london #icalondon #fortunecookie

20 – 21 October | We've teamed up with CTM Festival to bring you two days of late night DJs and live music + audiovisual screenings. It's the first time the Berlin-based festival arrives in the UK, and leads up to its 25th anniversary. The ICA Theatre will be pulsing with sub-bass and spatial sound, postmodern opera, gabber and apocalyptic noise. As a starting point towards cross-border resistance and understanding, our cinema will be showcasing programmes highlighting experiences of war in Ukraine, A Saturday-night afterparty at Venue MOT, Bermondsey will close the two-day programme. Check out all the details and book tickets here: ica.art/live/ctm