VIVID exhibition: ECSTATIC (13 May-18 June) “a visual and sensory season of moving image works and intervention exploring heightened emotions and altered states”. What more could you ask for? First Light Seeks a Media Production Company “First Light would like to commission a production company to produce ten ‘How to’ short films” A New Generation … [Read more…]
Job listing for Birmingham Contemporary Art Forum: Call for Proposals (The Event) Good to hear this is happening again, I liked the last one. “Birmingham Contemporary Art Forum is pleased to announce it is currently seeking projects from artists and curators in the UK for inclusion in The Event 2011, to take place 21 – … [Read more…]
Aaron Wright is something of a CiB alumnus having worked in the CiB Shop a year ago. He’s currently at the Live Art Development Agency in London and having a whale of a time from what I can gather. Anyway, he emailed me to say there’s a couple of shows of particular note that are … [Read more…]
It’s been a while since the last (public) handwringing over why Birmingham’s reputation suffers nationally. Thankfully, the Independent has steeped in with an article doing just that (as pointed out by Neil Holland on Twitter last night). Link: Brum deal: A second city with a third-rate reputation They point out that there are some great … [Read more…]
Sounds Of The City charity CDs | We Are Birmingham “Vicinity Records presents Sounds of The City – a showcase compilation series celebrating contemporary music from select cities around the globe”. With Birmingham represented by Vinny and the Curse, Tempting Rosie, Pick Your Weapon and Glatze. Proceeds go to charity and you can grab a … [Read more…]
Thriller In The City “a mass thriller Flash mob will be descending on a secret city centre location on 1pm on Saturday 16th April” Vudu Club New club from the folks behind Subculture and Subside. Opening soon Time For Change: On Birmingham’s Buses – The Official Blog for the Campaign to get change on Birmingham’s … [Read more…]
There’s been a little flurry of blog posts from BCU’s Interactive Cultures team announcing a few events and such, including: Animation Explosion 2011 Creative Enterprise Conference The Online Mainline There’s also a set of Creative Metropoles Case Studies which looks interesting (if you like that sort of thing) and features a range of European projects, … [Read more…]
Keeping it local: regional theatre needs new media | Stage | guardian.co.uk “The challenge for arts organisations outside London is to embrace the blogosphere, and fast. I think we need to work hard to nurture the brave souls who are often spending their free time running what’s-on sites and blogs – invite them to our … [Read more…]