links for 2008-04-14

Bearos is 10 Years Young! Dunc Autumnstore on the Birmingham record label that started with the seminal zine “We Brought Our Friends” and carried on for a decade. (tags: bearos music history) Building sites | Birmingham: It’s Not Shit Jon Bounds rounds up some new blogs from, of, and about Birmingham. (tags: blogs blogging)

links for 2008-04-12

Carnival Connect “A network for artists and producers in the West Midlands to promote work, share ideas and information and to recieve training and networking opportunities. It is also a source of information for anyone wanting more information about Carnival Arts.” (tags: via:dlog carnival) Your Conscience A blog by one of the people involved in … [Read more…]

Claxton at the Barber

These little images are rather tantalizing… Coinciding with her exhibition at Ikon, a stunning new series of works by Ruth Claxton will be shown at The Barber Institute of Fine Arts from 2 April – 6 July. Using postcards of works from the Barber’s permanent collection, Claxton has manipulated the top layer of the cards … [Read more…]

Fierce results

Here’s the winners of the My Fierce Festival public vote competition thingy: Theatres Whisper (Proto-type Theater) Playing The Victim (Switch) I Told It To A Mannequin (Francesca Millican Slater & Lindsey Price) Public Spaces The Fête Encounter (Various Artists) B1 Labyrinths (Needless Allies) It Sank With The Shape Of Us (Victoria Pratt) Unconventional Spaces The … [Read more…]

Pendrecht Dialogues

A very last minute notice from Sandra at Friction Arts of an event that seems to have parallels with their Reality Estate shindig. This show is the result of a project where Director Cees Bavius & writer Pieta Bot set up ‘shop’ in a disused supermarket in an urban district of Rotterdam… The performers for … [Read more…]