Strange Ways is a Birmingham-based artists’ collective and from 1 to 12 July they’ll be putting on their first major event – an art project at The Edge in response to the Cheapside area in Digbeth: Demolition of the industrial landscape and its replacement with modern residential apartment blocks has begun. An ever-decreasing number of … [Read more…]
One of the least likely, up-and-coming gig venues in the city, St Paul’s Church in the Jewellery Quarter hosts the really rather wonderful Laura Marling on June 12 and, as part of Vivid‘s FLUX-FEST, Re:Flux on June 27. I’ve no idea how good the place is as a venue but I’ll be at the Laura … [Read more…]
Vote for screenwriter Brendan O’Neill Got 30secs to support some local talent? Give Birmingham-based screenwriter Brendan O’Neill your vote in the MovieMogul Cherry Bowl challenge pitch competition. Jewellery Quarter Museum “One Of The Best In Europe†Birmingham’s Museum of the Jewellery Quarter has been named one the best free attractions in Europe. Via The Stirrer … [Read more…]
Something that’s been in my ‘to investigate’ pile for a while, from 25 June to 13 July Vivid present FLUX-FEST, a season of events celebrating the spirit of Fluxus which, if you’ve not come across it before (like me), emerged as a reaction to the high-art of the 60’s. The emphasis is therefore on fun … [Read more…]
To be honest the flyer contains most of the information I can find about this one. From what I can find, Birmingham Visual Arts Coalition have described themselves as “innovators in contemporary art”. D’log reported about a call for submissions back in Feb and seems to have received a lot more info at the time … [Read more…]
The email described this blog as a collection of adverts i see and photograph around birmingham and rants thereon Oh, but it’s so much better than that. Jonny knows an absurdity when he sees one, has a pretty incredible memory and, best of all, he’s funny. One to bookmark.
Birmingham’s own Commercially Inviable Records (motto “you record it, we release it… and we shall head off to the poorhouse together”) has been in touch about the release of an album by Birmingham’s own James Summerfield. The album’s not out until August but to whet your appetite for good things to come here’s a link … [Read more…]
I went over to the BASS Festival launch last night over at the Woom Gallery (an excellent little place, incidentally). I had a quick chat with Ammo, the guy behind Punch Records, who was enthusiastic about the programme of events they’ve got coming up but most excited about the the competition they ran to design … [Read more…]