Autumn Knight, video still from Complain/Disappoint, 2023
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Miccolis and von kleist host a party in the exhibition space, with a DJ, drinks, and an invitation to catch up and air your grievances. Moving between hospitality and performance, the hosts slip in and out of character as they engage with the audience. A live video feed captures the physical manifestations of complaint in close-up and relays the footage into the back gallery.
Complimentary drinks will be available in the gallery while supplies last. Visitors are also welcome to purchase drinks from the ICA Bar. The performance is durational, and audiences are welcome to come and go at any time between 7–10pm.
About the artists
Michelangelo Miccolis, born in 1981 in Mexico City, is an artist and performer currently based in Brussels, with a multidisciplinary practice spanning writing, production, and curation. Founder and curator of IMMATERIAL, an annual performance program at Feria Material, Mexico City (since 2017). Former guest curator at Cabaret Voltaire (2017–19) and curator at Shedhalle (2020–2025), Zurich. Frequent collaborator with leading artists and institutions worldwide, including Tate Modern, La Biennale di Venezia, Museo Reina Sofía, and more.
nick von kleist is an artist, writer, performer and freelance producer based in Brussels. They create multidisciplinary work exploring themes and formats that combine poetry and drag with gaming subcultures to examine how the interface manifests both physically and virtually, questioning what its design, codes and filters are producing both within and between us. nvk has recently presented their work at Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich; EKKM, Tallinn; and Bergen Kunsthall's Landmark. They have recently performed internationally at Performance Space New York; Tate Modern, London; Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid; M HKA, Antwerp; and Gropius Bau, Berlin. nvk is the producer for IMMATERIAL performance programme – founded by Michelangelo Miccolis and hosted by Feria Material, Mexico City – and was the production manager at Shedhalle, Zurich, from 2020-2025, having worked previously with MoMA, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the Park Avenue Armory. They have recently worked with Angela Goh, Autumn Knight, Dora García, Ivan Cheng, Joshua Serafin.
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Fri, 20 Nov 2026
Lower Gallery
07:00 pm
Friday 20 November, 7 – 10pm.
The performance is durational. Audiences are welcome to come and go any time.
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Lower Gallery
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