Newbie CiB contributor Rich Batsford has pointed me in the direction of a short documentary detailing ‘the shocking way that Birmingham’s vibrant culture is being degraded by the complaints of a vocal minority, poor regulation and lack of awareness’. The film comes out of a number of recent issues where venues key to the Birmingham … [Read more…]
I don’t want to come across like an advert for football on Sky, but there are three things happening in Birmingham this weekend and they’re all (to coin a phrase) kind of a big deal: Project X Presents (Sat 13th, 8pm to 3am) – this promises to be very cool indeed. Comedy, music, visuals, weird … [Read more…]
Artsfest is a big sprawling beast of a festival and a difficult one to wrangle from a listings perspective. A few people have chipped in with their take on how things could/should be presented but for me, while all of them help in some way, none of them really hit the nail on the head. … [Read more…]
Donald Savage report and evaluation Remember Donald Savage’s Invisible Arts Exhibition Programme? Well the evaluation report is out with input from luminaries such as Mr Whatby (Conservative Counselling) amongst others The Rice Show A kind of automatic collective memory/aggregator thing for the upcoming Stan’s Cafe production ‘Of All The People In All The World’. Anything … [Read more…]
Digbeth Is Good – ACE dance and music’s classes “ACE dance and music’s classes for all ages resume in September. All are based at their studio on Floodgate Street.” Nicky points to the details Donald Savage Says….: Final announcement before disappearing on 28th August 2008 “Blog formally disappeared on the 28th August 2008. Birmingham in … [Read more…]
Details of the next PXP event are out. It’s on 13 September, is called Digital Dystopia and here’s the flyer: Join us for a joyous celebration where many performers combine to present a seamless whole of sound, light and interaction …an “omnimedia experienceâ€. Three stages and multiple projection screens will allow the presentation of a … [Read more…]
As you may have heard, Project X‘s last event was due to take place at the Que Club in June but was cancelled because the venue couldn’t accommodate the collective’s rather particular needs. As such they were forced to forego funding from a tie-in with the New Generation Arts Festival. That was the bad news. … [Read more…]