Comica 2008
14 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
London’s ace comics festival is back at the ICA for two weeks of talks, exhibitions and films.
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ICA Films on DVD
Her Name is Sabine
French actress Sandrine Bonnaire makes her directorial debut with this documentary about her younger sister, whose autism went undiagnosed for decades and whose vivacious character was almost destroyed.
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20% discounts until 23 December on selected exclusive editions from ICA exhibitions.
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The Experiment podcast
The Experiment: October 2008
Outsider roots, gospel genius, Hammond and Halloween organs: go from blue to black and back again with October's Experiment.
Live and Media Arts
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Retrospective
Alongside the Under Scan show, a retrospective of Lozano-Hemmer's moving-image works, via a series of documentaries, spanning the past decade of his career.
Film
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
**** Total Film ****The Times **** Time Out **** Telegraph **** Metro
If Austin Powers was funnier, if Naked Gun was sexier... Our ace new release is a super spy satire. And how is your veal stew?
Live and Media Arts
Dream Director
A new immersive installation that merges art, science and digital media.
Visual Art
Roberto Cuoghi: Šuillakku
An immersive, hugely evocative sound installation filling our lower gallery, a vast chorus of lamentation and suffering.
Music
Little Boots + Heartbreak + Anoraak + Metronomy (DJ set) + DJs till 3
Blackpool's disco queen Little Boots bounces into the ICA with her bubblegum sounds tonight. Co-headlining we have Heartbreak, two men riding the crest of a Italo-disco wave in blouson jackets while we swoon from the shore, chests aching at those English-as-a-second-language lyrics.
Film
CinematICA presents Black Rainbow + Mike Hodges Q&A
Supporting our cinema refurbishment campaign, Mike Hodges introduces his rarely-seen 1989 thriller.
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Modern Toss Gift Membership
The ICA has teamed up with legendary cult animators and cartoonists Modern Toss to produce a special edition Gift Membership package.
CinematICA
Adopt a Seat
In May 2009, the ICA Cinemas will undergo a major refurbishment. Join filmmakers and artists in supporting the CinematICA fundraising campaign by adopting a seat.
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The Cut blog
Wild Wild East
Zainab Biranji talks to the filmmakers who made a spaghetti western set in Hackney marshes.
ICA Music blog
The Bookhouse Boys + Johnny Flynn
A rock'n'roll rabble at the ICA, with a band who echo the spirit of The Pogues.