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Kustom Kar Kommandos, dir. Kenneth Anger, USA 1965
Book tickets
In the past 50 years, pop has travelled around like an infection, accompanying revolutions, coups and the steady trudge of modern history – a balm for a spiritually lost world. Pop expands beyond its musical resonances as a constellation of social spaces, infiltrating the realm of politics and aesthetics.
The contagion of Pop is part of its radical potential – its ability to influence counter-cultures and political movements, but also its power to obscure and distract – a universalism appealing to capitalist forces.
Is Pop an emancipatory machine or does it exploit the desire of the masses? Featuring experimental moving-image works by Cuban, Palestinian, Japanese, American-Indigenous, Asian American, Thai and Ghanaian-American artists from 1968 to present day, the global programme is seeking and questioning what is a ‘pop’ image?
Curated and introduced by Cici Peng.
Followed by a DJ set in the ICA bar.
Kustom Kar Kommandos, dir. Kenneth Anger, USA 1965, 3mins30seconds
Coffea Arábiga, dir. Nicolás Guillén Landrián, Cuba 1968, 18mins
For The Damaged Right Eye, dir. Toshio Matsumoto, Japan 1968, 12mins
Blessed Blessed Oblivion, dir. Jumana Manna, Palestine 2010, 21mins
Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful, dir. Akosua Adoma Owusu, USA 2012, 4mins
People on Sunday, dir. Tulapop Saenjaroen, 2020 Thailand, 20mins
If Revolution is a Sickness, dir. Diane Severin Nguyen, 2021 USA/Poland, 19mins
Dau:añcut // Moving Along Image, dir. Adam Piron, 2023 USA / Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, 15mins
The contagion of Pop is part of its radical potential – its ability to influence counter-cultures and political movements, but also its power to obscure and distract – a universalism appealing to capitalist forces.
Is Pop an emancipatory machine or does it exploit the desire of the masses? Featuring experimental moving-image works by Cuban, Palestinian, Japanese, American-Indigenous, Asian American, Thai and Ghanaian-American artists from 1968 to present day, the global programme is seeking and questioning what is a ‘pop’ image?
Curated and introduced by Cici Peng.
Followed by a DJ set in the ICA bar.
Kustom Kar Kommandos, dir. Kenneth Anger, USA 1965, 3mins30seconds
Coffea Arábiga, dir. Nicolás Guillén Landrián, Cuba 1968, 18mins
For The Damaged Right Eye, dir. Toshio Matsumoto, Japan 1968, 12mins
Blessed Blessed Oblivion, dir. Jumana Manna, Palestine 2010, 21mins
Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful, dir. Akosua Adoma Owusu, USA 2012, 4mins
People on Sunday, dir. Tulapop Saenjaroen, 2020 Thailand, 20mins
If Revolution is a Sickness, dir. Diane Severin Nguyen, 2021 USA/Poland, 19mins
Dau:añcut // Moving Along Image, dir. Adam Piron, 2023 USA / Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, 15mins
Book tickets
06:00 pm
Sat, 18 Jan 2025
Cinema 1
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Cinema 1
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