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Talks & Engagement
Institute of Contemporary Arts
Current ProgrammeSeries
Speaking Futures × Diasporas Now
30 April 2025 – 30 April 2026
Speaking Futures is the ICA’s new flagship programme of talks, performances and workshops celebrating artists as catalysts for imagining and shaping the future.
ICA Creatives × Diasporas Now
27 September 2025 – 27 June 2026
The 2025/2026 edition of the ICA's core youth programme, will take a multidisciplinary, genre-fluid approach to creativity in collaboration with Diasporas Now.
Short Form: 40 Years of Music Videos, Ads, and the Art of Moving Images
Tue, 18 November
Celebrate the launch of Short Form with a screening and discussion featuring Simran Hans, Adam Curtis, Jonathan Glazer, Walter Stern, and Iris Luz. 
Morale Patch
Reading Group with Ishy Pryce-Parchment
Thu, 20 November
Join ICA Creatives alumni Ishy Pryce-Parchment for a reading group in response to Tanoa Sasraku's solo exhibition Morale Patch. 
Sports Banger in conversation with Tanoa Sasraku + Book Launch
Wed, 26 November
Join us for a conversation between Tanoa Sasraku and Sports Banger on the launch of Sasraku’s ICA publication. 
BOOK LAUNCH: Zagora, 1967
Thu, 27 November
The launch of Zagora, 1967 by James Becket marks the first public unveiling of his photographs capturing life under Greece’s junta.
HOUSE OF DREAD Presents:
Thinking Wid Silence, An Annual Gathering
Tue, 2 December
Join HOUSE OF DREAD for their annual gathering, Thinking Wid Silence – an evening of reflection and resonance exploring how silence shapes Black histories, cultural memory, and collective inheritance. 
Speaking Futures
WIP: Sharing Space with Paola Estrella
Wed, 3 December
Diasporas Now member Paola Estrella and ICA Creatives come together for an evening work-in-progress presentation, opening up their evolving creative practice to audiences.
Members' Book Club: Big Kiss, Bye Bye
Thu, 4 December
 A discussion of Claire-Louise Bennett's latest novel, exclusively for ICA Members
Launch: FIELDNOTES, Issue #7
Thu, 11 December
Celebrate the launch of FIELDNOTES Issue 7 with readings by dove, Christine Kirubi, Ektoras Arkomanis, Richard Phoenix, and others. 
ICA Creatives with Paola Estrella and Joshua Woolford
Term 2
10 January – 21 March 2026
Led by Paola Estrella and Joshua Woolford, this second term of ICA Creatives × Diasporas Now focuses on translating ideas and stories across artistic mediums.