Written in Concrete
Pete’s photos from Ben Waddington’s Written in Concrete tour as part of the Still Walking festival last weekend. Onna map.
ben waddington
Preclusion
Ah, so this must be what the whispering was about. Preclusion No Venue : No Permission : No Money A genuinely guerilla experience, Preclusion is a totally unsupported spontaneous art exhibition. A space has become available for a limited time and the secretive El Perro Radicale has chosen to take advantage of this opportunity to unveil a … [Read more…]
CiB links for 31 December 2009
The New Art Gallery Walsall – Mitra Memarzia: The Unwanted Gift Shop “Mitra Memarzia will transform the Artists’ Studio at the gallery into a gift shop where unwanted items will be celebrated and given a new lease of life”. 18 Jan – 18 April 2010, although you can leave gifts at reception in advance if … [Read more…]
Notes on a talky talky chit chat
The first of what might become a regular thing, Knowing Me, Knowing You was fun last week. As part of Capsule’s longest birthday party… ever, we got together and invited a bunch of interesting people along to introduce themselves and say (for the sake of getting a conversation going) what they might do if they … [Read more…]
Knowing Me, Knowing You
For the next CiB Project we’ve been asked to take part in Capsule‘s 10th birthday celebrations. We’re getting together a bunch of Birmingham creative types, putting them on a stage for 3 minutes and asking them ‘What would you do if you were given the run of a space like Vivid?’ Featured folks will include: … [Read more…]
Typographic Horizons
One for the font-worriers this (and I know there are a few who read this blog). UKType are organising Typographic Horizons at BIAD on 18 November 2009. The programme includes a fair amount of local talent (I’m no expert in this area but I recognise the names of David Osbaldestin, Smile, Ben Waddington and the … [Read more…]
Digbeth video tours
A little while back Fullrange Films gave Nicky Getgood a Flip camera on the condition that she use it to document Digbeth, as is generally her wont on Digbeth is Good. The first one she did was the Richard Trengrouse Tour of historical Digbeth. Next up was Ben Waddington’s Digbeth Type and Architecture Tour, the … [Read more…]
Links for December 8th
Radiate “Radiate is a brand new training programme which provides the first step in professional development for artists and other creatives across the West Midlands interested in working with children and young people” Digbeth is Good – Digbeth Tours Ben Waddington will be taking Nicky Getgood on a (presumably typographical) tour of Digbeth, starting at … [Read more…]