Any camera nerds who like playing with old kit should be aware the next Wolverhampton Camera Fair is on September 30th. If you’re that way inclined it’s a small slice of heaven. If you’re not then stay far far away. Nothing for you here. There’s also a (rather inactive but that can change) Flickr group.
Noted: Boy Wonder Records – a record label set up in Birmingham in May this year.
Reporting on the MAC job losses story The Stirrer finished with this nugget of information: “It had been hoped to maintain a programme off-site during rebuilding, but The Stirrer’s been told that the costs and risks associated with doing this were prohibitive.” If true (and it’s a “if”) this means the MAC will be completely … [Read more…]
Reality Estate Bullet-sound-bites! A brief roundup of what they’ve been up to. Lots of cool stuff.
Ruby Turner is the keynote speaker at the Gigbeth conference which takes place alongside all the gigs.
I’m posting this without comment because I’m kinda speechless. In a positive way though. VTP 200 site The Stirrer is very impressed. Stirrer forum thread. BiNS is mildly sarcastic. Nothing in the mainstream press yet. A scale model will be at Millennium Point from Saturday. Wow. Just wow.
Mac to axe 182 staff. Whoa, that’s a lot. ta
The Plus+ International Design Festival takes place at the Wild Building on Floodgate St from October 17th to 21st and they’ve really started throwing information onto the site. Of particular note is the list of speakers which shows the range and international reach of the festival, and they recently confirmed Julius Wiedemann as they keynote … [Read more…]