Printmaker Phil Wilkinson’s latest work:
The demolition of a residential highrise block of flats on Sherlock St in the Highgate area of Birmingham was the basis for this [...]
Ones to watch in 2009 « West Midlands Dance
The Guardian recommends a couple of Birmingham-based shows in its preview for 09
by the light divided
Jack reviews gigs for Birmingham Live and this is his blog
Our next production - The Rage Ensemble
The Rage Ensemble “are looking for people to be part of the ensemble cast for a [...]
Paul Willocks is a graphic designer who makes digital art. He also produces music under the name Tech Star - he designed the above CD cover for the release of his most recent single ‘Switchblade’.
There’s quite an in-depth interview with him on Abduzeedo.
(Found via Behance)
A couple of events from VIVID:
INSPIRATIONS (Sat 07 Feb 2009) invites five UK based individuals who have played a major role in the critical, artistic and curatorial development of moving image, to select one moving image work that has made a significant impact on their own practice.
VIVID is delighted to announce 2009 selectors David Curtis, [...]
David Gonçalves moved from his native Portugal to do an MA in Science in Design and Transport at Coventry Uni. Having passed that with distinction, he now works in Birmingham as an industrial designer.
The picture above is of The Scarab, a single-passenger urban transporter that received a write-up from Wired.
(Found via Behance)
Flatpack 2009 will launch at Town Hall on 11 March with ‘Curzonora’, a show featuring ‘musical whirlwind’ The Destroyers and celebrating Mr Jeffs’ legacy and that of 1900s film-shows in general. Here’s the poster:
The Mr Jeffs referred to is film showman, and patron saint of Flatpack 3, Waller Jeffs who, from 1901 to 1912:
introduced hundreds [...]
Sam from Stereographic has emailed with info about a couple of his projects:
Mr Underwood (and various other names, depending on musical genres)
a variety of projects from creating soundtracks and effects for animations to wowing crowds with his all hardware improvised liveset. When time permits he also dabbles in the design and build of obscure musical [...]
I’ve had an email from Steve Tromans, a Birmingham-born composer who’s been globetrotting for a little while and, well, I’ll let him tell it:
I’m emailing to tell you about my upcoming return to Birmingham - specifically at the Yardbird Jazz Club, Paradise Circus, on Thurs 8th January 2009. I’ll be presenting the premiere performance of [...]
With party season in full flow, you may have a rueful eye on a resolution or two for the new year. Vying for your attention is The Year of Readers.
The organiser is Jodie Baker and she’s based in Birmingham. Here’s her explanation:
It’s an easy concept (which is probably why I thought of it). You pick [...]
If you want to get involved with the St Patrick’s Festival in Digbeth then follow the instructions on the poster (or that link).
JKB Fletcher is a super-realism artist whose canvases are currently being displayed at the Coffee Lounge on Navigation Street.
Some kind soul has done a short video tour of the artwork (warning - may not be pleasant if you suffer motion sickness).
Claire Burgess has won a competition to spend some time at a Dubai radio station on the strength of a documentary she made about The Big Issue.
She also made a series of ‘audio portraits’ for the council’s ‘Sister Cities‘ project including:
Steve Stirling - a city taxi driver
Dannii Killilea - a Roller Girl
Carl Speigel - sells [...]
Tru Life Magazine is a free, A5 publication I picked up a few weeks back when in the city centre. It’s a
new urban chic lifestyle magazine for aspirational young women
Justice Williams, the editor in chief, has her own blog over at Amariah’s World and the magazine has a Facebook page too.
I have two reasons for posting this:
It amused me that the site talks up ‘free entry to the splendid Birmingham Artsfest’ when entry is free anyway
It’s good to see Birmingham being talked about as a destination for an arty getaway
There’s a few other items bundled into the package that might make it worth throwing your [...]
Twitpanto - 23 December at 2pm
Featuring:
Paul Groves as Cinderella
Nicky Getgood as Prince Charming
With special guests:
Tom Watson MP (West Brom) as Baron Tweetup
Jemima Kiss (Guardian tech correspondent) as Baroness Tweetup, the wicked stepmother
I’m going to be one of the ugly sisters. Follow @twitpanto on Twitter or check this Twitter search every so often to keep up [...]
BBC NEWS | Magazine | The sit-down comic
An interview with Birmingham’s Laura Howells - the Beano’s first ever regular female artist (hat tip to Andy Mabbett)
John Garghan, exhibition in the new year
The guy who takes the fasinating photos of torched cars. He’s getting ready for an exhibition at the Solihull Arts Complex at the Touchwood [...]
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I was chatting with Nikki Pugh at the Birmingham Social Media Cafe yesterday and we twigged that there’s probably enough people in the area interested in alternate reality games, or at least the idea of social games/playful experiences (per the Hide and Seek Festival), to merit a get-together.
It’ll probably be in January some time. If [...]
LUCID is a research project funded by Advantage West Midlands as part of Birmingham’s Science City project which aims to help SMEs in the area to develop content and applications for mobile devices.
Screen Media Lab has created two workshops to bring ICT and multimedia SMEs in the West Midlands up to speed with the latest [...]
To promote their Robin Hood panto, the Hippodrome have commissioned a flash game where you have to fire arrows at the Sherrif of Nottingham’s sneaky baddies (while not shooting the goodies).
As Fiona at Audiences Central says, it’s a bit of fun “and people like to interact with something, rather than just having a marketing message [...]
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