Upcoming Programs and Events

All events are held at ICA, unless otherwise noted, and are open to the public, free of charge with gallery admission.

Whenever Wednesday: Performance: Michael Smith
wed jun 4 @ 7pm



Meet “Mike,” an insecure but determined man struggling to succeed in a technologically sophisticated world. "There are autobiographical elements in the character, but fortunately, he isn't exactly me," says Smith, who has been developing his antihero for the past three decades. Further blurring the line between reality and fiction, Docent Carol Mitchell, and Sign Language Interpreter Cameron Larson will join Smith in the performance "A Night with Mike," adding even more layers and levels of interpretation and accessibility to the program.

Whenever Wednesday: Hancock's House of Horrors Film Series
wed jun 4 @ dusk



Horror-film aficionado Trenton Doyle Hancock has selected cult favorites The Beyond, The Baby and The Driller Killer to screen on Whenever Wednesdays in May and June at dusk, following the lecture or performance. This summer, Whenever Wednesdays are all double features!

The Baby, dusk
Directed by Ted Post, 1973, 84 minutes

This darkly funny yet macabre film has been called “one of the weirdest movies to grace the silver screen.” A social worker must determine whether the son in her odd new case study, a grown man who wears a diaper, gurgles and crawls around in a playpen, is mentally unsound, or if there are more sinister reasons for his underdevelopment. A disturbing journey into psychological abuse and male fear, with an unexpected, twisted finale.

Whenever Wednesday: Performance: Bardo Pond
wed jun 25 @ 7pm



Back by popular demand! The flagship band of Philadelphia's "Psychedelphia" space rock movement returns-three years after the quintet's ICA gig with fellow artist/musician Rodney Graham on the occassion of his traveling survey-to play their hypnotic jams in the exhibition space at the request of Trisha Donnelly.

Whenever Wednesday: Hancock's House of Horrors Film Series
wed jun 25 @ dusk

Horror-film aficionado Trenton Doyle Hancock has selected cult favorites The Beyond, The Baby and The Driller Killer to screen on Whenever Wednesdays in May and June at dusk, following the lecture or performance. This summer, Whenever Wednesdays are all double features!

The Driller Killer
Directed by Abel Ferrara, 1979, 96 minutes In his low-budget first major film, Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant, The King of New York) himself stars as an artist who, driven mad by the pressures of New York life, takes to the streets and begins murdering homeless people with a power drill. A moody, gritty hybrid of Taxi Driver and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Whenever Wednesday: Open Video Call
wed jul 9 @ 7pm



Sign up at 6:30pm; screening at 7pm

ICA's annual Open Video Call is an opportunity to see new video art fresh from the studios of artists and filmmakers. Participants are invited to show completed works as well as works in progress. The first 20 artists to sign-up at 6:30pm will screen up to three minutes of video (standard DVD format only). Top works chosen by ICA's curatorial staff will be shown during ICA's fall 2008 exhibition season. Did we mention the free popcorn and candy?

Image: Open Video Call 2007: Ish Klein, Letter to the Editor, 2007


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