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May 2026

Friday, 22 May

Daily Programme

Exhibitions

Genuine Fake Premium Economy:
Jenna Bliss, Buck Ellison & Jasmine Gregory

Through satirising, staging or appropriating the real, these artists probe what effect this post-2008 era of financial collapse has had on societal myths of fairness and progress under capitalism.

Films

UK PREMIERE
Tycoon + Q&A

Charlotte Zhang's mesmerising debut feature effortlessly merges forms and formats to craft a paranoid spiral into a city on the brink, as Los Angeles is encircled by militarized policing, meat shortages and cockroach infestations on the eve of the 2028 Olympics.

Live

Slikback, Lord Spikeheart, Aho Ssan, Blood of Aza, Mvcoko

A celebration of the black diaspora through sonic dualities. SYPHEN, Baba Yaga's Hut and the ICA team up to bring some of the most exciting artists from the black diaspora together for a deep dive into experimentalism.