Of Animacy reconvenes for a festive gathering at the end of the year to discuss and enjoy a selection of poems from Rita Wong’s book Undercurrent.

Narratives of women's labour and protest are brought together through a screening of experimental and documentary films, spanning six decades.

Peter Osborne moderates a panel discussion on the future of independent cultural production to coincide with the publication of two volumes of essays from the Radical Philosophy Archive.

Cultural critic Sita Balani leads a close reading of Andrea Long Chu’s new publication Females.

A programme of short films by emerging filmmakers presented by Bristol-based film development programme We Are Neurodiverse.

Forensic Architecture lead a live presentation and discussion around their investigation into the 2017 police raid of Umm al-Hiran, a Bedouin village in the Negev desert.

This workshop aims to inspire neurodiverse filmmakers to develop new projects and apply for the In Production scheme.

Of Animacy reconvenes in collaboration with artist Sonia Levy to discuss the effects of the Anthropocene on life in oceanic depths.

A workshop with digital arts studio Werkflow exploring the uses of gaming audio design for interactive and live experiences.

Momtaza Mehri presents a new essay on the slipperiness of female power and the pleasure Black womxn wring from the celebrity class.

Precious Oyelade reads a new, critical essay on the 2006 Nollywood film Girls Cot and its protagonists, womxn known as ‘runs girls’.

An evening of readings by Clay AD, R. Zamora Linmark, Richard Porter, Alison Rumfitt, Shola von Reinhold and Isabel Waidner.

Artist and writer Sable Elyse Smith and author Nicole R. Fleetwood discuss their research into the carceral, the personal and the political. 

ICA Chief Curator Richard Birkett leads an exclusive Red Members’ tour of Honey-Suckle Company: Omnibus.

Poets CAConrad and Nisha Ramayya explore the themes of mysticism and ritual in their work through readings followed by a conversation with Sarah Shin.

ICA Public Advisors introduce the current exhibition, Honey-Suckle Company: Omnibus.

Professor Homi K. Bhabha discusses his past and ongoing scholarly work with New York Times literary critic Parul Sehgal and Professor Richard Sennett.

Of Animacy reconvenes to discuss Audronė Žukauskaitė’s critical take on the notions of biological and political identity.

Bernardine Evaristo, discusses her newest novel, Girl, Woman, Other, and shares how to write about pleasure for women of colour.

Artist Davinia-Ann Robinson discusses her installation, PLASTICISED SENSATION, which explores her work around pleasure and power structures based on the erotic for women of colour.

A restorative studio session, led by artist Davinia-Ann Robinson, inviting women of colour to unlock a sense of agency through use of clay.

Of Animacy reconvenes to consider Alison Kafer’s critical account of cyborg theories from the perspective of disability studies.

Artists Black Quantum Futurism and feminist direct action group East End Sisters Uncut present a workshop examining housing futures.

Discussing their artistic practices and Black futurist imaginaries, artists Black Quantum Futurism and The Otolith Group explore how civil rights and Black liberation movements have reappropriated notions of time and temporality.

Marking the opening of Temporal Deprogramming, Black Quantum Futurism present an interactive lecture exploring the history of linear time constructs, time travel, and notions of the future.

For the final weekend of I, I, I, I, I, I, I, Kathy Acker, a series of scholarly presentations interrogate the legacy of Acker’s work, extending her lines of thought from artistic, literary and theoretical perspectives

ICA Assistant Curator Ifeanyi Awachie and Artists’ Film and Moving Image Curator Steven Cairns lead a private ICA Red Members’ tour of I, I, I, I, I, I, I, Kathy Acker.

Develop skills in interactive media in this free workshop for London-based emerging artists.

Of Animacy reconvenes to discuss Paul B. Preciado’s definition of contemporary capitalism as the pharmaco-pornographic regime.

Soul food chef sisterwoman vegan presents her intersectional cooking practice through a curated library, a light menu of sharing plates, and an accompanying zine.

Womanist fitness instructor Kelechi ‘Kelechnekoff’ Okafor leads a dance workshop and discussion exploring twerking as empowerment.

