Created in Birmingham http://www.createdinbirmingham.com Linking up Birmingham's Artistic and Creative Communities Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:39:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 52.47500-1.88500CreatedInBirminghamhttp://feedburner.google.com Mark Gonzalez http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreatedInBirmingham/~3/MwYJfVVZ6HU/ http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2012/02/09/mark-gonzalez/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:52:40 +0000 Chris Unitt http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=11611 Mark Gonzales

Mark Gonzalez is down at The Hubb in Sparkbrook on Sunday, with a performance in the evening and some masterclass sessions earlier in the day. Info via muslimwritersawards.org.uk.

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The Hidden City’s aim is to create a database of stories that have helped shape the community we live and work in today

It’s basically a map with some nicely produced audio slideshows and very nice it is too. You can subscribe to updates via Twitter, the Tumblr or iTunes. Have an explore around. This one’s about The Drum:

 

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There’s a flyer and a programme here, but I’m on a train at the moment and Chiltern’s wifi is blocking me from seeing them. What I do know is that there are still a few tickets up for grabs here.

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]]> http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2012/02/07/direction-of-travel/feed/ 0 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2012/02/07/direction-of-travel/ Birmingham’s Invisible Live Art Gallery http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreatedInBirmingham/~3/QQLQAyMp1vg/ http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2012/02/07/birminghams-invisible-live-art-gallery/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:18:52 +0000 Chris Unitt http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=11593 Not yer usual call for artists this one. The Hippodrome are getting Smile to make an iPhone app that’ll be used to showcase live art around the city.

They’re looking to commission regional artists and designers to devise and produce a piece of live art that will be featured inside the iPhone app. It says here that inter-disciplinary collaboration is favourable.

The full brief is here. If you’re interested, you need to submit your idea by 8 Feb (that’s tomorrow). They’re only looking for 200 words and your contact details though, so it’s not too bad.

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Animation Forum WM have teamed up with Dice Productions and Flip Festival to bring three separate programmes of screenings of the best UK animated films of 2010 and 2011 to Birmingham. The shorts will be screened on Thursday 9th, Friday 10th, and Saturday 11th February from 7pm each night at The Custard Factory Theatre and you can vote to help determine the Public Choice winners.

Buy tickets and get more information on the Animation Forum WM website.

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brumDished

Voted 19th in the New York Times 45 places to go in 2012, Birmingham has been touted as the UK’s ‘foodiest town’. This site is curated by the good people of Brum, to show the good people of the world exactly what we’re eating.

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is an independent film, music and publishing company producing and distributing film, music and books through new media.

There are a few things to discover on their site. From what I gather their main project (at least on the film side of things) is called Ugly and in Love (warning on the strong content), the extract from which was filmed at The Mitre in Stourbridge and features (unless I’ve got my wires crossed) Swampmeat’s Dan Finnemore.

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]]> http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2012/02/05/fortunediablo-productions/feed/ 1 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2012/02/05/fortunediablo-productions/ Mapping The Landscape http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreatedInBirmingham/~3/_H3SwVk8oNo/ http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2012/02/04/mapping-the-landscape/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:17:24 +0000 Chris Unitt http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=11526 Mapping The Landscape is the:

Day to day blog of Artist Paul Hirst as he creates new work on his art residency at the Bond in Birmingham

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  • Job listing for Trustee – Audiences Central
    “Birmingham Museums Trust is seeking Trustees to take up the challenge of steering this new organisation (a trust to run the city’s nine museums sites) through its first few years and delivering our vision for a national museum in Birmingham”
  • InterFace 2012
    InterFace is a symposium for humanities and technology. In 2012 it is being hosted by Birmingham Institute of Art and Design at Birmingham City University
  • IdeasTap | Creative Briefs: Fierce Festival Press Gang
    If you’re aged 16-19 and fancy some experience in multimedia journalism this may be the gig for you. Not everybody has ‘interviewed a dachshund’ on their CV
  • Oxygen Rooms
    Rehearsal and recording studios in Hockley
  • Flickr: “wagflickrmeet”
    Wolverhampton Art Gallery hosted a Flickrmeet the other weekend. Not sure if there’s a page with more info but all the tagged photos are here
  • Turning Point West Midlands | Part of the Turning Point Network | Road Trip West Midlands – Artist and Writer wanted
    “The commission will fund a visual artist and a creative writing to undertake a road trip in the West Midlands and to produce art work (visual art / creative writing) in response to this experience”
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    ]]>     http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2012/02/03/links-for-3-february-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2012/02/03/links-for-3-february-2012/     Factory Nights http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreatedInBirmingham/~3/HDmmz-GtGVE/ http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2012/02/02/factory-nights/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:17:00 +0000 Chris Unitt http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=11545 Factory Nights:

    is a series of inspiring working sessions for ANY visual artists, photographers, writers, poets, musicians, filmmakers and any other creatives! Factory Nights is not a discussion event, seminar or workshop. Factory Nights are free sessions that simply provide an opportunity for creative people to come together in an interesting venue and supportive environment to make work or initiate ideas

    The organisers are Rednile Projects and they’ve put out a call for “artists and anyone creative” for the next one:

    Factory Night @ The Historic JA Crabtree & Co. Ltd. Factory (now the characterful  Lyndon House Hotel), on Thursday 16th February 2012, 6-8pm . In collaboration with Multistory and The Crabtree Society

     

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