[artinfo] [rep_art] Real Estate at the ICA

[B+B Sarah Carrington and Sophie Hope]

Dear all,
climbing,  playing and debating.

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REAL ESTATE - ART IN A CHANGING CITY
Tuesday 23 August - Sunday 28 August 2005
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Scroll down for events schedule

As part of London in Six Easy Steps at the ICA, B+B have developed Real
Estate, a week of projects, events and activities that focuses on the use
and ownership of land in London. In a city preparing for the 2012 Olympics
and threatened with terrorist attacks, streets and open spaces are
commercially managed, regulated by new legislation and surveyed by four
million surveillance cameras. Meanwhile cultural policy emphasises the
potential of culturally led regeneration to transform the city and artists
become accidental property developers through processes of gentrification.
In Real Estate, this appropriation offers starting points from which to
intervene and disrupt the city.

REAL ESTATE CONTRIBUTORS:
allsopp&weir, Anna Best with Jules Mylius and Paul Whitty, Polly Braden and
David Campany, Lottie Child, Phil Coy, Shezad Dawood, Peter Dunn and
Loraine Leeson, Jon Fawcett, Hewitt & Jordan and Dave Beech, public works
(Torange Khonsari), Spectacle and Roman Vasseur.

Go to: www.welcomebb.org.uk for more information.

The ICA is open daily from 12:00 - 19.30 during Real Estate.
Day membership to the ICA includes entry to the exhibition, cafe and bar
(£1.50 Tuesday ­ Friday and £2.50 Saturday and Sunday).
The ICA is located on the Mall, at the foot of the Duke of York steps, 3
minutes from Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
For directions and access to the ICA please go to www.ica.org.uk.

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REAL ESTATE EVENTS:

Spectacle Screening: Does picking up a camera make a difference?
Videos by and about residents involved in urban regeneration.
Location: ICA gallery
Booking: No need to book
This event is free with ICA day membership

Thursday 25 August, 17.00
Spectacle Screening: Olympic Mega-projects
Screenings and discussions on the 2012 Olympics with community activists
and  filmmakers.
Location: ICA gallery
Booking: No need to book
This event is free with ICA day membership

Friday 26 August, 18:00
Common Star
A quiet walk around St. James's Park and Whitehall with Jon Fawcett.
Location: Meet at the entrance to the ICA.
Booking: No need to book

Saturday 27 August, 12:00
The Lea Valley
A bicycle tour and picnic with Polly Braden and David Campany.
Booking: Numbers are limited, call B+B to reserve a place 020 8980 4320
This event is free

Sunday 28 August, 14:00 - 18.00
Real Estate Agents
An afternoon of conversation hosted by B+B about strategies of intervention
into changing land use in London to include presentations by HamesLevack,
Loraine Leeson, Hewitt & Jordan with Dave Beech and a performance by Phil
Coy.
Location: ICA gallery
Booking: No need to book
This event is free with ICA membership

Sunday 28 August, 18:30
Risk Conference
Urban climbing with Lottie Child and the University of Openness Climbing
Club.
Booking: Numbers are limited, call B+B to reserve a place 020 8980 4320
This event is free

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APOLOGIES FOR ANY CROSS POSTINGS

B+B
Sarah Carrington and Sophie Hope
Unit 4
25A Vyner Street
London E2 9DG
www.welcomebb.org.uk
bandb at welcomebb.org.uk
Tel: + 44 (0)20 8980 4320