The Guardian reports that the live and media arts department of the ICA, which was known to show important works in the past but has slowed in recent years, will be closed. According to the ICA's director Ekow Eshun "it's my consideration that, in the main, the art form lacks depth and cultural urgency". Read the full article here.
There were a couple of great threads about this on CRUMB -
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A1=ind0810&L=new-media-curating
I wish Rhizome had a mailing list for that kind of in-depth discussion…