The Disability Film Festival Day takes place on 3 December, at various venues arcoss the country, including The Public, mac and Light House. The festival will be packed full of international shorts, a selection of films from Oska Bright, themed discussions and archived films, in the UK’s first celebration of disability and film. The Public … [Read more…]
Multistory in association with The Public present Martin Parr’s unique look at life in the Black Country. After spending a year documenting modern day society and culture, The Public are preparing to unveil this collection of over 750 photographs. Parr’s process of documenting and recording is fuelled by his passion and a curiosity, taking inspiration … [Read more…]
Call for submissions – Interactive artwork for touch-screens Shiny tech stuff at The Public – “Submissions are now being accepted for TOUCHinteractive, UK’s first open submission exhibition specifically for digital-interactive artwork” Mark Harris “My work has a strong interest in systems and generative processes in art and music – I have developed a number of … [Read more…]
Leading contemporary video artist Bill Viola is currently exhibiting ‘The Fall into Paradise’ at The Public, which runs until 17 October. Viola’s video installations – submersive environments that envelop the viewer in image and sound – employ state-of-the-art technologies and are distinguished by their precision and direct simplicity. Using the inner language of subjective thoughts … [Read more…]
Beth White (of LovLi Design) is putting together an exhibition in the cafe area of The Public in West Brom. The plan is: to produce some really fantastic bunting using over 150 different artists. Each artist can create more that one piece of bunting, but each piece must be completely unique. The final piece will … [Read more…]
The Public art gallery in West Bromwich has joined forces with ITV Fixers to present an exhibition of works, including painting, sculpture, photography and short film, by young and up-and-coming artists. Here’s the background: Fixer Todd Wooton (22) is a young artist. Throughout school and university he has found it almost impossible to get his … [Read more…]
‘Re-building the TV Drama industry in the West Midlands’ – Public meeting “With TV drama series like Hustle and Survivors now filming here, we look at how we can rebuild our TV drama industry in the region” Avatars-Live! and other stories : Adventures in interactive art and drama at The Public “Could you write a … [Read more…]
A new work by seminal filmmaker John Akomfrah will go on show at The Public January 2010 as part of Made in England, a partnership initiative developed by Arts Council England and BBC English Regions. Akomfrah was given access to the BBC’s television, film and sound archives for Made in England, a project that reflects … [Read more…]