A series of lectures and conversations with internationally recognized figures from culture, philosophy and activism. 

Born from the lack of diversity in art education and disappointment in art curriculums, ‘Don’t Worry I’m Sick and Poor’ is a lecture series created as an essential alternative within art education.

Writer and scholar Saidiya Hartman gives the final of four talks presented by the ICA in conjunction with Cameron Rowland’s exhibition 3 & 4 Will. IV c. 73

On 29 November 1781, the captain of the slave ship Zong ordered that some 150 Africans be murdered by drowning so that the ship’s owners could collect insurance monies. To commemorate the 239th anniversary, M. NourbeSe Philip, Saidiya Hartman, and Olivia Douglass launch Zong! (Silver Press 2020), with music from Rabz Lansiquot. 

Derica Shields presents an experimental text based on historical, archival and herbal medicine research, in conjunction with Cameron Rowland’s exhibition 3 & 4 Will. IV c. 73.

A workshop exploring current collaborative approaches in African film through the lens of Angolan director Fradique, the Geração 80 collective and guests TBA.

Black feminist writer and organiser Lola Olufemi will be in conversation with Akwugo Emejulu for the launch of Feminism, Interrupted.

Following screenings of three of their video works, artist-writer Carolyn Lazard joins Derica Shields in conversation.

Watch and listen to new works in audio and moving image.

Content creator and presenter Adesola Akerele (AKA Adessy) leads a workshop on navigating adulthood in the age of social media.

A three-day convening to celebrate the life and work of the novelist, essayist and Nobel laureate in literature.

Matt Colquhoun and Kodwo Eshun launch Egress: On Mourning, Melancholy and Mark Fisher, published by Repeater Books.

ICA Public Advisors – artists, writers, filmmakers and performers – offer visitors a chance to collectively discuss the exhibition.

A one-day conference reflecting on contemporary art beyond the intellectual horizon of the aesthetic tradition.

Curator Richard Birkett leads a Red Members’ Tour of Cameron Rowland: 3 & 4 Will. IV c. 73.

Of Animacy convenes to discuss Western genetics researchers’ reductive narratives of indigeneity.

The final evening of screenings from London-based emerging artists presented as part of  Current Transmissions.

Hear from artists about their work, process and career paths.

The third of four Current Transmissions evenings presenting  performance and screenings from London-based emerging artists.

Hear from artists about their work, process and career paths.

Drop-in workshop providing information for applicants to the In-Production Open-call.

The second of four Current Transmissions evenings presenting performance and screenings from London-based emerging artists.

Philosopher and writer Paul B. Preciado discusses agency, gender, dissent and subjectivity with queer theorist Jack Halberstam.

An evening of performance and screenings from London-based emerging artists, presented as part of Current Transmissions.

New works in audio, moving image and interactive media from London-based emerging artists.

Producer object blue leads a seminar and workshop exploring the theme of ecstasy through music.

Of Animacy reconvenes to discuss feminist activist and scholar Françoise Vergès’ essay ‘Capitalocene, Waste, Race, and Gender’.

Of Animacy reconvenes for a festive gathering at the end of the year to discuss and enjoy a selection of poems from Rita Wong’s book Undercurrent.

Narratives of women's labour and protest are brought together through a screening of experimental and documentary films, spanning six decades.

Peter Osborne moderates a panel discussion on the future of independent cultural production to coincide with the publication of two volumes of essays from the Radical Philosophy Archive.

Cultural critic Sita Balani leads a close reading of Andrea Long Chu’s new publication Females.

A programme of short films by emerging filmmakers presented by Bristol-based film development programme We Are Neurodiverse.

Forensic Architecture lead a live presentation and discussion around their investigation into the 2017 police raid of Umm al-Hiran, a Bedouin village in the Negev desert.

This workshop aims to inspire neurodiverse filmmakers to develop new projects and apply for the In Production scheme.

Of Animacy reconvenes in collaboration with artist Sonia Levy to discuss the effects of the Anthropocene on life in oceanic depths.

