Continuum is an evening of experimental full dome, 360-degree, dance and visual arts based work taking place this evening at Thinktank Planetarium, Millennium Point. Continuum is a meditation on notions of beauty, perfection and difference. The focus is the human body, physically and digitally modified and transformed. Developed during residencies with the Medical Research Council, … [Read more…]
This weekend Birmingham Opera Company will be presenting Stravinsky’s The Wedding at A E Harris. The experimental performance will last half an hour, as audiences are drawn around the space, with no formal seating and performance area. The Wedding is a screaming, shrieking, flat out masterpiece with its rhythmic drive and unique sound world – … [Read more…]
BXL are organising a Christmas Spectacular at The Square, behind Oasis Market in Birmingham center, on Saturday 4 December from 12am – 4pm. They’re looking for designer makers to join the current rundown of activities and attractions lined up for the day, including choirs, face painters, storytellers and reindeer. Stallholders will be given an opportunity … [Read more…]
Last year I announced Jobplot as a new creative jobs board for the West Midlands. The site’s now been rethought and redesigned. It now has: Talent profiles – if you’re a freelancer or run a company working in the creative sector (arts/culture/architecture/film/design/new media) then get yourself a free profile so people can find you and … [Read more…]
Bloomfield—five feet four, with a compact build and a pugnacious chin—is the food world’s oblivious savant. Her single-mindedness in the kitchen has propelled her from Birmingham, England, where she grew up on a diet of fried-egg sandwiches and steaks “that would come out a little gray,” to the apex of New York City’s restaurant scene, … [Read more…]
This new collection of work by Birmingham based artist Louis Sidoli, inspired by Andy Warhol, has taken the mugshots of twelve of the most notorious and iconic bad boys from popular culture. The collection includes the likes of rock legends Mick Jagger and Kurt Kobain, Hollywood stars Frank Sinatra and Al Picino, plus gangster Al … [Read more…]
The Crafty Muthas are holding a Christmas craft fair on 20 November at St. Mary’s Church Hall, Bearwood from 10am – 4pm. Together with other local artisans, bakers, designers and makers, they’ll be selling their handmade gifts and unique pieces ready for the festive season. Take a look at the Crafty Muthas blog to get … [Read more…]
Painter Carolyn Blake‘s latest exhibition Sense of Place/ Sense of Space is currently on display at Cornwall Street Chambers until 25 February 2011. Curated by Jessica Farnham, the exhibition looks for new ways of rendering the everyday experience, from time spent traveling to work to working in the garden or sightseeing; each situation is imagined … [Read more…]