Dave Piper is a Birmingham based photographer, who works mainly in fashion and portraiture photography. Though they may have been given a glamorous finish, you might recognise something familiar about these two photos, they’re taken from a shoot he did at the Hare & Hounds pub in Kings Heath. Having also recently shot his first … [Read more…]
Rhubarb Rhubarb‘s one day artist development event, The Crossing, is being brought to Birmingham, after the success of it’s London event back in October. The Crossing: WM will be taking place in The Theatre at The Custard Factory on 26 March, and asks photographers one question – “Are you going to stay where you are, … [Read more…]
Dee Patel‘s photographic series ‘Land of Hope & Glory‘, is a non-political piece aiming to remind us that immigration is not a 21st century phenomenon, it’s been occurring for hundreds of years, bringing with it opportunity and diversity. Behind each immigration statistic lies a story and with it, a human being. Throughout the series, Dee … [Read more…]
This morning I attended a meeting about the BBC Big Screen ‘Live Sites’. The idea was that we’d have an opportunity to discuss with Arts Council and the gathered digital, media and cultural organisations how to use Birmingham’s Big Screen – currently situated in Victoria Square – in the lead up to the 2012 Olympic Games. … [Read more…]
Throughout February, Birmingham Central Library are hosting an exhibition on Gypsy Roma Travellers, featuring a series of poster artwork. The exhibition will feature the work of Albanian Roma artist, Ferdinand Koci, along with posters exploring the Romany language and flag, Gypsy Remedies and the Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor poster, plus a series of posters on … [Read more…]
Shadow maps is the third exhibition in the ‘Aedas Presents‘ series, showcasing the work of artist Jo Gane. For Aedas, Gane has assembled a body of work made with teams of field archaeologists at various dig sites which explores the search for evidence of history and plotting of time within the landscape. Instead of unearthing … [Read more…]
Pop-up arts gallery, BlowCreates, is due to open in the Custard Factory’s Zellig building on 25 January. This newly established PR and marketing venture had been set up by two Birmingham City University students. Follow their progress on Facebook and Tumblr, where they’ve been offering sneak peeks into the kind of artists we can expect … [Read more…]
The Typographic Hub is: part of the Birmingham Institute of Art & Design at Birmingham City University; the Hub works to promote the history, theory and practice of typographic design They organise an annual typographic symposium (16 March this year) and will be publishing a fair amount of typographically-related articles. The website (built by Supercool) … [Read more…]