Category Archives: Commissions

Jem Finer : Mobile Sinfonia Launch

Mobile Sinfonia is an ongoing project conceived and composed by artist and musician Jem Finer. The piece results from Finer’s eighteen months of work as Artist in Residence with the University of Bath, with the Department of Computer Science. more…

Posted in 2012: Internationalism, Commissions, Current Projects, Events, Music |

Bobby Baker – Mad Gyms & Kitchens


Bobby Premiered Mad Gyms & Kitchens at ICIA. She developed this show out of her own experiences of illness and hard-won recovery. Designed in collaboration with sculptor Charlie Whittuck, an extraordinary set of fantastical ‘recovery’ apparatus delivered surprises galore as well as state-of-the-art technical equipment, all developed with wellbeing in mind. more…

Posted in 2011: set in play, Commissions, Events, Talks, Theatre, Visual Arts | Tagged

Artists Residency with Jem Finer begins : Mobile Sinfonia


Mobile Sinfonia began to progress, moving toward a web interface and an Andriod app. more…

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Bobby Baker & Charlie Whittuck – Mad Gyms & Kitchens: A Work in Progress

Wed 10 Nov 2010 – Fri 28 Jan 2011, Art Space 1 Based on her experiences of recovery from serious physical and mental ill health, Bobby Baker’s Mad Gyms and Kitchens investigates the benefits of exercise and nutrition in the … more…

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Kilter – Roots Replanted

St Werburgh’s City Farm, Bristol (Thu 2 Sep – Sun 5 Sep 2010) Hampton Row Allotments, Bath (Thu 9 Sep – Sun 12 Sep 2010) Peasedown St John Community Farm (Thu 16 Sep – Sun 19 Sep 2010) Bloomfield Allotments, … more…

Posted in 2010: the place of work..., Commissions, Theatre |

Margareta Kern – Guest

Thu 6 May – Fri 18 June 2010, Art Space 1 Artist Margareta Kern took up residence in the University’s Department of Social & Policy Sciences during March and April 2010 in a project organised by ICIA. The results of … more…

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Catherine Laws: Hammered! Piano & Other Things

Catherine Laws

Catherine Laws performed works exploring the wide variations of touch, tone, dynamic and texture possible on the modern piano. The works chosen by Laws dealt with interactions between performer and piano, piano and other sounds, and performer and audience. more…

Posted in 2010: the place of work..., Commissions, Events, Music, Singularities |

Mem Morrison – Ringside: A Celebratory Performance

Fri 27 Nov 2009, Guildhall, Bath Mem Morrison requests the pleasure of your company at the Guildhall, Bath. Take a front row seat, join the family and meet the many potential brides at his long overdue wedding reception. From behind … more…

Posted in 2009: plotting… arts and place, Commissions, Theatre |

bgroup – about around

Award-winning choreographer Ben Wright’s new company, bgroup, presented its new dance piece about around, which was commissioned by ICIA as part of an ongoing commitment to supporting artists’ development. The piece was developed by Ben Wright whilst in residence at ICIA’s Arts Theatre during summer 2009. more…

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Lone Twin – Speeches

Fri 11 – Sun 13 Sept 2009, Kensington Meadows, Bath Internationally celebrated performance company, Lone Twin, brought their extraordinary project Speeches to Bath following its success at the Barbican’s bite08 Festival. Members of the community living and working around Kensington … more…

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