In his keynote speech at the State of the Arts conference in Manchester last week, in a list of notable cultural things happening this year, Ed Vaizey included: an epic new choral work from composer Jonathan Harvey to be performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Which was a coincidence because, only a few days … [Read more…]
So I went to the previously-mentioned Birmingham Creative City launch at lunchtime. I’d still struggle to explain exactly what it is, so here’s some blurb from the council’s press release: The Creative City initiative will play a significant role by: Creating a fund to build on existing public sector funding of the arts through loans, … [Read more…]
Call for submissions – Interactive artwork for touch-screens Shiny tech stuff at The Public – “Submissions are now being accepted for TOUCHinteractive, UK’s first open submission exhibition specifically for digital-interactive artwork” Mark Harris “My work has a strong interest in systems and generative processes in art and music – I have developed a number of … [Read more…]
The Conservative Party Conference starts tomorrow, so expect a fair amount of disruption around the city centre – especially the city end of Broad Street around the ICC and Symphony Hall. Travel advice aside, arts and culture will be getting a foot in the door a few times over the duration, including this lot: Jonathan … [Read more…]
At 6.30pm today I’m running a liveblog for International Dance Festival Birmingham at a debate that will look at the future of public investment in the arts. The Hippodrome are hosting and these are the panelists: Ed Vaizey (Conservative) Siôn Simon (Labour) Lord Clement-Jones (Lib Dem) Marc Reeves (TheBusinessDesk.com) Journalist, broadcaster and author, Rosie Millard … [Read more…]
Election debate for creative industries – 20 April at the Hippodrome Ed Vaizey (Con), Sion Simon (Lab) and Marc Reeves (thebusinessdesk.com) talk creative. Spoiler – it’s really, really important but cuts are going to have be made. Might be fun to ask Sion about the Digital Economy Act if you’ve been following that “Look you … [Read more…]