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Up Close Reading Group:
Money, Tech, Sex
Wed, 11 January 2023
A monthly reading group on sex & desire.
Rapid Realities
Wed, 11 January 2023
A conversation about architecture in the space between physical economies and digital worlds, with architect Samir Bantal (OMA|AMO), architecture writer Shumi Bose and design strategist Stephanie Sherman.
From Stateless Nations to Planetary States
Sat, 21 January 2023
Balaji Srinivasan, Marta Belcher, Rachel-Rose O'Leary and Nivethan Nanthakumar in conversation about how new technologies might enable new forms of communities and societies.
Book Launch: Zachariah Riley, Revved Up
Thu, 26 January 2023
An artists’ book that looks at tradition and subculture, through material forms.
Book Launch: Pablo Allison, Detainee’s Handbook
Fri, 27 January 2023
The Detainee Handbook
aims to offer a small view into the lives of people stuck and locked into the detention/prison system of the USA, an industry that has profited vastly from this human tragedy
Butch Lineages with Joelle Taylor
Tue, 14 February 2023
Join Butch Lineages and Joelle Taylor for an evening of readings and discussion.
Brunch with Basquiat
Thu, 23 February 2023
Nick Makoha, ICA poet-in-residence, presents his research on Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Up Close Reading Group: Affairs
Wed, 1 March 2023
A reading group with discussions on affairs, focusing on contemporary literature and culture.
Ear Worms
Wed, 8 March 2023
The return of Ear Worms: A collaboration between the ICA Bookstore and Worms Magazine.
Anu’s Comic Workshop: Our Favourite Songs
Thu, 9 March 2023
Join artist, illustrator & NTS resident Anu Ambasna for a comic making workshop.
BOOK LAUNCH Frank Laws: Isolation Views
Wed, 15 March 2023
One hundred paintings, of one hundred different views, each taking a day to paint.
Curator Tour
Thu, 16 March 2023
A curator-led tour of R.I.P Germain’s exhibition
“Jesus Died For Us, We Will Die For Dudus!”
Artist Talk: R.I.P. Germain + Imani Mason Jordan
Wed, 22 March 2023
Join artist R.I.P. Germain for this artist talk exploring his practice and work with guest speaker Imani Mason Jordan.
BOOK LAUNCH Black British Queer Plays and Practitioners: An Anthology of Afriquia Theatre
Thu, 23 March 2023
Readings from playwright Mojisola Adebayo and featured authors to launch this collection celebrating LGBTIQ+ experiences from Black British perspectives.
The Town Hall with Nicolas-Tyrell Scott: Che Lingo
Tue, 4 April 2023
Join Nicolas-Tyrell Scott in a communal conversation with Che Lingo ahead of the artist's tour and release of his second studio album, Coming Up For Air, which addresses ruminations about the depths of his mental health, archiving harrowing stories and life reflections across the project.
Troublemaking: Why You Should Organise Your Workplace
Wed, 19 April 2023
A talk with the writers of
Troublemaking: Why You Should Organise Your Workplace.
Artist Tour
Sat, 22 April 2023
Tour the exhibition with insight from R.I.P. Germain and the themes and ideas behind
“Jesus Died For Us, We Will Die For Dudus!”
Radical Intimacy
Wed, 26 April 2023
A talk reimagining intimacy beyond the constraints of capitalism. Marking the publication
Radical Intimacy
by Sophie K. Rosa.
Nabihah Iqbal DREAMER Listening Party
Thu, 27 April 2023
Join Nabihah Iqbal for a preview of her new album
DREAMER
the night before its official release.
Up Close Reading Group: Fathers
Wed, 10 May 2023
A reading group with discussions on affairs, focusing on contemporary literature and culture.
Book Launch: Marfa Journal
Fri, 12 May 2023
The new issue features Nicole Wermers, Abby Champion, Keira Knightley, Sandra Bernhard, Emma Barrowman and Lizzi Bougatsos.
Deadly & Slick: Sexual Modernity and the Making of Race
Wed, 24 May 2023
A talk marking Sita Balani’s Verso publication
Deadly & Slick: Sexual Modernity and the Making of Race
.
Working Girl: Sophia Giovannitti
Wed, 31 May 2023
A performance-lecture and discussion marking the publication of
Working Girl
by Sophia Giovannitti.
