“Birmingham: The Magic City is a snapshot of overlapping perceptions, an exploration of the unknown underground sub-infrastructure of the city, a collage of 1980s Grindcore fanzines from the birthplace of heavy metal, a day in the life of walkers of Birmingham, an orgy of civic boosterism and a reconstruction of a ‘creepy’ wooden lath wall. Welcome to … [Read more…]
On 25 February, Eastside Projects welcome their latest exhibition, ‘Again, A Time Machine‘, featuring Jonathan Monk, Slavs and Tatars, Dora Garcia, The Happy Hypocrite, which is ongoing until 16 April. ‘Again, A Time Machine’ is part one of a five part touring exhibition from Book Works, allowing artists to play with words, creating work which begins … [Read more…]
A couple of weeks back I put up a survey because I was interested in seeing which websites or online services people use to find out what’s going on around Birmingham. We’ve had 100 submissions, which seems like a good place to draw things to a close and have a look at the results: Listings/what’s … [Read more…]
Into March and while Capsule took Home of Metal to SXSW and Flatpack were readying another festival, Rhubarb Rhubarb opened the Rhubarb East Gallery Pete took a break from the CiB Shop to give an update 2 weeks in, The Photography Collective formed and held their first meeting and We Are Eastside launched linking up Eastside’s creative organisations. Project Brutal … [Read more…]
Self Service and This is Tomorrow have launched a new pilot mentoring scheme for new writers in the West Midlands, offering an opportunity for an emerging writer to develop skills in critical writing for publication. I’m just going to copy and paste the information: The scheme intends to encourage writing practice within the West Midlands, … [Read more…]
We Are Eastside brochure « We Are Eastside | Birmingham “For your viewing pleasure, a guide to Eastside” Young People and Arts Boards Training Programme – Audiences Central “Arts organisations across the city have said that they would like young people aged 18–25 to become members of their management boards”. If you are a young … [Read more…]
We Are Eastside is a joint-venture of sixteen organisations, including VIVID, Eastside Projects, Ikon Eastside, The Lombard Method and 7 Inch Cinema, coordinated by Capsule, to link-up and expose the goings-on in the area, now dubbed Birmingham’s Creative Playground. Here’s what they’ve said: Underneath Eastside’s arches you’ll find a whole host of organisations making and … [Read more…]
A Conversation with Government – Help! On Weds, Clare Edwards is off to “a 90 minute session to tell Government how they can better help creative entrepreneurs and where things are working and where are they failing”. Suggestions welcomed Introducing-DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing-Live | Hare and Hounds “Full 10 piece live band perform DJ Shadows classic … [Read more…]