In the time that I’ve lived in Birmingham there’s a place that has frequently come up in conversation/email/the twittersphere that I have never knowingly been in the vicinity of, let alone visited. Yet Ikon is one of the best regarded galleries in the region, and I finally made the trip last month to see what … [Read more…]
“Bandstand is a collection of digital audio performances for Bandstands from The Other Way Works. The audio performances are located in the landscape, and can be discovered and experienced using your smartphone’s GPS in conjunction with our Bandstand App. We are hoping to have the Bandstand App available on the iPhone and Android stores in early June, … [Read more…]
Last month online boutique Library launched, selling prints from established designers and illustrators. It’s Birmingham based, and most of the artists involved are from the Birmingham area. With a range of posters on offer from designers such as Family, Mou&Ye, Known As Unknown and Others Studio, Library has carefully chosen each artist to offer a … [Read more…]
Cinemasters Of The Universe brings you a unique, unorthodox and unparalleled pop-up cinema experience, showing the films you love the way they were made to be seen – on the silver screen. Cinemasters will offer up nightly double-bills and weekend matinees. Showing cinematic masterpieces, cult classics and world-class bad movies in a bespoke underground environment, … [Read more…]
Fierce Festival – Save The Dates Apologies about the warped image – it’s a screengrab. Further info on the Fierce Festival website.
Brand new for 2013, LOLIHULL launches with a fantastic line-up of comedians including Edinburgh Festival Best Newcomer-nominated Joe Lycett; the “inventive rebooting of physical comedy” from the Boy with Tape on His Face; the master of the one-liner Gary Delaney and Festival Patron Jasper Carrott’s hugely popular Made in Brum show. There’s also a Barnstormers Comedy evening, stand-up workshops for budding comedians, … [Read more…]
Naked Lungs is a newly established Birmingham collective focused on promoting and providing a platform for a myriad of art forms. We are curating a once monthly event to be held at the Custard Factory’s new addition, the Greenhouse Cafe. Alongside this we are also self publishing a small magazine to document the ongoing narrative … [Read more…]
In the early 2000s, Kings Norton dweller Tim Thomson started up the BrainCell Collective, a vehicle for organising art fairs and exhibitions for local artists. What began as a close-knit artist collective, soon grew into a large network of over 200 members, where artists could keep in touch with each other, share opportunities and events, and even … [Read more…]