The Voyage The website for the big outdoor spectacular seems to be up now. Looks like a big, interesting thing and they’re after a load of volunteers too (click ‘get involved’) FOUR WALLS A photographic exhibition happening in a couple of weeks time Martin Parr: Teddy Gray’s Sweet Factory on Vimeo I linked to a … [Read more…]
New Art Gallery Walsall have got the next instalment of Martin Parr’s Black Country Stories project on show for a couple of months from today. The project was commissioned by Multistory. Martin was in Sandwell in 2010, he did Walsall last year and this year and next he’ll be in Wolverhampton and Dudley. He’s also … [Read more…]
Tomorrow, I’ll be at The Public for the showcase event of the DCD Programme. In case you’d not heard of it: Arts Council England West Midlands’ Digital Content Development (DCD) Programme is a three year programme of investment which aims to catalyse the creation and creative use of digital content platforms for arts organisations across … [Read more…]
Found Objects Stick ‘Birmingham’ in the search bar on this blog’s sidebar and prepare to be amazed Found Objects: Birmingham Arts Lab “Pat also did Dr Who stuff, and greased up the man who played the giant shrimp in “The Invisible Enemy” so he could slide into the costume!” Kavanaugh Leaves Rep – News – … [Read more…]
Multistory in association with The Public present Martin Parr’s unique look at life in the Black Country. After spending a year documenting modern day society and culture, The Public are preparing to unveil this collection of over 750 photographs. Parr’s process of documenting and recording is fuelled by his passion and a curiosity, taking inspiration … [Read more…]
We Could Be Heroes Clothing “This is We Could Be Heroes Clothing, an independant clothing company set up in the UK.” And this is their blog IdeasTap | Forums: CASTING – Actors needed for UK Film Council funded short film. “We are currently looking to fill a number of primary roles for a new project, … [Read more…]
Home By Six is a new project from Multistory: Whatever it is about your journey, if you can tell it in six words we want to hear it. Stories will be featured in an exhibition called ‘Home by Six’ which will take place at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery in the Community Gallery from 21 … [Read more…]
Of all the things on last night I only made it to two out of five. I missed out on the opening of Ryoji Ikeda’s exhibition at Ikon Eastside (which I might go and catch at lunchtime today), Jordan McKenzie’s ‘Day Into Night’ at Vivid and Colour’s night at The Victoria featuring World of Fox’s … [Read more…]