Russell Hall (who has a blog too) is a freelance graphic designer in Birmingham. He’s been working on Speak Out – a free magazine for an equal opportunities company called Brap. Here’s the blurb: Every three months Speak Out will deliver a magazine packed with articles, stories, poems, photographs and comment, and to do this … [Read more…]
I tend to concentrate on stuff happening in Birmingham on CiB but Matthew Price has emailed with news of Birmingham artists getting recognition outside our fair city: Moseley’s Tessa Farmer has a work in the current show ‘Wrap your troubles in a dream’ at Lautom Contemporary in Oslo, curated by Power Ekroth. Looks like a … [Read more…]
On Thursday evening last week, Creative Republic brought together council leader Mike Whitby and head of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, Jerry Blackett to discuss the role of Birmingham’s creative industries in the Big City Plan. Mark Ball (at the lecturn in the pic) hosted. Rhubarb Radio were there to record the proceedings and have … [Read more…]
The team from The Big Picture have set a world record for their huge photo mosaic, unveiled outside Millennium Point. There’s loads of information about this on the Big Picture website. You can see a whizzy online representation of the mosaic and there’s a Big Picture collective memory where reactions to the mosaic are being … [Read more…]
As you’ll have guessed from the title, DanceXchange‘s Autumn schedule has been announced. It kicks off on 24 September with Rosie Kay Dance Company’s ‘Double Points: K & Supernova‘ which were featured in the International Dance Festival Birmingham back in May. The rest of the season features: 9 and 10 October, Jasmin Vardimon Company – … [Read more…]
Details of the next PXP event are out. It’s on 13 September, is called Digital Dystopia and here’s the flyer: Join us for a joyous celebration where many performers combine to present a seamless whole of sound, light and interaction …an “omnimedia experienceâ€. Three stages and multiple projection screens will allow the presentation of a … [Read more…]
Jamie at Audiences Central has blogged about something interesting which makes me wonder which is more likely: Traffic wardens are routinely told to wander around abandoned industrial units in Ladywood at night looking for cars to ticket; or Visitors to (the nationally acclaimed) Birmingham Opera Company’s King Idomeneo are being opportunistically targetted by the city’s … [Read more…]
Coming Soon Style Awards 08 “Next month sees the long-awaited launch of the city’s Style Awards” SUPERSONIC ’08 Online Survey Did you go? Do you have 5 mins spare? Do the survey and make the world a better place (or Supersonic 09 even better, at least) Birmingham Heritage Forum – google map A map of … [Read more…]