Here’s a nice folksie video made by Chris Keenan, a.k.a Prime Objective, for Birmingham based band Goodnight Lenin. Their debut single ‘Crook In The Creek’ is having a release do at Hare & Hounds on 6 August. Goodnight Lenin – Crook In The Creek from Prime Objective on Vimeo. And here’s the video for ‘She … [Read more…]
Prime Objective Blog :: Victor Man Documentary For the Ikon’s latest show Chris Keenan spent a few days “filming the installation down at Ikon and discussing Victor’s work with curator Nigel Prince. The edited video is now live on the Ikon site to aid a greater understanding of the work” I like this sort of … [Read more…]
Brummie of the Year 2008 – Nominations open BiNS are asking for your suggestions. The early frontrunner seems to be the (semi-anonymous) TWMDriver D’log – Flogging Brum “An overseas student recounts his first-time experience of visiting Birmingham”. There’s a 2nd post too. BMAG fares well, Think Tank less so. How to promote your night/gig/event online … [Read more…]
Dom from Tak (on tunes) and Chris from Prime Objective (on visuals) have both blogged about their involvement in Culture Jam 2 at The Rainbow on Saturday 14 Nov (tagline – bridging the gap between cultures through art and music. Chris says: some of the best Lithuanian hip hop acts in attendance, such as 3 … [Read more…]
Mark at Surely has posted up the new promo for The Destroyers – the riotous, Birmingham-based, 15 piece genre-botherers – on the Surely blog: Directed by John Humphreys and shot by Prime Chris in the late hours of a friday night in May, the merry band bring the dawn in atop a multi story with … [Read more…]
Chris Keenan, aka Prime Objective, was one of four artists (along with Jo Naden, Eryka Isaak and Matthew Robinson) to be commissioned by a large, local confectioners to produce artwork for the company’s new ‘Bournville Place’ offices. Chris posed purple objects – bikes, balloons, bunting, drumkits and so on – around the (reassuringly clean-looking) factory. … [Read more…]