Indigo Octagon present ‘If A Picture Paints A Thousand Words Then Why Can’t I Paint’ at The Works Gallery, 13th-23rd November. It’s the first exhibition by Indigo Octagon, a collective of Birmingham based artists, designers and makers. Featuring Chris Cowdrill, Hugh Marwood, Shaun Morris, Andrew Smith and Craig Underhill. They are hosting a private view on Friday 16th November … [Read more…]
A few things that caught our eager eyes this week, with a few forthcoming events and opportunities. If you have anything to add, please do so in the comments section. Make Do and Mend Photography exhibition at the Custard Factory (9th/10th Nov) Photography by Alison Baskerville Project Pigeon Theatre – kickstarter to fund three plays about … [Read more…]
Unique in Birmingham, the window dressing competition designed to improve the street scene around the city centre’s shopping area, is now complete. The creative installations have now been installed around the city and are ready for you to go and view. The map of the locations is available to view here. The nine finalists are… … [Read more…]
Frame_ Birmingham is a project by Elly Clarke / Clarke Gallery that sees unique and limited edition artworks by local and international artists installed into unexpected locations such as St Philip’s Cathedral and womenswear shop COS, amongst others. Frame_ brings “art to new audiences, new audiences to art and new contexts in which art can be shown.” Launching 16th November, … [Read more…]
Working with Electric Flix (a production company based out of the Electric Cinema), Southside have produced a series of videos documenting the characters and thriving locations around Southside and its change from the once dilapidated warehouse district of Birmingham. These are some really nicely directed pieces that feature an impressive variety of interviews, spanning from corner shop owners to drag queens. I highly … [Read more…]
If you don’t know what Pecha Kucha is, a brief explanation would be local talkers discussing a topic of their choice, accompanied by 20 slides and 20 seconds for each slide. For a better explanation check out an old CiB blog post here. The recent gatherings (with the last being 25th September and many of the talks that night … [Read more…]
Friday links for 2nd November 2012. If you have anything to add, we welcome your additions in the comments section. Motherland by Vincent Dance Theatre at DanceXchange this evening. Profile Books Takes Over Tindal Street Press Publishing Art Exhibition/EP Launch tonight ‘Working our way west’ at Urban Coffee Company on Church Street. Artwork by Carla Smith and Simon … [Read more…]
The Crescent Studio’s next production is Alice’s Adventures in Www.land – a modern, social media based, interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s classic. Alice is a 15 year old girl form Birmingham who has always identified herself with Alice in Wonderland and through social media and the internet has researched and immersed herself in Alice’s adventures. The … [Read more…]