MADE* is the is the regional Architecture centre for the West Midlands, based in Fazeley Street Birmingham. Their website is really informative about the types of activities and projects they are involved in, such as architecture events, consultation and generally trying to engage the people of the West Mids with public spaces. On Monday they … [Read more…]
Richard Battye is one of Birmingham’s veteran photographers. A few years ago he had a very successful exhibition ‘This is England’ which showed at 14 UK galleries from North Shields to Mayfair. He even took it out to Los Angeles and became a visiting lecturer with Kodak. Past clients include: The Arts Council, Land Rover, … [Read more…]
I have just caught up with new work by Currentstate – aka illustrator and designer Jane Anderson (who I briefly mentioned in a post about the ‘Girls Who Draw’ exhibition. Jane’s work is graphic and modern, in a bright and breezy way. She is currently working on these retrotastic illustrations and cards: Past clients include: … [Read more…]
Animation Forum WM and my chums at Flip Animation Festival have teamed up to launch The Great Animation Challenge! Here’s how it works: Some brilliant experimental musicians have provided tracks which animators can download for free. The animators need to use the tracks as a starting point to create music videos which can be submitted … [Read more…]
Black Tonic is a new, unusual theatre experience from The Other Way Works, a Birmingham based theatre company formed in 2001. The production is an interactive performance staged in the bedrooms and corridors of the Radisson Hotel Birmingham. You are invited to unravel an original detective story, where even love can be bought for the … [Read more…]
This is one for all you Google Street View fanatics out there (you know who you are). Photographer and filmmaker Matt Murtagh has painstakingly pasted together the journey from Moseley to St Phillips Cathedral to create a stunning example with what can be done with free online tools, a huge amount of patience and a … [Read more…]
About a year ago Karen Strunks came up with the crazy idea of getting out of bed and stepping out at 4am to photograph desolate streets and a sleeping city. A year on, the idea has grown into a fully fledged international event called 4am Project. The idea is spreading like wildfire, and it seems … [Read more…]
VIVID are giving you the chance to do something different with your weekend are are hosting a series of Saturday screenings of independent video work.George Barber / Beyond Language & introduction by George Barber Saturday 28th March 2pm £3/2 A pioneer of British video art, George Barber was a founding member of ZG Magazine and … [Read more…]