As part of BFI Love, mac birmingham are holding four very special screenings of Noel Coward’s romantic British classic Brief Encounter at Moor Street Station. Taking place from 4-6 December, tickets are selling fast. Book soon to avoid disappointment.
As part of Flatpack’s ongoing ‘Celluloid City’ season, this weekend there will be a programme of talks and screenings at mac birmingham that will explore the changing face of film as we shift from analogue to digital. Events include a look behind the scenes of the wonderful Steenbeckett installation in the first floor gallery; a … [Read more…]
The Hubb was a pioneering arts centre which was open from 2010-2013 in Sparkbrook. It hosted artists, academics and community activists from around the world, and provided a space for local communities to come together and be inspired by art and culture. The Hubb closed its doors in the summer of 2013 as a result … [Read more…]
This morning we received an important and timely message from mac birmingham: With 1 million visits each year to mac alone, we know that art and culture is hugely important to the people of Birmingham. We believe art transforms lives. It helps us share and express thoughts, experiences, feelings and ideas. The rich diversity of … [Read more…]
Behind the Curtain, PEA’s Eastern European Film Festival is taking place now until the end of the month. Take a look at the programme over on their website.
There’s a treat for film fans at mac birmingham at the moment. Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan’s installation Steenbeckett is taking up the first floor gallery – only the fourth time it’s ever been shown. Two thousand feet of 35mm film (of a Samuel Beckett play featuring John Hurt) is continuously and precariously moving around the … [Read more…]
Tonight (Thursday 24th September) is the launch of Vivid Project’s second instalment of 9 EVENINGS, a series of interdisciplinary events inspired by ‘9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering’. Established in 1966, 9 Evenings was the first large-scale collaboration between artists, engineers and scientists. Tonight’s event is a screening of Robert Rauschenberg’s Open Score, a movement piece that was performed as … [Read more…]
Made You Look from Badego on Vimeo. “As creatives we’re not only interested in our own craft, but what others do and how we can collaborate with them. Great things happen when people from different disciplines come together and that’s what Badego is all about. On the 30th of September we invite you to sit … [Read more…]