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Secret Walls 5th August – Lisk Bot vs Kristian Jones

Craig Bush — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:44:02 +0000

Birmingham’s premier graffiti artist versus illustrator battle ‘Secret Walls‘ has been making a comeback in recent months, with the Rainbow in Digbeth playing host to a series of live drawing sessions between some of the cities most well known sketchers. The artists are given a large canvas and 90 minutes to give it their best, a winner is then chosen to go through to the next round in the tournament.

Here are the official Secret Walls rules:

90 minutes on the battle clock
Only black SW special markers and black acrylic paint can be used as battle weapons
No pencils / sketches should be on stage or used as reference
Each artist has to stay within the allocated space, if they creep over then there will be a 1 point deduction
Battles are judged by 2 nominated and neutral guest judges + crowd vote (3 point system) (using a decibel reader)
Hosted on giant white walls

This Sunday 5th August will be the third Quater Final, between illustrator Kristain Jones and graffiti artist Lisk Bot. Both have been featured on this blog on several occasions for their outstanding and prolific work, but it’ll be interesting to see how they duel it out. Things kick off at the Rainbow from 7pm and check out the Facebook event for more information.

Links for August 12th

Chris Unitt — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:13:51 +0000

Ads On Walls round-up
Another quality, well-attended Animation Forum West Mids event – here’s the list of screenings and contact details for everyone involved
Guardian says Digbeth has 2nd & 3rd best outdoor dancefloors in UK
Ben Neal spotted that “The Guardian voted The Rainbow 2nd best outdoor dancefloor in the UK, and swiftly followed it with The Custard Factory’s Factory Club (Medicine Bar) as 3rd”
The Book for Birmingham
“To celebrate the National Year of Reading, we want to capture the city’s reading choices and ultimately find the The Book for Birmingham… You can nominate a book any time up to 17 August 2008” Voting begins on 1 September. Winner to be announced during October’s Birmingham Book Festival
St Patrick’s Day Festival – update
Spaghetti Gazetti report on July’s public meeting discussing feedback from the 2008 Festival & Parade.

7 Inch Cinema – 5th Birthday

Chris Unitt — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:05:47 +0000

First up, don’t forget that Ian from 7 Inch Cinema is presenting his Favourite Things at the Ikon Gallery this evening (25 June) from 6.30 to 7.30pm in the events room.

Consider that a taster for the main event on Saturday – 7 Inch Cinema’s birthday, which they’re celebrating with a line-up so tasty it’s almost obscene.Â And only a fiver.

Here’s the flyer and, underneath, there’s a promo vid (aptly enough).Â We’re hoping to have an interview with the organisers soon so stay tuned.