From the Arts News mailing list: An exciting new group called ‘Midlands Textile Forum’ is set to launch in October this year, promoting textiles across the region. The emerging group aims to provide a supportive network for members and a strong platform to showcase the wide breadth of textile activity taking place. It also plans … [Read more…]
Every week I’ll be presenting three local bands or musicians with a photo, song and, if available, video. I’m trying to keep my personal preferences out of this so suggestions for future posts are very welcome. — — — An Untitled Musical Project I may not be Jimmi Hendrix but at least I’m still alive … [Read more…]
Dubtransmissions is a Digbeth-based record label specialising in New Age Dub. Dubtransmissions is about people who are not scared to listen to new music. We embrace evolution and creativity. Our artists are interested in drawing from classic influences such as Lee “Scratchâ€, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Bob Marley, Abbey Lincoln and Kreftwerk and producing modern … [Read more…]
A regular selection from the Birmingham Flickr Community. by suselstahl by eightbaII by ikkio_too by IanJones All copyright as applies. Click through for details.
Interesting article on KR-36, the “urban interactive game” that’s part of The Event currently taking place in Birmingham. It also gives a bit of insight into what The Event is all about. Charting the rise in artistic anthropology in Birmingham, the BCAF (Birmingham Contemporary Art Forum) have organised The Event to document what has been … [Read more…]
I’d been meaning to post about Kate Pemberton for a while now and seeing her High Church of Gaming (above) on sale at the Birmingham Open kicked me into touch. From her site: Kate’s practice addresses the cultural effects that technology has on society, by examining the influence of the machine and of digital technologies. … [Read more…]
While the event itself doesn’t really come under the remit of this blog I think this video publicising the Epic Skate Park Beer Festival that was posted on YouTube is really interesting. One of the biggest stumbling blocks for people putting on events is, I think, reputation. If you have a big name draw or … [Read more…]
One thing that I’ve been struggling with on this blog is how best to report on Birmingham’s music scene. Not only is there an astoundingly huge number of bands but I’m also unashamedly biased about which ones I like and I’m not about to spend half an hour researching some wannabe Libertines clone or whathaveyou … [Read more…]