At 7pm on BBC2: Michael Smith looks for the positive in what some consider Europe’s most boring city – Birmingham Putting the ‘n’ into ‘BBC cuts’. UPDATE You can see this episode on iPlayer until 7pm on 4 November. It featured The Event (in particular, Creative Machines, Minimalist Sculpture at Curzon Street Station), Eastside Projects … [Read more…]
Boxxed – the art, film, music and education venue on Floodgate Street in Digbeth – is to close its doors. The venue – which hosted the shoot for Juice Aleem’s Rock My Hologram music video and more – made this announcement on their Facebook page: It’s with a great deal of sadness that we have to … [Read more…]
Job listing for Birmingham Contemporary Art Forum: Call for Proposals (The Event) Good to hear this is happening again, I liked the last one. “Birmingham Contemporary Art Forum is pleased to announce it is currently seeking projects from artists and curators in the UK for inclusion in The Event 2011, to take place 21 – … [Read more…]
Since we first introduced Project Pigeon, they’ve been busy working on their community pigeon loft, which looks to have had some interesting design suggestions. Tomorrow marks the first of their workshops providing a step by step guide to keeping pigeons. The workshops will take place from 2-4pm on the dates below, at Project Pigeon’s Loft, … [Read more…]
Project Pigeon currently reside in Boxxed‘s backyard in Digbeth. Working with pigeons and people, they aim to bring about social change, and so are currently working on a community pigeon loft. Traditionally, pigeon lofts are designed to reflect the culture in which they’re located, and so in keeping with this they’re after the designs and … [Read more…]
New ideas for Cinderella A Q&A with David Bintley about his new production for Birmingham Royal Ballet April Meet ’em Up | Birmingham – 28 April The get-together for WM-based folks in the games industry rolls into Birmingham EAT A BOOK RECORDS! “yo, i’ve been running a little tape label for a short while now, … [Read more…]