Will Buckingham, the dude behind the Birmingham Words blog, is moving on but isn’t letting the site die. It’s to be taken over by the National Academy of Writing at BCU and will be run by students studying there. Running Birmingham Words over these five years or so has been a huge amount of fun. … [Read more…]
Audiences Central has a big press release for a new International Dance Festival taking place in Birmingham between 28 April and 24 May 2008. It will bring outstanding dance from across the globe, showcasing the work of world-renowned dance companies including Kirov Ballet and Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, alongside specially choreographed commissions and … [Read more…]
The Fused kids were at the Brilliantly Birmingham launch last night and report on some stuff that caught their eyes. Brilliantly Birmingham, the annual showcase of contemporary jewelery, runs from now until January 13th with numerous events, exhibitions and fairs across the city. All the information is in this press kit or you can just … [Read more…]
Vamos Bien is an exhibition by Junc at the Jibbering Records Gallery in Moseley. Here’s the private view invite. And there’s some blurb on Whatoninbrum: If you’re into UK hip hop, you’ll be no stranger to Junc’s slick design work. As part of the illustration team responsible for animating the thought provoking Braintax music video, … [Read more…]
The next 7 Inch Cinema night is this Sunday November 25th at the Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath. Amongst the usual oddities is work from local animators The Brothers Mcleod, a DIY flip-book challenge and work from the back catalogue of American animator Don Hertzfeldt. Here’s one of his shorts to whet the appetite. Starts … [Read more…]
Picked up a rather strange looking flyer the other day for an exhibition at the Central Library called More Captioned Pictures by Robert Geoghegan. It’s on the 3rd floor in the Arts and Lit dept and runs until the end of the month.
Nick Booth has organised a get together for Birmingham bloggers. Details are on Facebook but if you’re not that way inclined here’s the skinny. Thursday, January 10, 2008, 5:30pm – 7:00pm at the Kitchen Garden Cafe, Kings Heath. Then on to the Hare and Hounds. All are welcome. “First chance for Birmingham bloggers to get … [Read more…]
Richard Kaye has been posting some interesting photos up on Flickr using the slit-scan technique. A full description is at that link but if you think about the effect produced by moving a document over the glass of a photocopier as it’s making a copy it’s a sort so similar thing. Here’s a few of … [Read more…]