Midlands sitting pretty at Edinburgh Film Festival – Birmingham Post Roger Shannon looks at Birmingham’s representation at the film festival Upon further investigation. A site visit to Ludgate Car Park in Birmingham (UK) Harry Palmer reports on his investigation/survey of one of the few remaining sites in Birmingham that hasn’t been built on since being … [Read more…]
Here’s an interesting one. The Digbeth-based Dynamics Arts look to be overseeing the launch of a new community radio station that will be based in the Custard Factory. It’s early days but things are moving apace. There’s a bit of discussion over on The Stirrer’s forum which will give you an idea of what’s going … [Read more…]
It’s a busy time for 7 Inch Cinema. They’ve celebrated their 5th birthday, their excellent Flatpack Festival has gained recognition from the UK Film Counci and they have a series of events coming up as part of the Flux and Supersonic festivals. Frankie sat down for tea and biscuits with Pip and Ian and discussed … [Read more…]
The Birmingham Opera Company, which was faced with cuts to its funding not so long ago, will return to the stage next month with a production of Mozart’s Idomeneo. As it says on the website: We don’t have an opera house and we don’t work in conventional theatres. We conjure our theatres out of spaces … [Read more…]
Lucent Harmonic Colour at Flummoxed The flyer for ‘a Colortone experiment by Film Ficciones and Micronormous’ as part of the 7 Inch curated Flummoxed – part of the Flux Festival. Charlie Levine on GOODS In “These are some pics of the show from the front and back of the space”. New Substrakt team member Tom … [Read more…]
Just a reminder that there’s only a few days left to get your applications in for the £1 Arts Commission Scheme run by The Eccentric City: There is: No criteria. We offer: The successful recipient (£1) and the opportunity to publish the results in our 3rd tabloid paper (10,000 free emotional copies will be out later … [Read more…]
Flicking through the flyers in The Kitchen the other day I happened upon a pile of business cards featuring one of these little chaps: The card belonged to Antony Collins who does graphic design and illustration, presumably on a freelance basis. His email address, if you want to get in touch, is on his Deviant … [Read more…]
Lots Of Things To See And Do In The West Midlands: July 2008 Russ L’s ever-useful take on the month’s listings. New Screen at the Electric « Fused Magazine “The UK’s oldest working cinema is due to open its second screen on the 4th July after six months of careful restoration, costing over £100,000”. The … [Read more…]