Photosynth is: an online application that stitches together digital photographs of an area and converts them into a three-dimensional map Unfortunately it’s hard to do justice to it in words. However, when this video was released a couple of years ago there was a lot of ooh-ing and aah-ing about it: About this point you’re … [Read more…]
Hurrah for gong-giving! The Creative City Awards 2008 will take place on 29 November at the ICC. The awards: were created by Birmingham City Council to recognise and reward achievement from within the city’s diverse and vibrant creative sector and, carrying on from last year, they’re open to all small, creative businesses in the Birmingham … [Read more…]
KateGoes and Writes a BBC Theme Tune “KateGoes are doing a theme tune for a new BBC sitcom called Coming of Age” as spotted by Dunc from the Autumn Store Crisp dust and car boot sales- is it art? BBC preview of the forthcoming Margaret Street MA show Light House September/October Events Spaghetti Gazetti have … [Read more…]
The Birmingham Early Music Festival 2008 will present several performances from 15 October to 6 November. Follow the link for the festival programme. Running annually since 1994, the festival promises: Great concerts, international stars and exciting and inspirational programmes brought to the heart of Birmingham Which sounds lovely. Shows will take place at the Barber … [Read more…]
Between The Lines is a promenade performance taking place at the Central Library on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 September at 7pm, 8pm & 9pm. Intriguing events are unfolding between the dusty bookshelves. Night time strangers exchange unexpected messages, books fall open on empty pages, and a writer is eating his words. Silence creeps through … [Read more…]
Birmingham theatre company Stan’s Cafe are presenting their show Of All The People In All The World in Birmingham from 13 September to 5 October. Since 2003, when a smaller ‘UK version’ was shown in Birmingham Cathedral, the show has visited (among others) Australia, Slovenia, Canada, the USA, Denmark, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain … [Read more…]
I’m a bit slow in reporting on this and have just noticed that it’s now almost finished. If it ever started, of course (Wayne at the Metro has doubts). Donald Savage is an ‘American international cultural producer and curator’. Since 9 August he has been: Bringing you the very best in artistic excellence from around … [Read more…]
Change of venue for Creative Republic’s next event – ‘Generating Creative Ideas For Birmingham’ Due to an excellent response to the initial invite the venue has been changed for ‘Generating Creative Ideas For Birmingham’ on Thursday 21st August. The new event location is The Banqueting Suite, The Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham B1 1BB Spaghetti … [Read more…]