Just a reminder that there’s only a few days left to get your applications in for the £1 Arts Commission Scheme run by The Eccentric City:
There is:
No criteria.We offer:
The successful recipient (£1) and the opportunity to publish the results in our 3rd tabloid paper (10,000 free emotional copies will be out later in the year (we are annual)).
The next submission date is 5 July, so if you’ve got an eccentric idea but lack the funds then head to the website to get more details.
Flicking through the flyers in The Kitchen the other day I happened upon a pile of business cards featuring one of these little chaps:
The card belonged to Antony Collins who does graphic design and illustration, presumably on a freelance basis. His email address, if you want to get in touch, is on his Deviant Art profile.
I’ve been wondering for a little while if there’s any sort of Birmingham community on Deviant Art. The site can be a sod to navigate but there’s some great stuff on there. One day I’ll have a trawl and come up with some names. In the meantime, if you know of anyone Birmingham-based with a profile on there please stick their name in the comments.
You may remember Frankie Ward, the newest addition to CiB, from her interview with Soweto Kinch. I’ve not really introduced her properly yet but her she is to do that herself:
For some info about the 101 things Frankie’s doing (Gigbeth, Birmingham Live, BBC Blast Arts Reporter, Burn FM Programme Controller and so on), check out Frankie Ward’s blog, her MySpace (especially if you’re a local band – send her your tunes) or her Twitter.
Transmissions is the Rep’s young (as in 12-26 year old) playwrights’ programme and was started back in 1998.
To celebrate this decade of fantastic new work, we’re staging extracts from plays that were big hits at previous festivals alongside some new commissions that look to the future.
Click for show details and suggested highlights.
Fact: Ludgate Car Park, adjacent to Great Charles Street (Queensway), Birmingham (UK) in is one of the last remaining sites in the central part of the city that hasn’t yet been built since being bombed during the 2nd World War.
Invite: Join Eccentric Archeologist, Harry Palmer, this Saturday 12 midday as part or an informal mission examining this peculiar landscape. Should this site be saved for national heritage purposes? What affects are still being felt 60 years on? Please bring note pads, pens and measuring tapes etc…if you can!
At midday on Saturday what’s going on that could possibly be more interesting?
First up, don’t forget that Ian from 7 Inch Cinema is presenting his Favourite Things at the Ikon Gallery this evening (25 June) from 6.30 to 7.30pm in the events room.
Consider that a taster for the main event on Saturday – 7 Inch Cinema’s birthday, which they’re celebrating with a line-up so tasty it’s almost obscene. And only a fiver.
Here’s the flyer and, underneath, there’s a promo vid (aptly enough). We’re hoping to have an interview with the organisers soon so stay tuned.
Pop down to St Marys Church, Moseley on Tues 1 July for
An evening of an evening of varied, gorgeous, diverse and engaging spiritually inspired music in the beautiful setting of St Mary’s Church by Candlelight.
Music will be from Aa’shiq Al Rasul (Qawwali/Nasheed vocal group), St Marys Schola (Anglican choral), Robert Zhilmor (Flute inspired by Chinese Falun Dafa) and Rich Batsford (contemporary meditative piano).
Entry is free but donations would be welcome, with things starting at 8pm.
The evening is part of the Moseley Festival and is the third such that Rich Batsford will have curated and performed at. Rich has info about everyone taking part on his blog. Oh, and there’s a Facebook wotsit too.
This one’s come to my attention a bit late and I’m struggling to find much info on it. Praise be, then, to Nikki Pugh who has blogged about her involvement:
GOODS In: a one-day exhibition curated by Charlie Levine and Harminder Singh Judge.
This is a group show with the works chosen for the theme of “mechanics, engineering, the factory and multiples†in response to the location: a disused bed warehouse.
The warehouse can be found at 332-346 Moseley Road and the exhibition will be open from 4pm to 8pm on Saturday 28 June.
What’s also interesting is that the owner, Sham, is apparently working to turn the huge warehouse space into a viable arts venue of some sort. Which should be supported, I reckon.
Nikki Pugh will be exhibiting some work there on Saturday before shows in Manchester and Germany in the coming weeks. Read about that on Nikki’s blog.
Lisa Capsule informed me that videos of Birmingham’s very own ZX Spectrum Orchestra from this year’s Sonar Festival in Spain were already on YouTube, so I went a’diggin.
A brief BBC interview:
The rather nice Baroque:
3:43 of Beepulator:
This year’s Lichfield Festival starts on 3 July and closes on the 13th with a programme of music, theatre, visual arts and film.
A nice touch (cos I look for this things) is a blog by the Festival Director, Richard Hawley, who has been posting his thoughts up all this week.
You can see the festival programme but it’s worth highlighting the local talent on show:
