ACE bits and bobs
A video here of ACE Youth performing ‘Ubhuntu Bam’ at DanceXchange‘s Raw Energy 08 from earlier in the year: Meanwhile, a visual from ACE’s production ‘Skin’ has been used for the cover of the Arts Council’s Annual Review 2008:
Gallery Of Owls – Obelisk The Tormentor
Gallery of Owls now has a website – hoorah! Even better, there’s a new show to talk about. Obelisk The Tormentor will open on Thurs 11 Dec with a procession, starting from the gallery in Moseley at 7pm and returning back 30mins later when the doors will open and you’ll be invited to join the … [Read more…]
Katarina Zdjelar – The Perfect Sound
At VIVID until 20 December (but only Wed-Sat), The Perfect Sound is a ‘single channel video work’ which looks at the idea of creating a ‘perfect sound’ within the English language. Katarina Zdjelar has been in residence at VIVID for the past couple of months and this is her first solo exhibition here.
Media Talent Bank and Behance
Media Talent Bank is a collective of creatives, media organisations and freelancers. Through this robust online database of individuals, employers can source the hottest creative talent around through personalised profiles. This project is funded by Digital Central and managed by Media Content Lab part of Birmingham City University with the aim of galvanising the West … [Read more…]
Big Brum – Dereliction
Dereliction, written by local playright Chris Cooper, has been touring the West Mids for the past few months and will get its last outing in a free community performance at Pegasus Primary School, Turnhouse Road, Castle Vale (map) on Thurs 11 Dec. Dereliction is a study of freedom in a climate of fear, alienation and … [Read more…]
Links for December 7th
Festive Film Showcase by Screen WM – Mon 8th Dec @ Radisson Birmingham “On Monday, Screen WM are generously putting on a (FREE) day long series of screenings and events, leading up to the featured screening of ‘The Children’ with a masterclass and Q&A session from its director Tom Shankland” Brumcast 113 ‘One Cup of … [Read more…]
Beat Cypher
Or ‘How to promote a night using YouTube’. This is nicely done: Beat Cypher is at Rootys on 11 Dec. Here’s the flyer: (via the Custard Factory blog)
Screen Sundays at The Plough
They don’t seem to try advertising the fact (except for on a poster outside – see shoddy pic below), but The Plough in Harborne shows films every Sunday night. Entry is free, as is the popcorn. Tonight they’ve got Wanted and Hancock. I’ve no idea what they’ll be showing in future weeks but if you … [Read more…]