International Dance Festival Birmingham 2016 has put a callout for proposals of work to be performed in ‘Outdoor Places or Unusual Spaces’ (OPUS) for the 2016 edition of the festival. To see full details go to the full brief on the DanceXchange site: http://www.dancexchange.org.uk/about/commissions-auditions IDFB is inviting professionals to submit a great idea and concept for a new … [Read more…]
Notorious – music to taste wine by!! ‘The choir with a difference’ with their latest trailer. The show’s on Sat 14 July Suki10c Promotional Video – YouTube Another very nicely done video: “See how we have transformed a derelict, crumbling, abandoned space into a creative, artistic and vibrant space, a space for all to utilise … [Read more…]
Because nothing says ‘I went to a thing’ quite like a blurry photo. The chap on stage is very probably Stuart Griffiths, Hippodrome Chief Exec and Co-Artistic Director of International Dance Festival Birmingham, announcing the launch of that very same festival. There’s plenty of good stuff on over the next little while. There’s the free Breathe … [Read more…]
Although I made it along to the Pointe Blank launch on Monday, I missed the launch of The Voyage – a big, public spectacle taking place in Victoria Square over four nights (21 to 24 June) as one of the opening events for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. It’s being produced by the Hippodrome and created by Motionhouse … [Read more…]
Not yer usual call for artists this one. The Hippodrome are getting Smile to make an iPhone app that’ll be used to showcase live art around the city. They’re looking to commission regional artists and designers to devise and produce a piece of live art that will be featured inside the iPhone app. It says here … [Read more…]
John Madin, RIP “John Madin, the architect behind Birmingham’s Central Library and many more buildings in the city, has died” IdoXinY Mark Steadman’s made a lightweight freelance directory. If you do [x] in [y] and are available for hire then maybe add your details (think you’ll need a Twitter account to do so) What do we … [Read more…]
Yesterday lunchtime I went along to the launch of International Dance Festival Birmingham 2012. For the uninitiated, IDFB is a massive festival of dance organised by Dancexchange and the Hippodrome. There’s a good round-up of what’s being planned over on West Midlands Dance. There’s plenty of good stuff lined up, but the bits that made me … [Read more…]
Nirvana – Lithium – Birmingham 1991 – YouTube Footage from The Hummingbird (now Birmingham Ballroom). There are a few more here too Interactive/film and video artists wanted – The Public The Public are currently inviting interactive artists and artists working in film and video to submit work to two unique open exhibitions, taking place early … [Read more…]