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2010 Year in Review: April

January 3, 2011 by Chris Unitt

April was a busy month by the looks of things. The 4am Project took the opportunity of the fourth day of the fourth month to take an early morning photowalk, there was a look at what could be expected from the MAC reopening, International Dance Festival Birmingham got into gear and all sorts of events popped up … [Read more…]

Posted in: Year in Review Tagged: 4am Project, art detection services, big culture blog, birmingham arts partnership, birmingham royal ballet, cbso, chris stokes, CiB Shop, CiBmail, in our backyard, international dance festival birmingham, love to print, mac, munchbreak, not my type, sampad, Shady Bard, simon rattle, such tweet sorrow, the electric, the rainbow, trove

The 4am Project – 4/4/10

April 1, 2010 by Chris Unitt

A simple idea, nicely done by Karen Strunks who’s managed to turn a personal photography project into something a little further-reaching. This’ll be the third outing for the 4am Project. The aim of the 4amproject is to gather a collection of photos from around the world at the magical time of 4am. Everyone can take … [Read more…]

Posted in: Photography Tagged: 4am Project, karen strunks

Links for 4 December 2009

December 4, 2009 by Chris Unitt

Guest Blog: The Pharaoh of Film – Khaled El Hagar – profiled by Professor Roger Shannon “Acknowledged in his home country Egypt as the most controversial movie maker of his generation, Khaled lives quietly for half of the year in Kings Heath, in Birmingham, where he has established himself as the city’s leading auteur” Rhubarb … [Read more…]

Posted in: Links Tagged: 4am Project, electric cinema, khaled el hagar, mem morrison company, middlemash, rhubarb radio, roger shannon, smash bro'z, the endless decent, the rep

It’s that time again – 4am!

June 12, 2009 by Adrienne

So how many of you were awake at 4am on the 04/04/09?  And how many of you visually documented that moment? As was previously mentioned here on CiB, the 4am Project is the genius concept of Karen Strunks, a Birmingham photographer who singlehandedly convinced thousands of strangers across the world that it would be a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Photography Tagged: 4am Project, online, Photography, worldwide

w i d e o p e n s p a c e at Curzon Street

May 6, 2009 by Kate Spragg

A while back I mentioned a strange meet up named BARG happening in the back of an old pub in Digbeth  These meetings were for anyone with a creative mind or just a childlike desire to play, and looked at how we can use mobile technology and social media stuff to play interesting games. These … [Read more…]

Posted in: Misc Tagged: 4am Project, BARG, digbeth is good, emergent game

4am Project

April 7, 2009 by Kate Spragg

At 4am on 4th April photographers left their warm beds to take photographs of their bit of the world for the 4am Project. Here are some of the photographs uploaded to Flickr so far: You can read first hand accounts of the 4am experience by Pete Ashton, RachelCreative, Nicky Getgood, Citizensheep and Jon Bounds. Did … [Read more…]

Posted in: Collective Memories, Photography Tagged: 4am Project

The world at 4am

March 28, 2009 by Kate Spragg

About a year ago Karen Strunks came up with the crazy idea of getting out of bed and stepping out at 4am to photograph desolate streets and a sleeping city. A year on, the idea has grown into a fully fledged international event called 4am Project. The idea is spreading like wildfire, and it seems … [Read more…]

Posted in: Photography Tagged: 4am Project

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