Created in Birmingham

For those that are into these kind of things, you can now add Created in Birmingham to your Circles on Google+.

If you’ve no idea what Google+ is then I really wouldn’t worry about it if I were you.

Incidentally, now’s probably a good time to remind you that if you want to follow the entirety of Created in Birmingham then:

• createdinbirmingham.com is still the main place to get everything
• You can Like the Facebook Page
• You can follow the Twitter account
• There’s a Delicious account where all the links for the Friday link round-ups are collected together
• There’s a Created in Birmingham Tumblr too, where I tend to quickly post or reblog flyers, posters, videos and photos – it’s a more visual thing

Sampad are planning a new project:

MANDALA is a unique and bold new collaboration fusing classical and contemporary South Asian dance and music with 3D architectural projection mapping.

We plan to use one of the world’s most advanced real-time tracking systems to use the movement of the dancers, musicians and the audience to generate the imagery live, enabling you to push, pull and manipulate the building.

Which sounds pretty impressive to me. They’re co-producing this with Seeper who are responsible for some of the most impressive projection mapping I’ve seen.

They’re using Wefund to collect donations for the £5,000 required to make this happen. Donations are welcome and here’s a video explaining the project a bit more.

Via BCMG’s news section:

Birmingham City Council has launched a Public Consultation on its Budget Plans from April 2012. Please support the cultural life of the city by taking part in this. The official deadline for responses is 8 January, however we urge responses by the end of November, as they can then feed in to the Council Cabinet’s decisions on arts spending in early December

A public consultation might not be very exciting, but if you want this city to support culture and creativity then it wouldn’t hurt to mention that to the people who make the decisions – they’re not psychic, y’know.

• An Announcement from Audiences Central – Audiences Central
  “It is with great sadness that the Board of Audiences Central announces that Audiences Central will cease trading on 31 March 2012.” A victim of the cuts
• Anna Mairi; writing for writing.
  Anna is an English Lit student UoB English Lit student, among other things. This is her blog.
• Online survey for bands/musicians/DJs
  “This is a survey to support the conceptualisation of a local music platform. It is a student project of mine within the Music Industries course at BCU”
• Lots Of Things To See And Do In The West Midlands – November 2011
  From Rihanna to the Supreme Show of the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy and everything in between
• The Cult of Quatermass | Sponsume
  AAS are doing the crowdfunding thing
• Jaskirt Dhaliwal’s Blog | photographer and visual artist – still thinking of a good title…
  This is Jaskirt’s blog with, amongst other things, a load of photos from The Event, including Curate Me Out, which may have been recorded. If the video goes up anywhere, please let me know
• Birmingham Printmakers: New work by Jo Ruth and Sue Halstead
  At Number 8 Community Arts Centre from 17 November
• News: Birmingham Opera Company
  “You’re invited to join us and find out more about the company and how to get involved in our next production Life is a Dream which will premiere in Birmingham in 2012.”
• Autumn Glory reviews « Birmingham Royal Ballet’s tour blog
  This is good – an even-looking spread of reviews from BRB’s recent tour (from both big newspapers and individual tweets) with links through to the source
• Open Studio at Birmingham Printmakers
  “At Birmingham Printmakers we are holding an Open Studio on Saturday 26th November from 10am to 4pm”

Sandford Jr sells screen printed clothes for kids up to the age of 7:

The desire to collaborate with artists to create something truly unique for babies and children as well as supporting artists along their careers has always been the driving force behind Sandford Jr

The featured artists are Lucy Mclauchlan, Leanne Jones and Ben Javens (who flagged this up on his blog).

Movember, the month formerly known as November, is a moustache growing charity event held during November each year that raises funds and awareness for men’s health

I already know of a few people around Birmingham who are getting involved this year. Feel free to identify yourselves in the comments (with a link to your donation page).

Meanwhile, here’s a Movember-themed animation from The Brothers McLeod.