Artsfest is a big sprawling beast of a festival and a difficult one to wrangle from a listings perspective. A few people have chipped in with their take on how things could/should be presented but for me, while all of them help in some way, none of them really hit the nail on the head. … [Read more…]
A good idea from D’log this afternoon – with the announcement that the Icknield Port development is being put on hold, he wonders: if this represents an opportunity for artists to present a series of temporary large works on the cleared site? It’d be more exciting than the actual proposed plan for the area which … [Read more…]
In October VIVID present three film programmes from ICO Essentials (a series of national touring programmes) around the themes of play, pop and modernity. Here, via some copy and paste magic, is what’s going on: Wed 08 Oct Essentials: Play honours the irreverent, impudent, subversive and fun in artists’ film. Featuring work by Hans Richter, John … [Read more…]
Ipso Facto Films are filming big outdoor scenes in Birmingham this weekend (Fri 12th and Sat 13th) and they’re after extras. If you fancy getting involved then click the link to register as an extra. No cash will change hands but you’ll be fed. There’s no mention of talcum powder or amphetamines.
Donald Savage report and evaluation Remember Donald Savage’s Invisible Arts Exhibition Programme? Well the evaluation report is out with input from luminaries such as Mr Whatby (Conservative Counselling) amongst others The Rice Show A kind of automatic collective memory/aggregator thing for the upcoming Stan’s Cafe production ‘Of All The People In All The World’. Anything … [Read more…]
Film Dash is a 48-hour challenge I’m organising for Birmingham’s film makers. The essence of the idea is this: On Friday 17 October film makers will be told the criteria for their short film Teams (or individuals) will have 48 hours to script/shoot/edit/whatever their films On Sunday 19 October the films that make the deadline … [Read more…]
I mentioned this in passing as part of the round-up of Hello Digital-related events but here’s a little more info: Baskerville the Animated Movie celebrates John Baskerville, the man, the typeface and his future legacy. The film will be complemented by the development of a site-specific installation It’s being headed up at BIAD but from … [Read more…]
There’s been a discussion bubbling away in the past few weeks about establishing a dedicated space for photography in Birmingham. Much of this has been taking place among members of the Birmingham Flickr group. Now there’s to be a get-together to try and take things further: A small group of us are getting together on … [Read more…]