The old IMAX Cinema at Millenium Point isn’t the IMAX any more, it’s gone independent and is now called The Giant Screen. I went along on Tuesday and can confirm they’re not kidding – it’s massive. Here’s a fantastic picture of the screen itself (I’m available for photography commissions). It’s that big I couldn’t fit … [Read more…]
Keeping it local: regional theatre needs new media | Stage | guardian.co.uk “The challenge for arts organisations outside London is to embrace the blogosphere, and fast. I think we need to work hard to nurture the brave souls who are often spending their free time running what’s-on sites and blogs – invite them to our … [Read more…]
Continuum is an evening of experimental full dome, 360-degree, dance and visual arts based work taking place this evening at Thinktank Planetarium, Millennium Point. Continuum is a meditation on notions of beauty, perfection and difference. The focus is the human body, physically and digitally modified and transformed. Developed during residencies with the Medical Research Council, … [Read more…]
The next Animation Forum event is to co-inside with Flip Animation Festival on 4 November at 7.30pm – 10pm, Millennium Point. Animating the West Midlands is a free event which will feature locally produced shorts from Flip 2010, and an introduction to Second Home Studios’ Viral Kitchen scheme. You’ll also have the chance to catch … [Read more…]
Cooler than your average comic book convention, this years British International Comic Show 2010 is being held at Thinktank Millennium Point on 16 & 17 October. So far they have a whole bunch of comic legends announced as guests for the weekend, and are open to submissions for this years Portfolio Review. This is your … [Read more…]
Hello World is: Birmingham’s international digital media conference, held at Millennium Point from October 23-24 as part of the Hello Digital festival Tickets at the talks are free but, given the calibre of some of the speakers (impressive bods from Flickr, Pixar, Channel 4 and so on), really will need to be booked online pretty … [Read more…]
Two meet-ups on Thursday 25 Sept at TIC, Millennium Point (and the last Thursday of every month, come to mention it). From 4-6pm there’s the Birmingham Music Network with a networking event for the city’s music-related peoples: The Birmingham branch of Musicians Union will be supplying luxury chocolate biscuits and good coffee for all. There’s … [Read more…]
I’ve been feeling a bit off-colour the past couple of days, so apols for the lack of decent posting. If anything’s going to raise my spirits it’s the prospect of a sodding great whale and a huge robot both turning up in the city. It’s like Power Rangers or something. The former comes courtesy of … [Read more…]