Institute of Contemporary Art

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Designed by the internationally acclaimed architect Adèle Naude Santos, the ICA provides a unique setting for receptions, meetings and lectures. The open plan of the glass and limestone building offers great flexibility. Rent the auditorium & lobby, the mezzanine or the terrace for your corporate conferences, meetings, sit-down luncheons or lectures.

"Is your leisure time private?" with Wendy Yao, Wu Tsang, and special guests!

thu jul 26 @ 8pm
"Is your leisure time private?" with Wendy Yao, Wu Tsang, and special guests! Leading up to Excursus III, Wendy Yao (Ooga Booga) hosts a series of events. (more...)

Ian Svenonius: Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock 'n' Roll Group

sun may 13 @ 2pm
Musician and writer Ian Svenonius presents a coffee talk on "Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock 'n' Roll Group." In this presentation he will give a preview of his forthcoming publication, which functions as an instructional guide for would-be stars, a warning device, a philosophical text, an exercise in terror, an aerobics manual, and a coloring book. Svenonius is the host of the talk show Soft Focus, the author of the collected essay volume The Psychic Soviet (Drag City, 2006) and the frontman of iconic bands such as The Nation of Ulysses and The Make-Up, which have been invited to reunite for this year's All Tomorrow's Parties "I'll Be Your Mirror" festival in London. This event is organized by Wendy Yao (Ooga Booga) in conjunction with First Among Equals and as a lead-in to Excursus III: Ooga Booga opening September 26, 2012. Complimentary La Colombe Pure Black cold pressed coffee will be served. (more...)

Marginal Utility: Abigail DeVille

wed jul 18
For their contribution to First Among Equals, Marginal Utility has organized a series of installations in the exhibition. (more...)

Marginal Utility Richard Harrod: The Renderers

wed jun 27
For their contribution to First Among Equals, Marginal Utility has organized a series of installations in the exhibition. (more...)

Marginal Utility Daniel Lefcourt: Active Surplus

wed may 16
For their contribution to First Among Equals, Marginal Utility has organized a series of installations in the exhibition. Using the tools and materials of scenic fabrication and sign making, Daniel Lefcourt's work continually point outwards, towards conventions of exhibition and display. Like the industrial composite wood with which the artworks are made -- Lefcourt's work is at once real and solid, and simultaneously a mere semblance or substitute. (more...)

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