No Aloha at anticurate
No Aloha are next (and last, I think) to step up to the plate at anticurate, running at the mac from this evening (for the opening party) until 4 September. (Via Radar Magazine)
Author: Chris Unitt
Radar Magazine – A Year in the Life
15 July 2011 was the first anniversary of Birmingham not winning the title of City of Culture 2013. An odd thing to celebrate maybe, but Radar Magazine used it as an opportunity to get a load of people to talk about the creative or cultural experience that had most impressed them over the past year. … [Read more…]
Links for 26 August 2011
икони на светци Marc Reeves: Why ‘business as usual’ is a fatal response to Birmingham’s riots If you only read one thing in this round-up, make it this ACE dancer Letty on new challenges « ACE dance and music A nice peek behind the scenes Birmingham Hippodrome Autumn Season 2011 A few musicals (Top Hat, … [Read more…]
BAZ TV
BAZ are a semi-satirical ‘think-tank’ sporadically documenting the Birmingham Art World I mentioned The Baz Top 20 Most Powerful People & Organisations in the Birmingham Art World thing a couple of years back. Little did I know they’d updated their website with some videos and a musical based on the Grants for the Arts application form. … [Read more…]
Ikon director talking about how to work with galleries
Working with galleries: part 1 is an informal and practical discussion with Ikon Gallery director Jonathan Watkins, providing insight into how relationships and working processes develop between artists, curators and public art galleries. Using Birmingham-based and international artists as examples, Jonathan will discuss how these working relationships begin, progress and develop and will also talk about … [Read more…]
Changes at the Birmingham markets
There’s a certain amount of kerfuffle going on regarding the proposed move of the wholesale markets from the city centre. I won’t pretend to have looked into it all that much and so couldn’t hazard an opinion about any of it. It’s not really this site’s remit either. However, it seems important, so here are … [Read more…]
Tin Box Theatre
Tin Box Theatre are: A Birmingham based theatre company who create immersive theatre that explores inventive uses of storytelling, visual theatre and site-specific performance They’re the group that did a show called Stop The Clocks at Newman Brothers Coffin Works recently, if you remember that. They do the Facebook and Twitter thing too.
Flyover Show
Another good Flyover Show took place at the weekend. I didn’t stay for the whole thing but I enjoyed Juice Aleem, Why G and Jay Phelps. The best thing about those events is always the atmosphere (and the little kids trying to breakdance) and it was nice to see Goldie just wandering around chatting to … [Read more…]