Mr Silke is one of those collective things that seems to pop out of nowhere and amaze you with its scale and ambition. Whether it lives up to its aims remains to be seen but whatever happens the side effects should be positive and interesting. This is taken from Creative Wolverhampton: From off the streets … [Read more…]
The 2007 Flip Animation Festival has been announced for November 1st – 3rd at Light House and other venues in Wolverhampton. Flip is an eclectic mix of all things animation. Based in the heart of the Midlands the festival provides a wide range of experiences from educational workshops for young people to experimental animation for … [Read more…]
The Bass Festival (British Art and Street Sounds) is a rather exciting sounding collection of black music events put together by Birmingham-based promoters (amongst other things) Punch. Running throughout the month of June there are 30 events taking place in venues across the West Midlands with a mission to take this music overground on it’s … [Read more…]
Issue 6 of Ten 4, the magazine of emerging creative talent published by Channel 4 and produced here in Birmingham, is now out. The theme of this issue is “Issues” and as usual a number of the article are online. You can buy Ten 4 in Virgin and Borders stores or pick it up for … [Read more…]
Birmingham Words have upgraded their forum. Is British Asian music in crisis? Or is it just going through the normal processes of the music industry? Birminghamusic.com points to a couple of interesting articles on Asians In Media about young British Asian artists and producers being dropped by their labels. Pianist and general good egg on … [Read more…]
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The Fierce Festival kicks off this weekend with a somewhat dazzling array of events, the highlight for me being the return of Franko B with his new performance piece Don’t Leave Me This Way. Don’t Leave Me This Way marks a challenge in Franko B’s performance practice, formalizing his recent departure from blood-based work. In … [Read more…]
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