The Flip Animation Festival is on from 6-8 November (Thurs to Sat) at the Light House in Wolverhampton.
This year the festival will feature the C-Games Conference, a Drawing in the Digital Age symposium, an afternoon of animated Doctor Who and various screenings, talks and so on.
The website’s just coming together but the peeps at the […]
Music Network meeting Thursday 31 July 4pm at The TIC
“The Birmingham branch of Musicians Union will be supplying luxury chocolate biscuits and good coffee for all. There’s food and drink afterwards supplied by the creative networks lot too. Come and talk about what you’re up to and meet some new people”
Rosie Kay Dance Company at […]
Exciting news on the Rhubarb Radio front is best summed up by this photo:
This is in the Custard Factory unit just opposite reception. From taking the keys on Monday to getting a makeshift studio installed yesterday, things are moving quickly. The Rhubarb Radio blog has more details but reports that:
we’re waiting the IT & Telephone […]
As you may have heard, Project X’s last event was due to take place at the Que Club in June but was cancelled because the venue couldn’t accommodate the collective’s rather particular needs. As such they were forced to forego funding from a tie-in with the New Generation Arts Festival.
That was the bad news. The […]
At the recent Flummoxed event (part of the Fluxus season) Trevor Woolery gave out flipbooks for people to doodle their own quick flicks on. The results of which can be seen here:
Flummoxed Flipbook Workshop part 1 from Lonomi Productions on Vimeo.
Thanks to 7 Inch Cinema for the tip-off.
I’m just being cautious here - I wouldn’t say this is nsfw as such but this post does mention a word certain employers might not like to see on their employees’ computers. We’re all grown-ups though, right?
A panoramic view of the Birmingham skyline by Yipski, taken from the 19th floor of the Rotunda, Birmingham.
Found via upyerBrum
Dice Productions have made a new film which
stars Mr Thomas Reid as Giles Quinton, a man who has left his worldly possessions to live outside with nature. Our reporter (Ian Ravenscroft) went to meet him to see his new life outdoors
If you like it then don’t forget to tell them so on the Dice Productions […]
Police Bastard - Keep an active mind
A Film By Iron Man Records, Birmingham, England (58mins)
YouTube - Aerosolarabic feedthepoor mural
Video showing the painting of the mural in Sparkhill that Aldi wanted removed
Digbeth Is Good - Vika Verb’s Flying Graffiti
Nicky Getgood was also surprised by the flying items around the Custard Factory and has more pics
Clusta: We’ve […]
Back on 15 May, Creative Republic (who are currently funding CiB) hosted a talk from Paul Kaynes, Regional Creative Programmer for the Cultural Olympiad.
For those that don’t know, the Olympiad is not the Olympics. The Olympiad is a 4 year period of cultural activity running up to the Olympics that starts as soon as the […]
Unfortunately the Gigbeth website & blog are having a few issues at the moment so, in case you can’t go there directly, here’s the announcement:
Well ladies, gents and those who merely resemble humans, I am pleased and rather smug to let you know that in November you’ll have the opportunity to ‘hear the rhythm of […]
Ltd Edition. Sunday 27 July 2008 (tying in with the Sunday Flea). Affordable art from contemporary artists. Custard Factory. Here’s a link to some info about the artists taking part.
Walking round to grab some food at Rootys earlier, I was surprised to see this floating about:
I’ve tried to find some infomation about it but, other than rumours of a flyer (no pun intended) knocking about, the sole font of knowledge is Pete Ashton’s post from the other week on the Custard Factory blog. From […]
In a nutshell, a version of Mother India (seminal 1957 Bollywood flick) has been re-visualised and re-scored and will be officially launched at The Drum (who co-commissioned it) on 2 August at 7.30pm.
This looks pretty much essential and I’m gutted that I’m not going to be around to see it. Instead, I’m going to torture […]
The next event from Animation Forum West Midlands is at Concrete in the Jewellery Quarter on 11 August 2008. Called ‘Ads On Walls‘, it’s an opportunity for local animators to get together for a natter, showcase their work and generally get to know each other a bit more (call it networking if you must).
Many Forum […]
Graphiquillan - tea break painting | process
The joy of artists’ blogs - I like seeing the process behind/around the finished work. This is “the journey from sketch to almost finished study for a future painting”
stitches and hos have a blog
“For now here’s a picture of a knitted fish blanket that I love”. A blog for […]
Moo Studios is a new artists’ studio/gallery in Digbeth. They’re looking for
committed artists to rent space and exhibit together. The rent will be £35 all inclusive. Here is a link to some photos of the space
If you’re interested then you’re invited to send a bio and examples of your artwork to moostudios@rocketmail.com.
Soweto Kinch’s slightly-delayed third album ‘B19: Part 2 Basement Fables’ is due out shortly and, in readiness, the award-winning saxophonist/MC/producer is off on a short tour to showcase the new material. The tour starts at the Town Hall on Friday 25 July.
The twist is that
Young people aged under 21 from the northwest Birmingham postcode areas […]
The next PILOT Night takes place on Thurs 28 August 2008 at the Custard Factory and a call has gone out for submissions. You’ll have to be quick though - the closing date is Thurs 31 July.
PILOT Nights are a motley assortment of new, untested shorts from some of the UK’s most exciting theatre companies. […]
Brumcast 106 ‘Asshole, Jackoff, Scumbag’
Little Chris is back once again, like some sort of renegade master
Inter-Act
Shiny and new - “Inter-Act is a newly established devising company made up of young creative artists. Inter-Act are dedicated to creating new and exciting pieces of work whilst also providing educational programs for young people”
The Big Picture - Help […]
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