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Current Transmissions 2020
Institute of Contemporary Arts
20 – 23 February 2020



A four-day showcase presenting new works in audio, moving image and interactive media from London-based emerging artists.

With over 40 participating artists, Current Transmissions represents the artists commissioned during two In Production open calls held by the ICA in 2019 as part of New Creatives, a national talent development scheme co-funded by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

All featured works were commissioned by the ICA and developed by the artists with mentoring and production support provided by the ICA alongside New Creatives production partners Chisenhale Gallery, Dazed Media, NTS, SPACE, the Visible Institute at Kingston School of Art and Werkflow.

Evening programmes run Thursday to Sunday, from 7pm and will feature performances and screenings of up to 10 artists’ work. The exhibition is open Friday to Sunday, 12 – 5pm, and is free to enter.
Current Transmissions forms part of In Production, an ongoing learning initiative conceived by the ICA in parallel with New Creatives.
Commissioned artists are: Joe Adams, Comfort Adeneye, Moza Almatrooshi, Estelle Birch, Rowan Bhatti, Joseph Bond, Aladin Borioli, Henry Bradley, Sarah Brown, Irene Carter, Emily Charlton, Kitty Clark, Bryn Davies, Samuel Douek, Myrto Farmaki, Tom Foskett-Barnes, Tanaka Fuego, Mia Georgis, Fiona Glen, Cassandre Greenberg, Dan Guthrie, Dita Hashi, Edward Herring, Reuben Kyriakides, Amelia Joan Lock, Sarah Roselle Khan, Nicola Laughton, Hani Malcolm-Ibrahim, Skye Moseley, Tamu Nkiwane, Luoiza Ntourou, Ruari Paterson-Achenbach, Jacob Roberts-Mensah, Abel Rubinstein, Anita Safowaa, Leanne Shorely, Edward Smyth, Madeleine Stack, Miriam Stoney, Kam Szewczuk, Georgina Tyson, Sarah Ushurhe, Ellena Woolf, Stacie Woolsey, Wormtea (David Denyer and Sami El-Enany), Ashleigh Williams, James Wreford and Belinda Zhawi.
 
Programme



Thursday 20 February, 7:00pm
Transmission I
An evening of performance and screenings presented as part of Current Transmissions, a four-day showcase of new works in audio, moving image and interactive media from London-based emerging artists.



Friday 21 February, 7:00pm
Transmission II
The second of four Current Transmissions evenings presenting performance and screenings from London-based emerging artists.



Saturday 22 February, 3:00pm
Artist Insights I
Hear from artists about their work, process and career paths.



Saturday 22 February, 7.00pm
Transmission III
The third of four Current Transmissions evenings presenting performance and screenings from London-based emerging artists.



Sunday 23 February, 3:00pm
Artist Insights II
Hear from artists about their work, process and career paths.



Sunday 23 February, 6:00pm
Transmission IV
The final evening of screenings from London-based emerging artists presented as part of  Current Transmissions.



Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 February, 12:00 – 2:00pm
Application Surgery
A free, two-hour drop-in session to find out more about In Production and New Creatives.
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