All Ages Workshop: Ambient Listening with Dr Michelle
Fri, 2 June 2023
An intergenerational ambient listening workshop that reflects on the transformative effect of music on our emotions.
Young ICA:
A Trio of Summer Workshops with Annette Fernando
3 June – 15 July 2023
A trio of summer workshops for young people aged 18-30.
Upcycling textile workshop with Tenant of Culture
Thu, 22 June 2023
A workshop on upcycling locally donated textiles in the spirit of Moki Cherry’s improvisational practice.
Book Launch: Tim Etchells, Amends
Thu, 22 June 2023
Amends by Tim Etchells is a selection of texts haunted by performance but written for the page, published by Monitor Books.
The Town Hall with Nicolas-Tyrell Scott:
Swindle
Wed, 28 June 2023
Join Nicolas-Tyrell Scott in a communal conversation with the producer Swindle.
Curators’ tour of Moki Cherry: Here and Now
Tue, 11 July 2023
Naima Karlsson, Moki’s granddaughter and co-curator of the exhibition leads a tour in dialogue with ICA Assistant Curator, Nicola Leong.
Book Launch:
Rhea Dillon, Catgut – The Opera
Fri, 21 July 2023
Join Rhea Dillon and Worms Publishing in celebrating the launch of
Catgut – The Opera
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Book Launch:
James Edson, Rabbit Hole
Thu, 3 August 2023
The launch of a photography book documenting the PWBC collective over 20 years.
Launch: Terra Firma 08
Thu, 10 August 2023
Join editor Sophie Willison in celebrating the the magazine’s eighth issue.
Ear Worms
Tue, 15 August 2023
A regular get-together with the ICA Bookstore and Worms Magazine.
Anu’s Comic Workshop: Psychedelia
Fri, 25 August 2023
Join the artist, illustrator & NTS resident for a comic making workshop.
Moki: Home as stage, stage as home
Wed, 30 August 2023
In this panel, Moki Cherry’s extraordinary legacy as an artist and a parent is expanded upon by Moki’s family, Neneh Cherry and Tyson McVey with guest speakers artist Linder Sterling and author Hettie Judah.
Pilot Press:
Kevin Killian’s Argento Series
Wed, 6 September 2023
Pilot Press, Dodie Bellamy and special guests celebrate the republication of Kevin Killian’s AIDS-era poetry collection
Argento Series
.
Sissy Anarchy: Issue 2 Launch
Thu, 14 September 2023
Join Pierce Eldridge & Caitlin McLoughlin in celebrating issue 2 of the magazine.
Gray Wielebinski:
The Red Sun is High, the Blue Low
Book Launch: The Red Sun is High, the Blue Low
Tue, 26 September 2023
A companion piece to the exhibition edited by Wielebinski, featuring writing by Asa Seresin, Larne Abse Gogarty and Maxi Wallenhorst, alongside archival imagery.
Book Launch: Esther Gatón & Darya Diamond, Emil Lime
Wed, 4 October 2023
Esther Gatón & Darya Diamond’s book collects various materials that nurture and give shape to Gatón’s artistic practice, including collages of phone pics, sketches, sporadic notes and drawings, together with the writing of authors that have been influential on the work.
Gray Wielebinski:
The Red Sun is High, the Blue Low
Discussion group with Eliel Jones
Tue, 10 October 2023
Eliel Jones leads a discursive session extending from the exhibition themes exploring the practice of hosting as a queer, artistic and curatorial method.
Book Launch: Sophy Rickett, Pissing Women by Climax Books
Thu, 12 October 2023
In 1994, Sophy Rickett began photographing herself and her friends pissing on the streets of London. These images are being published in their entirety by Climax Books for the first time.
The Gay Pawn
Wed, 18 October 2023
Join us for an evening of chess and music. An all abilities LGBTIQ+ folks and friends social club.
Nothing Ever Just Disappears: A Discussion with Diarmuid Hester and Gays Gone By
Thu, 19 October 2023
A group from Gays Gone By summer school lead a conversation with Diarmuid Hester discussing ‘what was queer life and organising like before the internet?’ and what the future of queer spaces will look like, on and off the internet.
