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Meet the artists of Diasporas Now in the lead-up to their first live collaborative performance for 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 on 9 July.

RIEKO is a Japanese-born artist and composer whose multidisciplinary practice is part of an ongoing mythological world-building project. Weaving ritual performance, experimental music, and collective healing workshops with curation and community building, her work prototypes alternative futures and cultural systems through oracular, artist-led intuition.

RIEKO joins Lulu Wang and Paola Estrella and special guests in a one-of-a-kind performance that merges ritual, alchemy, live sound, phygital choreography, installation, and time-based sculpture in a meditation on the meaning of diaspora – followed by a panel discussion exploring the future of live art.

🧷 Wednesday 9 July, 7PM
🎫 Book now: rb.gy/qvhohn

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Connecting Thin Black Lines 1985 – 2025 opens soon, bringing with it a rich season of film, performance, music and talks – realising exhibition curator Lubaina Himid's original ambition for a multi-disciplinary Black arts festival across the ICA's exhibition, cinema and live spaces.

Discover the programme & book now: rb.gy/t7c51k

Coming Up:

Pratibha Parmar: Memory Pictures, Flesh & Paper, Khush + Q&A
Wed 2 Jul, 7pm
See three essential works by Pratibha Parmar that narrate South Asian q***r diasporic life, exploring themes of intimacy, memory, and resistance. Followed by a Q&A with the artist.

Sutapa Biswas: Kali & Lumen + Q&A
Wed 9 Jul, 7pm
A double-bill screening of Sutapa Biswas’s Kali (1983–85) and Lumen (2021). Made nearly 40 years apart, these films reflect Biswas’s enduring exploration of subjectivity, feminism, and postcolonialism. Followed by a conversation with the artist.

Vex’d Bermoothes: An Evening with Four Bermuda Poets + Q&A
Tue 15 Jul, 7pm
A rare UK appearance by four of Bermuda’s leading poets: Chris Astwood, Paul Maddern, Alan C. Smith, and Yesha Townsend. Interwoven with live readings, Bermudian scholar Kristy Warren will guide a conversation on identity, diaspora, and the poets’ relationships to Bermuda and the wider world. Includes an audience Q&A.

1 A Place of Rage, dir. Pratibha Parmar, UK, 1991, 52 min.
2 Khush, dir. Pratibha Parmar, UK, 1991, 26 min.
3 Sutapa Biswas, Lumen (still), 2021. 8K and 4K authored onto 4K, 5.1 sound (stereo option), 30 min.
4 Alan C. Smith, Big Naked Gombey (detail).

Just announced: Holden & Zimpel perform a special in-the-round show at ICA – 23 October

British synth artist James Holden and Polish clarinetist Waclaw Zimpel come together as Holden & Zimpel, a collaboration that blends modular synths and alto clarinet in an intimate, improvisation-led performance.

Bringing together distinct musical backgrounds, the duo creates a fluid dialogue between electronic and acoustic sound. Their in-the-moment approach invites listeners into a rich, immersive soundscape shaped by instinct, spontaneity, and mutual exploration.

They perform in-the-round using the venue's 360° spatial soundsystem, d&b audiotechnik‘s Soundscape.

🎟 Don't miss it – tickets available now: rb.gy/fllddp
📍 Thursday 23 October

🔊 Just announced: Joanne Robertson + Raisa K present an evening of quietly sublime, off-kilter pop on Friday 14 November.

Joanne Robertson () is a musician, painter and poet who collaborates regularly with her friends, most recently with Dean Blunt on the album ‘Backstage Raver’. Also performing on the evening is Raisa K (), aka Raisa Khan, a songwriter, producer and musician who recently released her debut solo record, ‘Affectionately’, an early contender for album of the year.

🎫 Book now to avoid disappointment: rb.gy/sqqzwt

1 Joanne Robertson
2 Raisa K

Are you an ICA Member?

You’re invited to our special preview event for Connecting Thin Black Lines 1985 – 2025, on Monday 23 June. Enjoy 241 margaritas, a live set from DJ Laani (@ alannah3nry), and look at the exhibition before it opens to the public.

