ICA Infrequencies

This episode was recorded in early July 2023 and features a discussion between Twayna Mayne and a group of sixth form students from one of nearby secondary schools. Before the recording we went for a short walk together, bits of which you’ll hear throughout, and explored some of the environment local to the ICA. Along the way we talked about the ICA’s location on the Mall, the history of the building it’s currently in and how the 2020 show by the American conceptual artist Cameron Rowland’s made links between this and Britain’s wider colonial history.

In this short episode you’ll hear the ambient sounds of the Mall, the street that is home to both the ICA and Buckingham Palace, recorded two days before the Coronation.

Nick Makoha is a Ugandan poet, playwright and the ICA’s former poet-in-residence.In this episode he is joined by Twayna Mayne to discuss his research project: TheNew Carthaginians and the links he makes in it between the Entebbe hijacking,Icarus and the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Artists Lorenza Peragine and Ivana Sehic talk about their project ‘I do this everyday: pass it on’, which encompassed a 30-min public performance with video projection on the streets of Shoreditch, London, and a 4-hour workshop at the ICA in December 2022. The artists begin by discussing the concepts behind the project: the ‘production of space’ and our response to instrutctions present in a public space. They then read and comment on some of the movement scores devised by the ICA workshop participants. In the last part, they discuss the project in relation to the politics of public spaces in London, and bring examples from their past work with Flock collective and their PhD research.The project was produced in collaboration between the University of Roehampton, Colégio das Artes Coimbra (Portugal) and the ICA, with support from Santander. More about the project and trailer: ica.art/i-do-this-every-day-pass-it-on More about the artists:Ivana Sehic instagram.com/ivanasehicLorenza Peragine peraginelorenza.wixsite.com/lorenza-peragine https://www.instagram.com/lo_racer

Artist and writer Aria Dean discusses her recent work and the thinking behind her current exhibition at the ICA Aria Dean: Abattoir. The exhibition, which includes an immersive film installation and new sculptural presentation, builds on the artist’s ongoing research into agricultural and industrial architecture, specifically the intimate connection between modernity and death on conceptual, political, and material levels at the site of the abattoir.ica.art/aria-dean-abattoir

Moki Cherry’s family discusses collaging as working class art, the wisdom of children, and how family life and artmaking are part of the same practice.With Neneh Cherry, Naima Karlsson, Tyson McVey, Linder Sterling and Hettie Judah.Exhibition curated by Naima Karlsson and Nicola LeongEvent programmed by Susanna Davies-Crook and Nicola LeongRecorded by Cheyanne MccormackEdited by Justin Tam