The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) presents Krzysztof Wodiczko in conversation with war veterans in what promises to be a thought-provoking talk providing context to Wodiczko’s ICA-commissioned video installation, …OUT OF HERE: The Veterans Project. The talk, on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11 at 6:30 p.m., will be moderated by the ICA’s Director of Programs David Henry. Tickets are $15 general admission; $10 members, students and seniors, and can be purchased at www.icaboston.org or by calling (617) 478-3103. Free tickets are available first-come, first-served for veterans with military ID, in person only. Advance pick-up recommended. …OUT OF HERE: The Veterans Project will be open to all ticketholders from 5–6:30 p.m.
To create his new video installation for the ICA, Krzysztof Wodiczko consulted with veterans of the Iraq War, as well as with Iraqi civilians. As a surge of American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan returns to the United States this year, the artist and project participants will talk about their experience working on …OUT OF HERE: The Veterans Project as well as the relationship between art and conflict. Joining the conversation will be SPC Michael Anthony, Iraq War veteran and author of Mass Casualties: A Young Medic’s True Story of Death, Deception, and Dishonor in Iraq; as well as veteran James O’Neill and Tala Khudairi, a native of Iraq based in Boston.
Both Krzysztof Wodiczko and Michael Anthony will be available after the talk to sign their books, which are on sale that evening in the ICA Store. Wodiczko’s new book, Guests, will not be released in the United States until January 2010, but is on sale now at the ICA Store.
About …OUT OF HERE: The Veterans Project
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston presents a new large-scale video installation by Krzysztof Wodiczko focusing on the experience of war in Iraq. Based on the artist’s conversations with soldiers who have returned from Iraq as well as Iraqi civilians, the new work builds on their memories of the chaos and confusion of war. Since 1980, Wodiczko has created more than 80 projections of politically-charged images on civic buildings and monuments worldwide. He was selected to represent Poland at the 53rd Venice Biennale (2009) and was awarded the Hiroshima Art Prize (1999) for his contribution as an artist to world peace. …OUT OF HERE: The Veterans Project is on view at the ICA from Nov. 4, 2009 through March 28, 2010.
About the ICA
An influential forum for multi-disciplinary arts, the Institute of Contemporary Art has been at the leading edge of art in Boston for more than 70 years. Like its iconic building on Boston’s waterfront, the ICA offers new ways of engaging with the world around us. Its exhibitions and programs provide access to contemporary art, artists, and the creative process, inviting audiences of all ages and backgrounds to participate in the excitement of new art and ideas. The ICA, located at 100 Northern Avenue, is open Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Admission is $15 adults, $10 seniors and students, and free for members and children 17 and under. ICA Free Admission for Youth is sponsored by State Street Foundation. Free admission on Target Free Thursday Nights, 5 – 9 p.m. Free admission for families sponsored by Hood (2 adults children 12 and under) on last Saturday of each month. For more information, call 617-478-3100 or visit our Web site at www.icaboston.org.
