There’s a big project (18 months, 17 artists, 138 performers – that kind of thing) that’s coming to a head this weekend, specifically between 6.30-9.30pm on Saturday 7 August at Retort House, 9 Gas Street: The River project is a collaborative animated film based on a bespoke piece of contemporary dance The event will be … [Read more…]
Lots of goodness at the next 7 Inch Cinema event: Launch of Pram‘s DVD ‘Shadow Shows of the Phantascope’ Airings of some of Pram’s inspirations Brian Duffy and Grandmaster Gareth playing choons and in a more tradtional 7 Inch vein earlier in the evening there’ll be plenty of shorts including: Rachael (Rill) Marchant – ‘Untitled … [Read more…]
Having promised to mention this before, I nearly forgot. This summer: Friction Arts will be collaborating with their US partners, Touchable Stories on a unique, living history arts project, attempting to reveal the true voice of Digbeth, Birmingham There’ll be an exhibition and a series of other events including meetings, talks and dinners. The first … [Read more…]
Next weekend Capsule‘s festival of rock and electronic music – Supersonic – is taking place at the Custard Factory. In addition to planning that, Capsule recently took local acts Pram and the ZX Orchestra to Barcelona’s Sonar festival for a well-received showcase. Frankie sat down with Jenny and Lisa to discuss DIY ethics, council funding, … [Read more…]