Photo by Brynley Odu Davies
Term 3: BODY LAB
Led by Lulu Wang, interdisciplinary artist and Creative Director of Diasporas Now, BODY LAB invites young artists into an experimental space for performance-making, collaboration and collective imagination.
Guided by Lulu’s approach to performance-making, which often combines sculptural thinking, choreography and live environments, participants will learn to treat performance as a form of collective visual composition. The programme also introduces methods of live archiving and digital documentation, where the camera becomes an active collaborator within the creative process through movement.
At its core, the programme is designed as a creative laboratory for experimentation and connection. It encourages young artists to take risks, discover new ways of working across disciplines, and experience how collaboration can transform individual ideas into collective artistic forms. By the end of the six weeks, participants will leave with new creative tools, expanded perspectives on performance-making, and a deeper sense of how their practice can exist within a wider ecosystem of artists, collaborators and communities.
ICA Creatives is our core young artists programme, offering free artist-led creative workshops for people aged 16-30. The 2025/2026 edition of ICA Creatives will take a multidisciplinary, genre-fluid approach to creativity in collaboration with live art collective, Diasporas Now.
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Diasporas Now is a live art collective founded by Rieko Whitfield, Paola Estrella and Lulu Wang. They are currently in residence at ICA and working collaboratively on ICA’s Speaking Futures programme, a yearlong series of talks, workshops and performances exploring artists as catalysts for imagining and shaping the future.
Lulu Wang is a London-based Chinese interdisciplinary artist. She draws inspiration from her heritage and digital subcultures to explore hybrid identities and connections across humanity and social relationships. Through sculpture making, installation, and immersive choreography, her practice revolves around visual work in collaboration with new technologies, fashion, and experimental music.
Applications for Term 3 are now open
Term 2 takes place between 11 April – 27 June, on the following dates:
• Saturday 11 April
• Saturday 25 April
• Saturday 9 May
• Saturday 23 May
• Sunday 6 June
• Saturday 27 June
Further Information
• Participants must attend all session dates.
• All workshops run from 2 – 4:30pm.
• Workshops take place in the ICA Studio. The Studio is wheelchair accessible via the Carlton House Terrace entrance. For information or to arrange access, please contact access@ica.art or call 020 7930 3647.
• The Studio has hard-backed seating.
• Please note there is no wheelchair-accessible toilet in the Studio. For further questions, contact access@ica.art or call 020 7930 3647.
• For more information about the venue, including photos and maps, visit the Access page.
For more information, please email Eray Yilmaz, Assistant Producer, Talks and Engagement Programme: Eray.Yilmaz@ica.art
no. 236848.