It’s not every day you see men washing shellfish in urban Digbeth. But that’s exactly what workers from Eastside Projects have been doing for the past couple of days on Floodgate Street. It’s in preparation for the launch of the new exhibition Abstract Cabinets on the evening of this Friday 25 Sept.
Abstract Cabinet Show is a public sphere of groups, collaborations, galleries in galleries and other phenomena joined together to execute functional constructions and to alter or refurbish existing structures as a means of surviving in a capitalist economy.
So expect to see these shells turned into into something thoroughly useful.
Other events coming up at Eastside Projects include a Comedy Night on 8th Oct (7pm, as part of Birmingham Comedy Festival), the Mother of All Book Launches from 6.30pm on 22nd Oct and the launch of The Event on 6th Nov, which looks particularly promising:
For the Launch of The Event, the 2nd festival of artist led activity in Birmingham, there will be two new major performance works. Stan’s Café will provide live commentary of the launch night as a durational performance from the top of the large tunnel structure in the gallery and Juneau Projects present a new multi-media performance in the form of a live gig with hand made instruments/sculptures, outfits and sound reactive visuals and audience percussion.
