This isn’t just some jolly, by the way. Here’s what the project is about:

We would now like to select an artist who either actively practices a faith from West Midlands to be hosted by artist led gallery in Kuala Lumpur. An alternative faith host to that of the artist will allow the artist sufficient access to places of worship, historical archives and individuals who are prepared to enter into a meaningful dialogue with the artist during the course of their research. The artist is not necessarily required to create a piece of work and more details are contained in the brief.

One artist will be selected from the West Midlands region in the UK, nominated by Eastside Projects, Difference Exchange and Sarah Allen. They will be resident at the Temple of Fine Arts in Kuala Lumpur and will engage various communities including Hindus, Taoists, Buddhists and Confucianists.

This is a new initiative from Difference Exchange called IFICAN (Inter-faith, Inter-cultural Artists Narratives), although their website is giving me nasty warning notices at the moment for some reason so I can’t tell you much more about them.

That’s me (on the right) working the mulled wine stall on Saturday at the Kings Heath Big Party.  A huge thanks to everyone who came down and bought a cup of something warm.

In fact, a fair few thanks are in order:

• Kings Heath Centre Partnership for having (and supporting) us
• Sarah Allen for her ever-impressive organisational skills
• Vivid and Fazeley Studios for lending tea urns
• Joanna Geary (co-stall runner) for services beyond the call of duty
• Emma Hardicker, Jo Ruth and Ginger Peach for being nice stall-neighbours (and for excellent cakes from the latter)

I’ll soon be putting up some info about the next project that’ll see CiB getting out and about in the world. I’d best write some posts about other folks first though.