For more details and to book, tap the link in bio – or consider joining today to access all our Member benefits, from just £30 a year.

Connecting Thin Black Lines 1985 – 2025 is a major exhibition curated by Lubaina Himid, celebrating 40 years since The Thin Black Line, the groundbreaking group show of young Black and Asian women artists held at the ICA in 1985. Including work by Sonia Boyce, Claudette Johnson, Veronica Ryan, Himid and more.

Image: NINE NIGHTS by Anne Tetzlaff

🎬 This week at ICA: films on radical self-expression and lives lived beyond the norm.

On Thursday, S/he is Still Her/e: Genesis P-Orridge, offers a raw and deeply personal portrait of the boundary-defying artist, musician and gender revolutionary. The screening will be followed by a special Q&A with Genesse P-Orridge, Genesis’ daughter.

Also on Thursday, we partner with Other People’s Films to present D**E TV: The Early Years — a curated supercut from the iconic public access show. It’s a joyous, defiant trip through le***an life, political struggle, pleasure, and the infamous “bed death.” Fierce, funny, and still urgently resonant.

Then on Friday, VHS Late Tapes returns with its fifth edition, descending into the world of fe**sh and subculture. This instalment features Rubberists 2 — a provocative homage to the p**n sequel and a tribute to the textures, rituals, and aesthetics of rubber fe**shism.

🎫 Find the programme and book tickets: rb.gy/gb9k65

This Wednesday, artist Harland Miller will be in conversation with curator Hettie Judah, to celebrate the launch of his newest book 'Harland Miller: # # #'.

Published by Phaidon, this illustrated publication features over 100 works, many never before exhibited, offering an unprecendentend insight into one of the most distinctive series in contemporary British art.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear directly from the artist, discover the story behind his work, and have your copy of Harland Miller: # # # personally signed.

Books are available to pre-order with your ticket at the special price of £45.

Wed 11 Jun, 7pm
Limited tickets available, book now at link in bio.

Image: Harland Miller, be, 2020. Picture credit: artwork © Harland Miller / courtesy White Cube; photo Theo Christelis (page 81) oil on canvas, 264 x 182 cm

SAFAR Film Festival, the UK’s leading platform for independent Arab cinema, returns from 11–28 June for its landmark 10th edition. At the ICA, we present a curated selection of films where architecture and landscape become central characters, shaping narratives of memory, subjectivity, and life.

Programme:

Saturday 14 June, 2:00 PM
My Memory is Full of Ghosts + Workshop: What Ghosts Travel with Us?

Saturday 14 June, 8:45 PM
Seeking Haven for Mr Rambo + Q&A

Saturday 21 June, 1:45 PM
Rooted Resistance + Q&A

Tuesday 24 June, 6:30 PM
Watch Out for Zouzou

Wednesday 25 June, 6:30 PM
Saify + Q&A

Saturday 28 June, 6:00 PM
Sudan, Remember Us + Q&A

Book tickets at ica.art or explore the full programme at safarfilmfestival.co.uk

Genesis P-Orridge lived their art to the extreme. A pioneering musician, avant-garde artist, spiritual explorer and gender revolutionary, Genesis has been featured in films and videos, but never the full story… never this intimate... until now.

Join us on Thursday for an unfiltered and deeply personal documentary by award-winning director David Charles Rodrigues (GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH). This film documents the final year of P-Orridge’s extraoridnary life as they grapple with mortality and, in the process, reveal the many sacrifices and ultimate payoffs of a life that defied boundaries.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Genesse, Genesis' daughter, along with special guests to be announced soon.

Thursday 12 June, 6:30pm
Tickets: rb.gy/z66alw

Last chance to see 'pool7', closing tonight at 11pm!

'pool7' explores the fading power of language today, highlighting the growing gap between truth and what feels believable amid constant repetition and social norms. In this exhibition, Turato presents herself as a living example, an artist who fully embodies her work.

Tickets available at the door.