{"title": "The Future is Not Lost by Matt Bluemink Book Launch + Talk", "start": "2026-11-11T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institute of Contemporary Arts", "address": "The Mall, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://ica.art/shop", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/book-presentation", "music"], "description": "A book launch and talk for \"The Future is Not Lost: On Music, Technology, and the Creation of New Worlds\" by Matt Bluemink, held in the Studio at the Institute of Contemporary Arts. Bluemink, a writer and philosopher and editor-in-chief of Blue Labyrinths magazine, presents the key ideas of his new book, with the talk moderated by theorist Alessandro Sbordoni. He argues, drawing on artists like SOPHIE, Arca and Iglooghost and on thinkers such as Bernard Stiegler and Gilbert Simondon, that the future has not disappeared but still speaks through music. The presentation and discussion are followed by a Q&A session.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-future-is-not-lost-by-matt-bluemink-book-launch-talk-36638/", "official_url": "https://ica.art/talks/matt-bluemink-the-future-is-not-lost", "image": "https://noky.io/images/81b9eddf57f849ec323a292938bb34a752f82bf992bead818dd301f945d9144b-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-11T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institute of Contemporary Arts", "address": "The Mall, London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Lovemusic", "start": "2026-11-01T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "£15, conc. £13, student £5", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://cinelumiere.savoysystems.co.uk/CineLumiere.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_600.TcsWebTab_601.TcsPerformance_7109158.TcsSection_1931314", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/contemporary-classical", "art/mixed-media"], "description": "Lovemusic is a concert evening where music, theatre, dance, video, light and technology blend into one experience, with six short and very different works. 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The book argues that film culture is at its most vital on the margins, where the moving image meets visual art and documentary meets experimentalism. In response, the panelists will discuss key transformations and tendencies in the last quarter-century of vanguard filmmaking.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-edges-of-cinema-book-launch-panel-discussion-36635/", "official_url": "https://ica.art/films/the-edges-of-cinema-book-launch-panel-discussion", "image": "https://noky.io/images/64099e2d8d7358083cb0e233031a3e0857335b34b6bf1c2f04bf62dc8707fc64-1200.webp"}, {"title": "An Evening With David Byrne: Sleeping Beauties", "start": "2026-11-08T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Hackney Empire", "address": "Mare Street 291, E8 1EJ London", "price": "£23.99 - £71.99 (plus £1.50 per ticket online, and over the phone)", "price_from": "23.99", "price_to": "71.99", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/non-fiction", "diy"], "description": "An Evening With David Byrne: Sleeping Beauties is a solo talk in which David Byrne presents ideas from his forthcoming book, Sleeping Beauties. 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