Welcome to ICIA
ICIA is an academic research centre commissioning new arts projects regionally and nationally, as well as providing training for artists, arts professionals, academics and educators with an emphasis on interdisciplinary practice. This year, our season explores themes around memory and space, and is entitled Plotting... arts and place
The current brochure is available as a PDF.
With the proposal for the University’s new Arts Complex underway, and architect’s firm MUMA refining the plans, ICIA’s 2009 theme is inspired by the anticipation of an exciting new cultural future. With a plot of land soon to be transformed, our programme explores the idea of arts and place.
Highlights include Brazilian born Jean Abreu, whose dancers conjure the unpredictable tensions in city plazas. Performers Lone Twin, work with local people in Kensington Meadows. Bath theatre company Kilter perform on an allotment, unpicking our attitudes towards food and the land.
Jem Finer, celebrated sound artist and composer, is in residence to develop his sound and moving image project, tracking down material on campus. We venture to Komedia, Bath’s new venue, to present the 14-piece Icebreaker, one of the world’s finest new music ensembles.
Tea, a group of visual artists, search for the unfamiliar in a wasteland poised for regeneration. Artist Pam Skelton maps out the 483 Stasi safe houses in an East German city. And there’s a rare showing of Keiller's distinctive film, London, a portrait of a city in decay. Join our e-bulletin to stay up to date.
We are situated on the University of Bath campus, Claverton Down, five minutes drive from the centre of Bath. Our mixed programme of performance, exhibitions, talks, films, workshops and classes takes place on and off campus too. Activities are open to the general public alongside the student community.
Book Now for new season. Classes start from 19 January, and include dance, visual arts and music.
University associated Arts Organisations:
The Students Union offers a range of arts societies, many of which are supported by ICIA.
The Holburne Museum of Art is one of the country's great small museums located in Bath. Currently undergoing major re-development, it is due to reopen autumn 2010.
What's on
>> Dance >>
Tom Sapsford - Regina
A compelling new piece of dance theatre exploring the life of Queen Elizabeth I
31 Jan - Full details
>> Film >>
The Draughtman's Contract (15)
Extravagant costumes, a twisting plot, elegantly barbed dialogue and a mesmerising score by Michael Nyman.
11 Feb - Full details
>> Music >>
Jem Finer - Work In Progress
Celebrated sound artist, musician and composer Jem Finer joins ICIA as Artist in Residence, leading to a work in progress performance
16 Jan - Full details
>> Talks >>
Lone Twin & David Williams in Conversation
Lone Twin talk with writer, performance maker and collaborator David Williams to discuss their work's relationship to plotting, space and place
12 Feb - Full details
>> Theatre >>
Hauser - I made you a submarine
A wonderful, surreal story that begins with Billy the Kid's dying friend Charley Bowdre and ends by the seaside with a lobster, a mermaid, a sailor, Napoleon Bonaparte and the mysterious arrival of a submarine
14 Feb - Full details
What's on
Student Events
Students' Union events supported by ICIA
>> Student Dance >>
Strictly for Charity - Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE)
A fundraising dance show with performances from members of various University societies
7 Feb - Full details
Students' Union events supported by ICIA
>> Student Music >>
Recital - Choral & Orchestral Society
This concert features solo musicians and small ensembles in a variety of performances
15 Feb - Full details
Students' Union events supported by ICIA
>> Student Theatre >>
Cloud Nine - Bath University Student Theatre
A wickedly funny black comedy, that breaks taboos and challenges expectations as it explores the dark undercurrents of human nature
18 Feb - 21 Feb - Full details
University chooses architects
for campus arts complex
The University of Bath has chosen architects firm McInnes Usher McKnight Architects (MUMA) to develop designs for its proposed
new interdisciplinary arts complex on campus.
>> Current Exhibitions >>
Uriel Orlow
Uriel Orlow's new multi-media installation uses video, photography, drawing and text to investigate where history, place and memory intersect and resonate in the present
27 Nov - 13 Feb
Student Photography Exhibition
This lively exhibition showcases selected works from this year's University of Bath Student Photography Competition.
4 Dec - 20 Mar