LUX / ICA Biennial of Moving Images
The inaugural LUX/ICA Biennial of Moving Images is a four-day celebration of contemporary artists' moving image launched by LUX and the Institute of Contemporary Arts.
The biennial, the only one of its kind in the UK, features a series of guest-curated programmes by leading international curators and artists, including Rosa Barba, Thomas Beard & Ed Halter (Light Industry), Yann Chateigné Tytelman, Michelle Cotton, Elena Filipovic, Shanay Jhaveri, Martha Kirszenbaum and Ben Rivers, as well as two curators selected from a curatorial open call, Carmen Billows and Shama Khanna. A revival of Little Stabs at Happiness, the music and film club presented by Mark Webber at the ICA from 1997 to 2000, launches the biennial on Thursday 24 May.
The biennial hosts a high-profile series of chaired panel discussions, in association with Film London Artists' Moving Image Network (FLAMIN), exploring current issues in contemporary artists' moving image practice, alongside a two-day Student Symposium co-produced by the students of the LUX/Central Saint-Martins MRes Art: Moving Image course.
Three nights of live performance, co-produced by Bridget Crone / Plenty Projects in association with Picture This, Electra and Tramway, will feature new expanded cinema events and performances.
Our programme also features an Artists’ School run by Ian White; a Curating Course led by George Clark; a Live Journal edited by Isla Leaver-Yap; and a dedicated reader including newly commissioned essays and artists’ projects.
www.biennialofmovingimages.org.uk
Supported by Arts Council England
With additional thanks:
Central St Martins
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
FLAMIN
UK Film Council
The Edwin Fox Foundation
The London Consortium
Institut Français du Royaume-Uni
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LUX / ICA Biennial Launch Event: Little Stabs at Happiness
24 May 2012
A revival of Little Stabs at Happiness, the music and film club presented by Mark Webber at the ICA from 1997 to 2000.
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Nine Films by Luther Price curated by Thomas Beard & Ed Halter
25 May 2012 - 26 May 2012
A selection of works by Luther Price, programmed by guest curators Thomas Beard & Ed Halter, followed by curator Q&A
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Performance: Bridget Crone / Plenty Projects in association with Picture This
25 May 2012
Co-produced by Bridget Crone / Plenty Projects in association with Picture This, these works explore theatricality and modes of performance in relation to both film and the ‘live’ event.
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Questions of Travel curated by Shanay Jhaveri
25 May 2012 - 26 May 2012
A selection of works programmed by guest curator Shanay Jhaveri followed by curator Q&A on Friday 25
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A Blurred Boundary is still a Boundary, curated by Shama Khanna
25 May 2012 - 27 May 2012
A selection of works programmed by guest curator Shama Khana followed by curator Q&A on Friday 25
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Subconscious Society, Curated by Rosa Barba
25 May 2012 - 27 May 2012
A selection of works programmed by guest curator Rosa Barba followed by curator Q&A on Friday 25.
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Performance: Eris: The Path of ER by Claire Hooper
26 May 2012
A part-film, part-performance by Claire Hooper, with a narration by Grime MC Lioness and a specifically developed live soundtrack by musician and composer Beatrice Dillon.
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Cinema as Art
26 May 2012
Chaired by writer, researcher and lecturer Maeve Connolly. With artist Jesse Jones; artist, curator and writer Ian White; and artist, writer and curator Lucy Reynolds.
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Methodology for a Phosphorescent Screen
26 May 2012
A late-night drop-in screening programme selected and edited specifically for a phosphorescent screen, featuring Ed Atkins, Gareth Bell-Jones, Gil Leung, James Richards.
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LUX/ICA Biennial Student Symposium: On Failure
26 May 2012
A student symposium for UK-based MA and PhD students to present their research into artists’ moving image, with keynote speaker: Jan Verwoert, Why Rudie Can’t Fail.
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Inner Cinema: Films by Eric Duvivier curated by Yann Chateigné Tytelman
26 May 2012 - 27 May 2012
Films by Eric Duvivier curated by Yann Chateigné Tytelman followed by curator Q&A on Saturday 26
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This Obscure Object of Desire or, “No ideas except in things” curated by Elena Filipovic
26 May 2012 - 27 May 2012
A selection of works programmed by guest curator Elena Filipovic followed by curator Q&A on Sunday 27.
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On the Custom of Wearing Clothes curated by Michelle Cotton
26 May 2012 - 27 May 2012
A selection of works programmed by guest curator Michelle Cotton followed by curator Q&A on Saturday 26.
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LUX / ICA Biennial of Moving Image: Talks
26 May 2012 - 27 May 2012
A series of talks in the ICA Theatre chaired by invited curators and writers. We are also hosting a two-day student symposium co-produced by the students of the LUX/Central Saint-Martins Moving Image course.
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Friends with Benefits curated by Ben Rivers
26 May 2012 - 27 May 2012
A selection of works programmed by guest curator Ben Rivers followed by curator Q&A on Sunday 27.
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We only dream of places and resistance, for now. Curated by Carmen Billows
26 May 2012 - 27 May 2012
A selection of works programmed by guest curator Carmen Billows followed by curator Q&A on Saturday 26
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Fetish and Figure curated by Martha Kirszenbaum
26 May 2012 - 27 May 2012
A selection of works programmed by guest curator Martha Kirszenbaum followed by curator Q&A on Saturday 26.
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Theatricality and Staging
26 May 2012
Chaired by curator and writer Bridget Crone. With curator Vanessa Desclaux, artist Beatrice Gibson, and Pil and Galia Kollectiv.
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Performance: Tramway
27 May 2012
Featuring new live performance commissions by artists including Shelly Nadashi, Corin Sworn and Charlotte Prodger, and Sophie Macpherson & Clare Stephenson.
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Artists’ Long-form Filmmaking
27 May 2012
Chaired by Stuart Comer, Curator of Film at Tate Modern. With filmmaker John Akomfrah, artist Ben Rivers, and others.
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Global Centres
27 May 2012
Chaired by writer and academic May Adadol Ingawanij. With curator Shanay Jhaveri, writer and curator Omar Kholeif, and others.
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LUX/ICA Biennial Student Symposium: Contemporary Currents
27 May 2012
A student symposium for UK-based MA and PhD students to present their research into artists’ moving image with keynote speaker: Maeve Connolly, Television, Cultural Legitimation and Contemporary Art.