John Garghan is a photographer who, to be mundane about it, takes beautiful photos of the details of burnt out cars. He puts it much better: My aim is to capture the disturbance to surfaces created by acts of joy riding and arson by zooming into disfigured vehicle parts that are occupied in the lifecycle … [Read more…]
A neat little item this – Tales of Creativity is a collection of video and written profiles of graduates from the various courses run from Screen Media Lab that hopes to give readers an insight into the everday reality of working in the creative industries. There are 18 profiles from a whole host of disciplines … [Read more…]
This is always good to see – following a discussion on the Film Birmingham forum, Rill Marchant and Rebecca Sloan are organising a pub meet-up on Saturday: If you’re interested/involved in any aspect of filmmaking or media come along and join us on Saturday 30th August 2008 from 5:30 pm at Lloyds Bar on Broad … [Read more…]
I found this summary of Artsfest 2008 over at CLUB: Friday is funny light show and parade day Saturday is fireworks day Sunday is Kerrangfest day with the Levellers Which is pretty good but, although the official programme’s not out yet, I’ve been having a bit of a rummage about to see what’s on. Friday … [Read more…]
Light Night is a series of events taking place in six cities around the UK, the first of which will be in Birmingham on 12 September to coincide with the launch of Artsfest 2008. To quote lazily from the website: Light Night in Birmingham will feature architectural lighting of iconic city centre buildings and iconic … [Read more…]
D’Log has spotted that the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery have been given some money by the DCMS/Wolfson Foundation Improvement Fund to develop new audiences. From the BBC: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery will spend its £300,000 grant on a new gallery telling the story of the city from medieval times to the present.
Another week, another MA show with a pleasingly cheap & cheerful approach to internet promotion. This time it’s the turn of BCU’s Jewellery, Silversmithing and Related Products MA Show 2008. This year the emphasis has been on extending the conventional boundaries of jewellery and silversmithing. 48 WEEKS… LATER demonstrates a variety of approaches to the … [Read more…]
Hi8us have teamed up with all sorts of people including the Creative Careers Surgery, Hello Digital (on which more in a later post) and The Brothers McLeod to put on some talks and masterclasses in September. Digitoons Talks 2 Sept @ The Theatre, Custard Factory with Tobias Fouracre (Tandem Films) and Chris Randall (Second Home … [Read more…]