A workshop with digital arts studio Werkflow exploring the uses of gaming audio design for interactive and live experiences.

Momtaza Mehri presents a new essay on the slipperiness of female power and the pleasure Black womxn wring from the celebrity class.

Precious Oyelade reads a new, critical essay on the 2006 Nollywood film Girls Cot and its protagonists, womxn known as ‘runs girls’.

An evening of readings by Clay AD, R. Zamora Linmark, Richard Porter, Alison Rumfitt, Shola von Reinhold and Isabel Waidner.

Artist and writer Sable Elyse Smith and author Nicole R. Fleetwood discuss their research into the carceral, the personal and the political. 

ICA Chief Curator Richard Birkett leads an exclusive Red Members’ tour of Honey-Suckle Company: Omnibus.

Poets CAConrad and Nisha Ramayya explore the themes of mysticism and ritual in their work through readings followed by a conversation with Sarah Shin.

ICA Public Advisors introduce the current exhibition, Honey-Suckle Company: Omnibus.

Professor Homi K. Bhabha discusses his past and ongoing scholarly work with New York Times literary critic Parul Sehgal and Professor Richard Sennett.

Of Animacy reconvenes to discuss Audronė Žukauskaitė’s critical take on the notions of biological and political identity.

Bernardine Evaristo, discusses her newest novel, Girl, Woman, Other, and shares how to write about pleasure for women of colour.

Artist Davinia-Ann Robinson discusses her installation, PLASTICISED SENSATION, which explores her work around pleasure and power structures based on the erotic for women of colour.

A restorative studio session, led by artist Davinia-Ann Robinson, inviting women of colour to unlock a sense of agency through use of clay.

Of Animacy reconvenes to consider Alison Kafer’s critical account of cyborg theories from the perspective of disability studies.

Artists Black Quantum Futurism and feminist direct action group East End Sisters Uncut present a workshop examining housing futures.

Discussing their artistic practices and Black futurist imaginaries, artists Black Quantum Futurism and The Otolith Group explore how civil rights and Black liberation movements have reappropriated notions of time and temporality.

Marking the opening of Temporal Deprogramming, Black Quantum Futurism present an interactive lecture exploring the history of linear time constructs, time travel, and notions of the future.

For the final weekend of I, I, I, I, I, I, I, Kathy Acker, a series of scholarly presentations interrogate the legacy of Acker’s work, extending her lines of thought from artistic, literary and theoretical perspectives

ICA Assistant Curator Ifeanyi Awachie and Artists’ Film and Moving Image Curator Steven Cairns lead a private ICA Red Members’ tour of I, I, I, I, I, I, I, Kathy Acker.

Develop skills in interactive media in this free workshop for London-based emerging artists.

Of Animacy reconvenes to discuss Paul B. Preciado’s definition of contemporary capitalism as the pharmaco-pornographic regime.

Soul food chef sisterwoman vegan presents her intersectional cooking practice through a curated library, a light menu of sharing plates, and an accompanying zine.

Womanist fitness instructor Kelechi ‘Kelechnekoff’ Okafor leads a dance workshop and discussion exploring twerking as empowerment.

Ama Josephine Budge leads a workshop harnessing breath, free writing, mark-making and pleasure vocalisations to rest, resist, reimagine and rebuild.

A series of Black feminist programmes exploring pleasure as a politics of refusal.

Collective Creativity lead a day of alternative study integrating open conversations, group discussions and creative production.

Rosanna McNamara leads a discussion on myth-making, appropriation and voice in Kathy Acker's The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec.

A two-part programme of screenings and discussions centred on the moving-image works of theatre director and filmmaker Reza Abdoh (1963 – 1995).

A two-part programme of screenings and discussions centred on the moving-image works of theatre director and filmmaker Reza Abdoh (1963 – 1995).

A two-part programme of films produced in the Philippines during Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship revisits cinematic opposition from the past as potential coordinates for acting in the present. 

Of Animacy reconvenes to discuss the writer and poet Amanda Ackerman’s notion of weeding.