Sports Banger: Lifestyles of the Poor, Rich & Famous
Tue, 24 October 2023
Join us for a night of conversation, anarchic performance, party, and pisstake to celebrate the launch of the book and the ICA scarf designed by Sports Banger, with a proportion of sales profits supporting the ICA’s future programme.
Conditions open call
Wed, 1 November 2023
A partnership with the Croydon studio space.
Coming and Going:
Jim Goldberg in Conversation with Lou Stoppard
Tue, 14 November 2023
Join Jim Goldberg and Lou Stoppard in conversation to mark the launch of the artist’s new book.
Gray Wielebinski:
The Red Sun is High, the Blue Low
Sublime Paranoia
Wed, 15 November 2023
Expanding on themes within
The Red Sun is High, the Blue Low
, Huw Lemmey, Ian Penman and Asa Seresin join in conversation to present aspects of their own research across queer iconographies and histories.
Gray Wielebinski:
The Red Sun is High, the Blue Low
Heather Love, Underdogs:
Social Deviance and Queer Theory
Thu, 16 November 2023
The author leads a reading group on her 2021 book
Underdogs: Social Deviance and Queer Theory
.
Anu’s Comic Workshop: Character Development
Thu, 23 November 2023
Over a two hour session, Anu will guide our participants, through her distinct style of comic making, in constructing their own works within a collaborative, DIY environment. This session will focus on character development.
Silver Press
24 November – 3 December 2023
Over the course of a week and four events, Silver Press examines freedom through the lenses of collective liberation, bodily autonomy, reproductive justice and feminism. Who makes decisions about what you can do with your body? Who is considered human? How can a feminist politics of the body connect with frameworks of freedom from violence, domination and war?
Silver Press
After Sex
Fri, 24 November 2023
An evening of discussions exploring why abortion, reproductive justice and bodily autonomy remain essential to collective freedoms.
Conditions sessions: Keiken
Wed, 29 November 2023
An artist talk led by the artist collective of Tanya Cruz, Hana Omori and Isabel Ramos.
Silver Press
After Sex on screen
Fri, 1 December 2023
Queer feminist film curation collective Club Des Femmes present a short film programme with live introduction, in conversation with Silver Press’ reproductive freedoms anthology
After Sex
. From Repeal the 8th processions to illegal abortions in 1930s Australia, these films shows abortion as part of who we are.
Silver Press
Fugitive Feminism reading group
Sat, 2 December 2023
Imagine you were never considered to be human. How would you perceive the world? What future is possible?
Fugitive Feminism
considers the ways in which Black women have been excluded from, struggled to achieve and opted to reject the category of ‘human’, drawing on the legacies of bell hooks, Audre Lorde, Angela Davis and others.
Silver Press
we shape ourselves with the force of each other
Sun, 3 December 2023
A collective gathering by independent and small publishers that brings together readings, screenings and listening sessions to hold space for grieving and imagining, in solidarity with Palestine and liberation struggles around the world.
Our Limitless Voice: NYX workshop
Tue, 5 December 2023
An intimate workshop led by NYX music director Sian O’Gorman and creative director Philippa Neels to open a window into their practice of vocal embodiment, deep listening and self-empowerment.
The Limitless Voice
Tue, 5 December 2023
A listening session and conversation between NYX, Laima Leyton and special guests including Do.omyoga on sound, voice, resonance and collective sounding.
ICA Creative Youth Forum
13 December 2023 – 19 January 2024
We are looking for 5 members to work with us on the ICA Creative Youth Forum, a programme designed to make more space for youth voices in arts institutions. Members will have the opportunity to develop leadership skills and contribute towards decision-making processes here at the ICA.
Flock Together: Creative Social
Wed, 13 December 2023
A social to celebrate creativity within the Flock Together community. Open to all.
Gray Wielebinski:
The Red Sun is High, the Blue Low
Paranoid Scores in The Dark: Kem School
Sat, 16 December 2023
Setting up camp in the absurdist bunker of Gray Wielebinski’s exhibition, Kem invites you to a study in the dark with Jose Funnell, Michał Grzegorzek, Stefa Gosiewsk, Ola Knychalska and Tosia Leniarska.
Gray Wielebinski:
The Red Sun is High, the Blue Low
False Freedom: Silencing in the Arts on Solidarity with Palestine
Sat, 16 December 2023
In conjunction with the current exhibition, this panel of artists and thinkers addresses the present context of censorship in the arts.
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