Links for 25 May 2012

Chris Unitt — Fri, 25 May 2012 07:05:50 +0000

Goldie Speaking after the final performance of Wings of Desire – IDFB 2012
Nice little interview this.
The Golden Age of silver.mp4 – YouTube
“A BBC Production with the Birmingham Assay office as a Key Contributor”
Celebrating Sanctuary Birmingham – Home of Birmingham’s World Music Festival.
Showcasing the UK’s refugee musical culture, both traditional and contemporary, alongside music from across the world
Supersonic Festival – 10th anniversary | WeFund project
Capsule are doing the crowdfunding thing for Supersonic this year
Jewellery Quarter Popup Art Exhibition at The Spectacle Works June 2012
Midland`s artists are invited to submit artwork for inclusion in a selling exhibition to be located at the heart of the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham in June 2012
Birmingham Council garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Birmingham City Council is the only local authority in the UK to have a stand at this year’s flower show
Participant Call Out: If Only I Could
“a basic level of physical fitness and awareness of your own body is an advantage”. Sorry, but that bit made me laugh.
Radio To Go: Reggae City. This year, they got The Beat
Yet another good post by Robin Valk – this time talking to Jon Walsh and Ranking Roger about the Reggae City festival (2 June at the Rainbow in Digbeth)
The Voyage rehearsals at Birmingham NEC – a set on Flickr
A sneak peek at the upcoming show

Wings of Desire excitement

Chris Unitt — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:31:09 +0000

On the left: David Massingham, Artistic Director of DanceXchange and co-director of IDFB. On the right: Goldie.

It’s for Wings of Desire, a big outdoor spectacular that’s taking place in Victoria Sq in mid-May, that will also feature:

2 Faced Dance Company, who are based in Hereford and do amazing contemporary dance/breakdance stuff (have a look at this vid)
CIRCA, who left me slack-jawed with amazement when I saw them perform at IDFB 2010 (check this out)
Seeper, who do that cool architectural projection mapping stuff (among other things)

Basically, if this is anything less than incredible I’ll eat my hat.