‘Home, Identity and Citizenship: Preserving, using and making a regional screen heritage’ is taking place on 5 March, at Margaret St Campus. Hosted by Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research and sponsored by Screen West Midlands, the event promises a day of screenings, presentations and workshops. The event is part of the ongoing project to … [Read more…]
Screen West Midlands are hosting City As A Platform, at Aston University Business School and Conference Centre this Thursday, 17 Feb. In an era of public sector cuts and greater emphasis on local engagement, what happens when a city opens out its public infrastructure, technologies, data and buildings to digital media content developers? The event … [Read more…]
The name starts with ‘Big’ so it must be City of Culture related. From midday today until midday tomorrow the Big Culture Blog is collecting people’s stories about what goes on in this rather wonderful city: Show your support and tell everyone about your culture and events by emailing and sharing where you are and … [Read more…]
The Birmingham Post Power 50 (tremble at their might!) has just been announced. With last year’s list having an impressive showing from the arts world, interest at CiB could almost have been described as ‘mild’. Ok, so it’s easy to be cynical about these things (and it’s open season on the Birmingham Post site – … [Read more…]