As you may or may not already be aware, Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and Birmingham’s annual free festival will be taking place on 6 February in the Arcadian.

Kicking off at 12 noon with the traditional Ceremony of Dotting the Dragon’s eyes, festivities will carry on throughout the afternoon until 4.30pm. Entertainment will come in the form of an extravagant dragon and lion dance, acrobatic and cultural displays, with a firework finale and traditional Fire Crackers.

It’s also worth noting that Hurst Street will be closed, making way for stalls to fill the streets.

For a programme of the day’s events and to see what you can expect from the festival, take a look at the website www.cnybirmingham.org.uk

]]> http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2009/10/13/old-dead-eye/ http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2009/10/13/old-dead-eye/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:35:56 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=3911 [Read more...]]]> Old Dead Eye is a filmmaker from Birmingham who’s been out and about with his Sony EX1, playing with ultra-slow and stop motion to make some really lovely work.

The first one is from Chinese New Year and was filmed around Hurst Street and the Arcadian Centre:

? from Old Dead Eye on Vimeo.

There’s also this one from last year’s Christmas Frankfurt Market which is probably the best advert for the next one (opening again 12 November) that you’re likely to see:

Geist der Weihnachtsvergangenheit from Old Dead Eye on Vimeo.

You’ll need to follow the links to get the best from these videos – HD is disabled on embedding – but I heartily recommend you do.

Old Dead Eye is Paul Demontez. Other than that I’ve no info but I’d be interested to know more.

Big thanks to Hank Kingsley who posted a link to the first vid on the FB spam board.