http://www.icaphila.org/events/ Calendar of events at ICA Philadelphia. en-US Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.zerodefectdesign.com/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification We will be open on Friday, July 3rd and Sunday, July 5th. So, come on by! ]]> Hear a lecture by John Szwed, the biographic expert on all things Ra. He is an anthropologist, musicologist and historian who teaches at Columbia University and is the author of Space is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra (Da Capo Press, 1998). ICA acknowledges the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation, Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation and the Philadelphia Eagles for support of education programs related to this exhibition. ICA also wishes to thank WPRB, Princeton, NJ for in-kind promotional support. ]]> A day of vinyl nirvana! ICA hosts the annual benefit for Vox Populi, Philadelphia’s acclaimed artist-run collective and gallery. Flip through bins. Find your treasure. $10 from 9-11am, free from 11am-5pm ICA wishes to thank WPRB, Princeton, NJ for in-kind promotional support. ]]> Art historian Dr. Robert Hobbs, the Rhoda Thalhimer Endowed Chair at Virginia Commonwealth University and visiting professor at Yale University, whose work joins social history with literary criticism, aesthetics, and feminist and postcolonial theory, talks with Project Space artist Tavares Strachan about the most recent stage of his Orthostatic Tolerance project allowing us a glimpse into the future through the rubric of scientific exploration. ]]> Brother from Another Planet and A Joyful Noise, curated by Jesse Pires Sun Ra: Brother from Another Planet (Dir. Don Letts, UK, 2005, video, 59 mins) Don Letts, the legendary London DJ who introduced reggae and ska to a generation of punk rockers, delves into the mysterious world of Sun Ra in this British, made-for-television documentary. Sun Ra biographer John Szwed, musician Archie Shepp and member’s of Sun Ra’s Arkestra discuss the life and work of one of jazz music’s pre-eminent pioneers. For the uninitiated, Brother from Another Planet is a great introduction to Sun Ra, and for Ra devotees, it’s required viewing. Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise (Dir. Robert Mugge, USA, 1980, video, 61 mins) Consisting of explosive live footage of the Sun Ra Arkestra and fascinating interviews with the man himself, A Joyful Noise is the complete Sun Ra experience. Filmed in and around Philadelphia and Washington D.C. when the Arkestra was living in Germantown, Robert Mugge’s documentary captures the group at the height of its creative powers. Each live performance featured in the film further illustrates the distinctive alchemy Sun Ra was able to create with his disciplined band. Ra makes his case for a better world through music, transcending banal, earthbound realities to produce a strange and fascinating aesthetic fusing ancient history with future visions. Rain or shine. FREE. ICA acknowledges the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation, Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation and the Philadelphia Eagles for support of education programs related to this exhibition. ICA also wishes to thank WPRB, Princeton, NJ for in-kind promotional support. ]]>