Institute of Contemporary Arts

Dead Language

Dead Language. Image: Simon Houghton

Platoons of the latest replicas of Banksy roam the landscape, led by General Clone Banksy, a talentless nobody who once found a sample of Banksy DNA on an empty spray can. A rowdy gang of Tracey Emins wrestle half a dozen dazed Andy Warhols to the ground. It is the future and all forms of art are free, perfect replicas exist of every masterpiece ever created, copyright and ownership are meaningless, ideas are cheap and replicated ad infinitum. Artists have realised that their own identity is the only thing they can own or control, so fans become clones of artists in order to spread their art/identity. One final piece of uncorrupted art remains, yet to be copied: a living story told by Neonate Muses. Come and experience the living story and see how the world died with FoolishPeople's immersive, evolving performance in the ICA theatre. On the Saturday afternoon, a workshop with writer and director John Harrigan will give participants a chance to examine the core concepts of Dead Language: open-source myth, weaponised art and the future of intellectual rights within a dead culture.

Please note: this performance contains brief nudity and strobe lighting.

Doors will open at 7.45pm (6.45pm on Saturday and Sunday) and there will be a 15 minute interval half way through the performance. Total running time including interval: 2 hours 20 minutes.

"There's a layer to art and entertainment now that's stopping us thinking, it's coming between us and common sense": read Loma-Ann Bonner's interview with Foolish People's John Harrigan in Open Magazine.

www.foolishpeople.org

With the support of greylodge.org

£10 / £9 Concessions / £8 ICA Members.
Matinees: £8 / £7 Concessions / £6 ICA Members.

Latecomers will not be admitted.