VIVID are giving you the chance to do something different with your weekend are are hosting a series of Saturday screenings of independent video work.George Barber / Beyond Language & introduction by George Barber Saturday 28th March 2pm £3/2 A pioneer of British video art, George Barber was a founding member of ZG Magazine and … [Read more…]
Victorian Wolverhampton is a new blog started by Joanne Penn at Wolverhampton Art Gallery. It coincides with the redisplays of Wolverhampton’s collection of Victorian art and objects at both the city’s gallery, and out of town museum, Bantock House. I interviewed first time blogger Joanne Penn to find out how she is getting on. Can … [Read more…]
Creative Republic invites you to join them at 6.30pm on 30th March to hear direct from those who went to Texas as part of the city’s SXSW Music delegation. Now in its 23rd year, SXSW Music has grown from a tiny music festival in Texas to an essential event on the music industry calendar. It’s … [Read more…]
Phillip Pullman’s Dark Materials has been adapted by Nicholas Wright, from three novels into two full-length plays and is being directed by Rachel Kavanaugh at the REP. The productions are from Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company in association with West Yorkshire Playhouse. Image by Catherine Ashmore Philip Pullman’s magical story unfolds in a world where young … [Read more…]
Made Media is a digital media agency based in the Jewellery Quarter, and very proud to be so: ‘Apart from being the most criminally underrated city in the UK, it’s just two hours from London and about the same to Manchester so there’s no excuse not to visit.’ Their extensive portfolio reads like a who’s … [Read more…]
The lovely folks at London based charity Kids in Museums are looking for a volunteer to launch and maintain its Flickr site. Kids in Museums came about when in 2003 Guardian writer Dea Birkett’s young son was thrown out of the Royal Academy for being too noisy, Kids in Museums now leads in promoting family-friendly … [Read more…]
2.5 Hours of Oxygen is a temporary art event taking place in 7 phone boxes in Birmingham city centre tomorrow (Thursday 19 March) 11.30am-2.00pm. The event brings together 7 artists working in diverse practices including pinhole photography and guerilla knitting. The phone boxes will be transformed into startling and intriguing art works which explore what … [Read more…]
A team of computing students from the University of Wolverhampton and University of Birmingham have picked up the BAFTA ‘Ones to Watch’ award at the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards. The team, named DarkMatter Designs designed Boro-Toro, a platform puzzle game which uses an innovative control system using Wii technology. Since leaving University two … [Read more…]