Random posts that don’t fit anywhere else.
Kipple is the result of carefully mashing together choice cuts of found VHS footage to produce new, wonderfully odd and generally hilarious films. It’s the work of video mash-up artists Eagle & Feather. Here’s one of my personal favourite Kipple clips, called ‘Tony Robinson’s Running Tales‘: You can find much more Kipple on Eagle & … [Read more…]
Cllr Martin Mullaney has announced the Emerging Festivals Fund – grants of £500 to £4,999 for new niche festivals. Applications have to be in by 4 February, which seems like incredibly short notice for what this is. More details here. Might this be useful to the folks at the recent The Challenge of Change event? … [Read more…]
Jodi Ann Bickley is a Moseley-based poet. This is Jodi performing one of her lovely pieces ‘You Make Me Lose My Cool‘ to an improvised jazz soundtrack: You can hear more from Jodi over on her Myspace page.
The first Dr Sketchy’s burlesque/drawing event of the year will be on Sat 16 Jan at The Victoria and the theme will be ‘Victoriana’. Tickets here (I think it tends to sell out). Here’s the FB event with more details. For an idea of the sort of thing to expect, here’s a vid from the … [Read more…]
Nice stuff from Flourish Creative. That’s Frosty the Bear back in August, snapped at the Victoria Sq beach by abrinsky. He’s been waiting months for the weather we’re having now. What? You wanted yet more pics of the snow?
I just stumbled across an interview that Stan’s Cafe did with Neil Rami a few weeks back. Neil’s the Chief Exec of Marketing Birmingham. Topics include the role of the arts (esp independent art) in marketing the city, who Marketing Birmingham markets Birmingham to, what the challenges are and which cities are doing it well. … [Read more…]
Congrats to Raphael Selbourne (and publishers Tindal Street Press) for winning the 2009 Costa First Novel Award as announced last night. A quote from the judges said: Captures the raw humanity of inner city life with extraordinary authenticity You can snaffle a copy here.
Studio Kinglux was established in 2002 by Tony Hill after graduating from Central Saint Martins. Initially providing graphic design and illustration to youth based lifestyle brands including Urban Outfitters and Coca-Cola, the company has grown to encompass knowledge, commentary and forecast services relating to consumer tastes and trends. Previous clients include Channel 4, MTV, The … [Read more…]