Some quick links to stuff of interest. James Thornett may we have invented Clingfilm Photography. Antonio Gould was chatting with the owners of The Rainbow where they’re apparently going to have weekly film nights when the refit is complete in April. The Magnetic Four are looking for a new drummer. Film Birmingham has a brief … [Read more…]
The second Mirage Festival of Arabic films runs in Birmingham April 19th – 22nd. Tasawar Bashir, Festival Curator, says: This is a pivotal time for Arab cinema; from across North Africa, the Middle East and Iran many new film festivals have sprung up as film industries ride something of a new wave. The West’s daily … [Read more…]
Martin John Callanan writes in to say “Most of the work at itakephotos.eu was produced in Birmingham.” He doesn’t say anything else, but that’s probably enough as it’s nice work, crossing the bridge between artistic and documentary. The above, picked somewhat randomly by myself, is titled “It Has Gone Really Cold, 2003”. His personal site, … [Read more…]
I was chatting to Fay Goodman of Goodmedia the other night and she’s a nice person. Whether that counts for anything is up to you but I think niceness is an underrated thing these days. Goodmedia, based in Yardly, are a TV/Film and music production company who’ve put out work about, amongst other things, John … [Read more…]
Art Auction 2007 is a three day celebration of contemporary art in Birmingham, raising funds for the region’s new, world class Leukaemia Centre at University Hospital Birmingham. The art can be viewed in the gallery from the 15th April, the Art Auction will take place on the 17th. The auction takes place at St Paul’s … [Read more…]
The X Press are looking to publish an anthology of new writing from the West Midlands’ African-Caribbean, Asian and Chinese communities in association with Birmingham Libraries. The book will be edited by will be edited by Birmingham based author, playwright and former BBC Writer in Residence, Ava Ming (pictured) about whom there’s a pretty comprehensive … [Read more…]
Beat 13 are a collective of artists and musicians based in Birmingham who’ve been doing stuff since around 1999. Founded by Matt Watkins and Lucy Mclauchlan the emphasis appears to be on Lucy’s work which you’ve probably seen about the place at some point or other. While they were very active in 2006 the website … [Read more…]
A quick update on the Co-working Spaces idea that Antonio Gould was pondering earlier in the month. He’s set up an informal meeting at The Kitchen in the Custard Factory next Thursday 5th April at 6pm for anyone who’s interested in setting up or joining this kind of working environment in Birmingham. More details on … [Read more…]