D. Mortimer leads a discussion on the theme of co-dependency in two of Kathy Acker’s novels.

Writer Amelia Abraham presents an evening of readings and discussion around themes of queerness, assimilation and resistance.

Artist Zéthu Zizwe Ruby Maseko leads two half-day practical workshops in art, written and spoken word for women of colour.

ICA Public Advisors introduce the current exhibition, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, Kathy Acker.

Luce Irigaray is joined by Elspeth Mitchell and Harry Bregazzi to expound ideas from her new co-edited collection Towards a New Human Being.

A discussion celebrating the work of the late cultural studies pioneer Stuart Hall.

Of Animacy convenes at the ICA to discuss queer theorist Jasbir Puar’s proposition to rethink intersectional feminism through the lens of assemblage theory.

Writer Sophie Lewis presents a lecture drawing on her new theories of surrogacy, gestational justice and family abolition, followed by a discussion with poet Anne Boyer.

Reba Maybury leads a fearless discussion of themes in Acker’s writing including the father figure and emancipation.

Writer and activist Sarah Schulman is joined by artist and writer Matias Viegener to discuss Schulman’s three decades of work and their shared engagements with Kathy Acker.

Sarah Schulman leads a panel discussion to consider how marginalised queer communities can use coalition politics to challenge authoritarianism.

Literary critic N. Katherine Hayles presents a talk addressing Kathy Acker’s ‘language of the body’ in relation to her own recent research and writing.

Critic Isobel Harbison leads a roundtable discussion examining the intersection of performance and moving image in artistic practice since the 1960s.

Of Animacy convenes at the ICA to discuss the histories of colonialism and racism inscribed into the Anthropocene.

ICA Public Advisors lead tours of the current exhibition, Morag Keil: Moarg Kiel.

Guardian journalist Maya Wolfe-Robinson chairs a discussion between activist Marai Larasi and writer and communications strategist Chelsea Fuller.

A BSL-interpreted tour of the current exhibition, Morag Keil: Moarg Kiel, led by ICA Deputy Director and Curator Katharine Stout.

Of Animacy reconvenes to think through the notion of cosmoecology, in which all beings bear the consequences of each other’s ways of living and dying.

Theorist Ina Blom, multi-disciplinary collective Keiken and artist Lawrence Lek discuss the evolving role of moving image in contemporary art.

Assistant Curator Ifeanyi Awachie leads a tour of the current exhibition, Morag Keil: Moarg Kiel, intended for educational groups.

A free advice session for London-based artists under 30 who want to learn more about our series of commissioning opportunities for new works in audio and moving-image.

A discussion around the nature of capitalism today, presented in collaboration with the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy.

Of Animacy returns to the ICA to investigate representation, nature and colonialism

Art historian and critic Elisabeth Lebovici delivers the 2019 Ian White Lecture.

ICA Deputy Director and Curator Katharine Stout leads an exclusive Red Members’ tour of the exhibition Morag Keil: Moarg Kiel.

Artist Olivia Plender discusses her work and ongoing projects.

Gain skills in audio and moving image production through this ongoing series of workshops, talks and showcases.

A symposium on the spatial, temporal, and cinematic typology of the ‘Zone’ convenes speakers Geocinema, Metahaven, Jussi Parikka, Ippolito Pestellini and Susan Schuppli.

A programme of talks accompanying ASP4 considers how self-publishing unsettles notions of work and value.

A celebration of fashion and club cultures with designers, workshops, talks and DJs.

A conversation to launch Metahaven’s book-length essay, on how push notifications and social media prompts redefine our daily experience of time

A workshop focusing on models of artist-led cooperativity, organised by Cubitt, the ICA, not/nowhere, Transmission Gallery, and W.A.G.E.

ICA Public Advisors offer guided tours of the current exhibition.

ICA Chief Curator Richard Birkett leads a tour of the exhibition METAHAVEN: VERSION HISTORY.

