Their end of year show will be for one night at Masonic Buildings on Severn Street, Birmingham on 25th June from 6.30pm till 9.00pm and the after show party will be at the same venue from 9.00pm till late, by invitation only.
Here’s some background to the project:
The students, this year, have chosen to voice their displeasure and resentment at the draconian and ill-conceived Section 44 of the Terrorism Act. Many of the students have been accosted and questioned by the police and security guards whilst in the act of taking photographs for assignments in the course. Also, many of the public have confronted the students during their photographic activities accusing them of potential child offences even though they were clearly photographing a tree or derelict buildings etc.
One of the things I’ve been tasked to look into is why there is a lack of creatives at these events. Is it cost, type of events or simply a lack of understanding to what Birmingham Future is. Perhaps it is the speaker or even the lack of other creatives attending
I’m guessing that there are a few people who read this who would describe themselves as working in the creative service sector (and several more who would rather be beaten with a stick than referred to as ‘a creative’). Have you got any thoughts on this?
Here’s what the project’s website has to say about it all:
The project aims to create a unique, safe space for people to meet and ask questions with each other, of each other; particularly about faith, religion and spirituality.
There is a clear need for ordinary people to discuss, express and enquire about aspects of daily Muslim and religious life in response to the climate of polarised media reporting.
Visitors will be invited to interact with the installation that consists of a series of freestanding sculptures, photographs and projections. The exhibition contents were generated from community workshops and invites audiences to ask and explore.
There’s been lots of examples of Birmingham artists banding together to do stuff and put on shows together recently – Not My Type, the Grand Union, stuff happening at the Lombard Method, the Freestyle/Untitled exhibitions at the Hare and Hounds and plenty more besides.
The next one to add to that list is the Meeting of Minds exhibition (also mentioned on Best Believe) which is the next up in the series of really rather excellent exhibitions at the Sauce Gallery.
I Am Camera is a collective showcase of work put together by a group of emerging and established artists who are currently rooted within Birmingham.
The exhibition will showcase the work of these artists who all come from a wide range of visual media professions including Fine Art, Documentary, Landscape, Fashion and Commercial roles.
I Am Camera is happy to be bringing this event to the heart of Birmingham between the 10th & 19th of June. There will most certainly be something for everyone to feast their eyes upon so why not pop by say hello and enjoy the work on show?
A notable highlight from the programme is the acclaimed Monty Python’s Spamalot, which comes to the Alex in the winter. Even better, if you book your tickets for before 31st August 2010 you’ll get £5.00 off per ticket. Nice.
It’s Stirchley Thought Exchange on Pershore Road on Saturday 5th June. There will be a range of activities that will run between 11am – 4pm, including:
People, Plants and Places:
Add you name and favourite plant (and why) to a mini-flag and pop it
on the Birmingham map – so we can trace people’s favourites…
Say it with Flowers:
You will be invited to contribute to the garden of thoughts…
Plant thought exchange:
Plants rescued from Stirchley’s derelict sites will be given back to
the community – come and take a plant and its story – information on
where it has come from and where it would like to live, but be quick,
there are around 40 plants looking for new homes, and they’re sure to
be popular!
Plant Poetry board:
Feel inspired by the plants and their stories? Contribute to the plant
poetry board…
Plant quiz:
Take a quiz sheet and try your hand at identifying parts of Stirchley
by its plant life… there might be a prize in it! So be sure to
enter…
Speakeasy is be a get-together for West Mids theatre folk hosted by The Drum and in association with The Rep. It’s on Monday 7 June.
Alison Gagen from ACE West Mids and Tyrone Huggins who the chairs the Sustained Theatre West Midlands Hub (which I’d not come across before) will be there. The general format will be:
A discussion of the landscape for theatre practitioners in the West Midlands in terms of funding and opportunities, together with a preview of forthcoming work and a chance for local writers, actors, directors, producers and venue managers to network and announce their latest news.
Black International Film Festival Call for Entries – 2010
“The Birmingham Black International Film Festival (BIF FESTIVAL) is calling for all film submissions for this year’s festival, due to take place in Birmingham, UK, 25th Oct – 31st Oct 2010″
Life in Flashback: TBB #2 is Here!
“The latest issue of Birmingham’s premier collage-based magazine is here! TBB#2 – This Bourgeois Battalion is done, and this one’s got big questions”
Capsule zine no 4 : Capsule Blog
“This time put together by Mark Murphy”. Includes an impassioned plea for someone to find a way to help newly arrived university students to find where all the good stuff happens in this city
The Stirrer – See you down the forum then
“the equation of loadsa time in/no money out has ultimately defeated us, and for the site to continue as it has in the past we need to find a more sustainable business model”
The Great Excursion will be in Friction Arts’ home The Edge, Cheapside 3rd-19th June, and will kick off with a Critical Debate from 6pm this Thurs 3rd June, with a panel that includes Ammo Talwar (Punch), Paul Murphy (The Destroyers), Mukhtar Dar (The Drum) and Paradox (Munchbreak)
The debate is also part of the BASS Festival, which kicks off today.
Two new things (to me, at least) gleaned from the arts bit of the BCC website. First up, Verbalise which culminates in a performance on Thurs 3 June:
A celebration of young people’s written and spoken words. Verbalise showcases the talents of Birmingham’s emerging spoken word artists and performance poets, kicking off with a series of Saturday afternoon workshops led by renowned spoken word artist PolarBear. Verbalise culminates in two days of performances, in and around Birmingham City Centre and appearances as part of the Young Readers festival in Birmingham Central Library and at Aston Hall’s Book Bash.
And Visualise, which is slated for the end of October 2010:
At its heart will be a major open visual arts competition for young people of all ages, to be hosted in a high profile city centre venue. The festival will also offer the chance to see the work of other arts and community organisations from across the city, working with young people and the visual arts.
