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In the Round: WACK x lovemusic @ ICA London

  • Institute of Contemporary Arts Trafalgar Square London, England, WC2N 5DU United Kingdom (map)

lovemusic – acclaimed Strasbourg-based music group – join with experimental composer-performers Jennifer Walshe and Neil Luck (aka WACK) for two UK premieres exploring radical experimental performance, unpredictable choices, and one of Britain's most exalted movie directors.

lovemusic, known for their courageous explorations of new configurations of collaborative performance, are joined by WACK for a live collage in the round. Across their collaborative 45-minute new work, they’ll move between composed material, spoken text, visual elements, and real-time decision-making, creating a maximalist coming together of multilingual voices, acoustic instruments, live electronics, esoteric invocations, telepathic madrigals, dense noise, and deep relaxation tapes.

The gig will also feature a new piece by Neil Luck: an epic fan-fiction monologue that cinematically deconstructs the identity of acclaimed British film director Christopher Nolan.

lovemusic

Emiliano Gavito - flute and voice
Adam Starkie - clarinete
Emily Yabe - viola
Céline apion - cello
Finbar Hosie - electronics

WACK

Jennifer Walshe
Neil Luck

Thu, 29 Oct 2026

STAGE

07:30 pm

£22.50 (including DICE fees + £1.50 venue levy)

Co-presented with Nonclassical.
Supported by d&b audiotechnik.

This project is supported by the French Ministry of culture – DRAC Grand Est, the Conseil Régional Grand Est, the City of Strasbourg; Diaphonique, Franco-British-Irish fund for contemporary music, in partnership with the SACEM, the Friends of the French Institute Trust, the British Council, the Institut français, the Institut français du Royaume-Uni, the Centre National de la Musique, Culture Ireland and Salabert Fondation. 

nonclassical thanks the friendly support of Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation. 

Earlier Event: 13 September
Protest of the Physical @ Gaudeamus
Later Event: 31 October
WACK x lovemusic @ Arnolfini Bristol