Ama Josephine Budge leads a workshop harnessing breath, free writing, mark-making and pleasure vocalisations to rest, resist, reimagine and rebuild.

A series of Black feminist programmes exploring pleasure as a politics of refusal.

Collective Creativity lead a day of alternative study integrating open conversations, group discussions and creative production.

Rosanna McNamara leads a discussion on myth-making, appropriation and voice in Kathy Acker's The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec.

A two-part programme of screenings and discussions centred on the moving-image works of theatre director and filmmaker Reza Abdoh (1963 – 1995).

A two-part programme of screenings and discussions centred on the moving-image works of theatre director and filmmaker Reza Abdoh (1963 – 1995).

A two-part programme of films produced in the Philippines during Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship revisits cinematic opposition from the past as potential coordinates for acting in the present. 

Of Animacy reconvenes to discuss the writer and poet Amanda Ackerman’s notion of weeding.

D. Mortimer leads a discussion on the theme of co-dependency in two of Kathy Acker’s novels.

Writer Amelia Abraham presents an evening of readings and discussion around themes of queerness, assimilation and resistance.

Artist Zéthu Zizwe Ruby Maseko leads two half-day practical workshops in art, written and spoken word for women of colour.

ICA Public Advisors introduce the current exhibition, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, Kathy Acker.

Luce Irigaray is joined by Elspeth Mitchell and Harry Bregazzi to expound ideas from her new co-edited collection Towards a New Human Being.

A discussion celebrating the work of the late cultural studies pioneer Stuart Hall.

Of Animacy convenes at the ICA to discuss queer theorist Jasbir Puar’s proposition to rethink intersectional feminism through the lens of assemblage theory.

Writer Sophie Lewis presents a lecture drawing on her new theories of surrogacy, gestational justice and family abolition, followed by a discussion with poet Anne Boyer.

Reba Maybury leads a fearless discussion of themes in Acker’s writing including the father figure and emancipation.

Writer and activist Sarah Schulman is joined by artist and writer Matias Viegener to discuss Schulman’s three decades of work and their shared engagements with Kathy Acker.

Sarah Schulman leads a panel discussion to consider how marginalised queer communities can use coalition politics to challenge authoritarianism.

Literary critic N. Katherine Hayles presents a talk addressing Kathy Acker’s ‘language of the body’ in relation to her own recent research and writing.

Critic Isobel Harbison leads a roundtable discussion examining the intersection of performance and moving image in artistic practice since the 1960s.

Of Animacy convenes at the ICA to discuss the histories of colonialism and racism inscribed into the Anthropocene.

ICA Public Advisors lead tours of the current exhibition, Morag Keil: Moarg Kiel.

Guardian journalist Maya Wolfe-Robinson chairs a discussion between activist Marai Larasi and writer and communications strategist Chelsea Fuller.

A BSL-interpreted tour of the current exhibition, Morag Keil: Moarg Kiel, led by ICA Deputy Director and Curator Katharine Stout.

Of Animacy reconvenes to think through the notion of cosmoecology, in which all beings bear the consequences of each other’s ways of living and dying.

Theorist Ina Blom, multi-disciplinary collective Keiken and artist Lawrence Lek discuss the evolving role of moving image in contemporary art.

Assistant Curator Ifeanyi Awachie leads a tour of the current exhibition, Morag Keil: Moarg Kiel, intended for educational groups.

A free advice session for London-based artists under 30 who want to learn more about our series of commissioning opportunities for new works in audio and moving-image.

A discussion around the nature of capitalism today, presented in collaboration with the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy.

Of Animacy returns to the ICA to investigate representation, nature and colonialism

Art historian and critic Elisabeth Lebovici delivers the 2019 Ian White Lecture.

ICA Deputy Director and Curator Katharine Stout leads an exclusive Red Members’ tour of the exhibition Morag Keil: Moarg Kiel.

Artist Olivia Plender discusses her work and ongoing projects.

A series of lectures and conversations with internationally recognized figures from culture, philosophy and activism. 

Gain skills in audio and moving image production through this ongoing series of workshops, talks and showcases.

ICA Public Advisors offer guided tours of the current exhibition.