A unique dining experience exclusively for young black men, hosted by ICA Youth Partners GUAP Magazine.

To mark the launch of her book, Chris Kraus will read new work and discuss the blurred lines between fiction and criticism.

A FLAMIN introduction to applying to the FLAMIN PRODUCTIONS artists’ moving image commissioning scheme.

Four scholars engage photographer, filmmaker and theorist Allan Sekula’s seminal book and exhibition, in a discussion moderated by his archivist Ina Steiner.

An active dialogue between protagonists and audiences of Adina Pintilie’s hybrid film, concerning boundaries, disability and gender fluidity.

Technologist Chelsea Manning is in conversation with artist and writer James Bridle, discussing the rise of artificial intelligence and the role of AI in public policy, the state of the data economy, and the issues faced by transgender people today.

A five-week self-defence series, each session focusing on a different element: earth, air, fire, water and spirit.

Oleksiy Radynski screens and discusses his long-term filmed observations of urban space in Kiev.

Discursive workshop on the relationship between identity and voice in popular culture.

A free two-hour vinyl DJ workshop for women, led by Nzinga Soundz.

In a talk accompanying his installation, Mitchell Akiyama posits that spaces have feelings too.

Alfie Bown presents a talk on dating simulators, sex robots and mutations of love in the technocapitalist era.

A multisensory installation transforms the Studio into a pulsating, seething and inscrutable presence.

The director of In Praise of Nothing discusses crafting a narrative from footage shot by filmmakers across the globe.

Informed by the disability movement, David Ruebain and Yates Norton discuss interdependence as a form of resistance.

An open and public debate about precarity, collective ownership and care across independent arts spaces.

This film screening and reading by Leah Clements, Elena Colman, Alice Hattrick and Lizzy Rose marks the start of a project by a new crip research group.

Discussion of Volume 1, a photographic book that brings together nearly 40 years of Stipe’s practice of creating and collecting.

A focused setting to discuss the questions raised during Saturday’s talk by Ferreira da Silva, and to share related ideas and practices.

A public talk by the distinguished scholar and artist, addressing the ethical dimensions of the global present.

A discursive platform emphasising collective production and learning, and forms of sociality through participatory events.

Transfeminist workshop with ALOK to analyse the root causes of gender-based violence.

An evening of short films and artist performance celebrating our unique Manifesto on self-love, care and protection.

ICA Chief Curator Richard Birkett gives an exclusive Red Members tour of the Julie Becker exhibition.

Convening of talks, film and performance on contemporary Black feminist politics.

Science fiction writer and cultural critic Mark von Schlegell gives a talk spanning the work of Julie Becker and its generational confluence.

Join GUAP Magazine for a monthly peer-to-peer co-work space that enables you to connect, relate and co-create in a supportive environment.

A symposium exploring contemporary forms of feminist visual activism.

GUAP Magazine and special guests Alex Fefegha and Mykaell Riley discuss breaking into the creative industries as a young black artist.

Talk by Mabel O. Wilson about precarity, social breakdown and public space in relation to architecture.

A symposium exploring the social in architectural practice and theory.

Human Rights Lawyers Association and ICA bring together human rights experts to discuss the pursuit of corporate accountability for abuses in their supply chains.

A monthly peer-to-peer co-working space that enables 16 to 25 year olds to connect, relate and co-create in a supportive environment.

This event features screenings of poet Claudia Rankine and artist John Lucas’ collaborative video works titled Situations, followed by a Q&A with Rankine.

Hortense Spillers and Gail Lewis discuss claims to ‘womanhood’ in contemporary black feminist politics.

A panel discussion exploring the ‘decolonial option’ in trans-local art historical and curatorial practices.

Lecture by Stephen Sutcliffe about the role of collage in his film and video work.

Programmed in partnership with Res., this three-day event presents new and recent work by Shu Lea Cheang alongside presentations by performers, filmmakers and thinkers.

Lecture by Ros Murray exploring Antonin Artaud's engagement with cinema, discussing themes of vibration, contagion and shock in his acting and film writing.