matt murtagh

A message from Pete and Matt

Chris Unitt — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:26:55 +0000

I’m not really one for reprinting press releases that are sent to me but I’ll make an exception. Here follows a message from Pete.

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I’m running a couple of courses which I hope will become regular monthly things.

The first is Matt and Pete’s Photo School (see poster)

Here we’re combining an academic approach to photography with the the practical peer learning of a Flickrmeet. As well as hobbyists we’re also looking to help those who can use photography better in their businesses or as a personal development course.

Through a combination of group teaching, personal goal setting, one-to-one mentoring and peer learning, Matt and Pete can help you become a better photographer, whether it’s for photos of your family or as a valuable business tool.

The first class in on Sunday Feb 6th at The Victoria from 12-5pm. The usual cost is £60 per head but we’re doing an introductory offer of £25 for February.

The second is Social Media Group Therapy (see PDF poster).

This is run with the Moseley Exchange and is aimed at the self-employed and small businesses who are having issues with their online activity. “Group therapy” isn’t just a joke. I think people’s problems, once unpicked, can be best be answered by those facing the same situations.

Social Media Group Therapy avoids the snake oil and magic beans of fly-by-night “experts” with a structured environment of peer learning led by someone who understands the pros and cons of the online world.

This course is on Tuesday March 6th at the Moseley Exchange from 6-8pm and costs £25 per person (£20 for Exchange members).

CiB links for 18 March 2011

Chris Unitt — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:30:19 +0000

We Are Birmingham team up with Bullring for a very exciting public art project | We Are Birmingham
Tom Tebby, Carl Booth, Matt Murtagh and James Thompson are doing something to cover the hoardings while the Spiceal Street development goes on
‘type-writing’ Symposium – good, long, comprehensive write-up of the event from Rachel Marsden, who was also one of the speakers
Porter, E. and Barber, A. (2007) Planning the cultural quarter in Birmingham’s Eastside
From 2007 (deposited June 2010) ” In Birmingham UK, the aim to create a new cultural quarter in the industrial inner city area of Eastside represents a unique opportunity for the city to examine and learn from past lessons of the “cultural turn” in urban policy. The article examines these lessons and whether the Eastside scheme is set to repeat the mistakes of the past”
Turning Point West Midlands | Event, 26 May
An afternoon to find out about professional development opportunities for artists, makers and curators in the West Mids
BBC U-turn over Asian Network closure
“The BBC has reversed its decision to close the Asian Network digital radio station – but will look to cut its budget in half”
Licence to shoot | The Sunday Times
Nice bit of profile for First Light Movies in The Sunday Times. “Wanting to give today’s youth a voice, James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli is backing young movie-makers in an inspiring project”
Jurn crowd-funding call « D’log
“My JURN search-engine is expanding, with your help! I’d like to build on the two years of hard work I’ve already put into building JURN. I want to make a world-class dedicated search-engine for open-access content in the arts, humanities, and (if funded) the social sciences”
April Bloomfield: the English chef taking Manhattan by storm
Similar to the article we linked to a few months back. Fascinating lady
Orbital – Live At The Dance Factory
Live recording of Orbital at The Dance Factory, Birmingham, UK, June 5th, 1993
Social Media Tips for Musicians
Bobbie Gardner did a talk for someone (I think it was Sound It Out) and has written up her notes
A Birmingham Flickr Directory
A nice, healthy list of Birmingham-related Flickr groups. Started in 2006 and still being updated

CiB at the ballet

Chris Unitt — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:30:15 +0000

This is a bit self-indulgent and it starts with a brief recap, so please bear with me.

Back in Feb, Ian posted something about BRB presenting some work choregraphed by their dancers. One of the pieces used a track called Printer Jam by Mistabishi and was spotted by the people behind the Drum and Bass Awards, who invited the dancers to perform it at their launch event.

Matt Murtagh saw the piece and tweeted about it. I posted a screenshot of that tweet on CiB.

Anyway… a screenshot of that tweet on CiB made it into a video intro that was featured at BRB’s Royal Gala Performance back in March, in front of a packed Hippodrome audience which included Prince Charles. I was there, and it was odd to see little old CiB up on all of those screens in front of all those people.

The point of all of this (in case you were wondering) is that I’ve just been told that the video’s now up online:

Printer Jam feature from Rob Lindsay on Vimeo.

Kit Holder is the man behind the piece and I’ve got a quote from him about it too:

I’m really happy about how successful it’s been. When I made the piece I didn’t think it would have such longevity, so I’m chuffed to bits that it’s being performed again. It’s a real testament to the dancers and the technical department, to be honest. I jokingly asked all these different things of them and they ran with the ideas and made it all into a real piece!

You can see the piece as part of Artsfest this weekend, with a few other things being performed from 3-4.15pm on the Centenary Square stage.

Contact Exhibition

Alex Jones — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:45:48 +0000

The Photography Collective and Birmingham Photospace have teamed up in association with Rhubarb Rhubarb, to bring us Contact. From 3-18 September the Rhubarb East Gallery will play host to a collection of seven emerging photographers working in the West Midlands.

Curated by Kathryn Kliszat from Light House, exhibiting artists are gwbenson, Ian & Mark James (Jimmy Photo), Hannah Rumsby, Jo Hallington, Jasroop Grewal, Rita Fletcher and Matt Murtagh.

The variety of styles and formats challenges the viewer to consider how contact is made between objects both animate and inanimate, between the past and present, between analogue and digital and between photographer and subject.

The exhibition will be open Thursday – Sunday, 11.00am – 5.30pm, and there will also be an Artists’ Talk on Thursday 9 September, at 6.30pm, allowing members of the public to meet the photographers and discuss the stories behind these powerful images.

StreetViewBrum by Matt Murtagh

Kate Spragg — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:07:03 +0000

This is one for all you Google Street View fanatics out there (you know who you are). Photographer and filmmaker Matt Murtagh has painstakingly pasted together the journey from Moseley to St Phillips Cathedral to create a stunning example with what can be done with free online tools, a huge amount of patience and a bit of love for Birmingham.

Music by Candlelight – Matt Murtagh

Chris Unitt — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:29:44 +0000

More photos from the evening on Matt Murtagh‘s website.