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Written by Nicky Getgood on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 ( Start discussion )
Tags: breandan o'neill, flatpack festival, Friction Arts, morecanalsthanvenice, pixiesixer, The Edge
Brendan O’Neill asked me to post up this flyer for the a fundraiser film night for Haiti at the Edge this Saturday 13 March from 8pm until late. According to promoter of all things Brum Pixie Sixer:
The night will feature award winning short films, promos, art films and will be followed by a disco to raise money for the DEC Haiti Appeal. There will be a screening of Oscar short-listed multi award winning short Gone Fishing, Shooting People Short of the Year 2009 A Supermarket Love Story, BAFTA winning short Brown Paper Bag, Bouncer starring Ray Winstone and Paddy Consodine, animation from The Brothers McLeod, as well as great shorts from local film makers. There will also be a series of promos by dub-punk multi-media threesome Jackdaw with Crowbar who will be playing/performing on Saturday 27 at A Plasticine Party for Flatpack Festival.
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 ( Start discussion )
Tags: AtsuhiroIto, autechre, Capsule, links, morecanalsthanvenice, pixiesixer, TheRainbow, toblog, Vivid
Atsuhiro Ito « More Canals than Venice – What looks to be an astounding concert at VIVID this Wednesday 10 March – Capsule present Japanese musician/artist Atsuhiro Ito:
He uses a device he has made called an Optron, fluorescent light tubes with integrated guitar pick-ups which are sent through guitar amp stacks. ‘When a voltage applied to the tubes is altered, the lights flicker and the pick-ups harvest the electromagnetic noise perfectly synchronized with the flickering light. The intense noise creating a visual hallucination and the sounds veering from some kind of extreme techno to outright noise. ‘ Wow.
And if that’s not enough of a Capsule fix for one week, check out Autechre at The Rainbow Warehouse this Friday evening.
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Friday, March 5th, 2010 ( Start discussion )
Tags: birmingham bead shop, creativeopenworkshops, custardfactory, links, morecanalsthanvenice, pixiesixer, toblog, vintage
Vintage Fair(s) « More Canals than Venice – Birmingham’s going all vintage this weekend! Join The Vintage Fair In the Old Library at the Custard Factory for jewellery, clothes and that, and cupcakes at a Vintage Tea Party. I can see he doily-covered cake tier now. Doors: 12pm – 5pm. Entry is £1.
Take the chance to pop into the Creative Open Workshop Handmade Arts & Craft Market and Birmingham Bead Shop whilst you’re there.
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Thursday, February 25th, 2010 ( Start discussion )
Tags: eastsideprojects, endlesssuply, harryblackett, ikongallery, links, morecanalsthanvenice, pixiesixer, robinkirkham, toblog
An Endless Supply « More Canals than Venice – PixieSixer interviews Harry Blackett and Robin Kirkham, the duo who met at Eastside Projects in 2008 and cooked up the art zine An Endless Supply between them. Free copies are available from Eastside Projects and Ikon Gallery ‘for as long as stocks last’.
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Monday, February 1st, 2010 ( Start discussion )
Tags: 7inchcinema, flatpackfestival, links, morecanalsthanvenice, pixiesixer, toblog
Flatpack is back! « More Canals than Venice – Pixie Sixer gears us up for the impending film fun that is Flatpack:
Flatpack Festival is back this year from 23rd- 28th March. As always, we will be treated to a programme of weird and absolutely beautiful films, music and workshops that will take place in venues right across the city. For the fourth Flatpack Festival bus trips, art deco cinemas and optical illusions will be a few of the offerings. I can’t wait!
I can’t wait either as I’ve heard Digbeth features heavily in the Flatpack plans, so like last year we’ll be in for a rather serious treat on our doorstep. If you’d like to give the lovely chaps at Flatpack a hand in making it happen, they’re after volunteers – get in touch and get involved!
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Thursday, January 21st, 2010 ( Start discussion )
Tags: eastsideprojects, liamgillick, links, morecanalsthanvenice, pixiesixer, toblog, twoshortplays
Liam Gillick ~ Two Short Plays « More Canals than Venice – Seems this weekend is the last chance to see Liam Gillick’s Two Short Plays at Eastside Projects – murder mystery Lapdog of the Bourgeoisie (2009) and a restaging of Mirrored Image: A ‘Volvo’ Bar (2008). If you haven’t had a chance to see them yet, go along this Thursday to Saturday at 2pm.
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 ( Start discussion )
Tags: links, morecanalsthanvenice, pixiesixer, theevent, thelombardmethod, toblog
The Lombard Method « More Canals than Venice – My favorite feature of The Event, old warehouse turned into charming creative space The Lombard Method, is having an open house from tomorrow Thursday 14th Jan at 8pm and 12pm-5pm Friday – Sunday.
The Lombard Method is a recently opened independently run studio and project space in Cheapside led by eight Birmingham based artists. It is a large communal studio with flexible project spaces…now occupied by eleven artists.
The Lombard Method is off Cheapside at 68a Lombard Street, Birmingham, B12 0QR
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 ( Start discussion )
Tags: eastsideprojects, endlesssuply, helenbrown, links, morecanalsthanvenice, pixiesixer, toblog
An Endless Supply of Moving Image « More Canals than Venice – Pixie Sixer details Birmingham-based artist Helen Brown guest-editing a spin off project of open submission film & video for An Endless Supply art zine. Screening is tomorrow Thurs 10th Dec at Eastside Projects from 6.30pm.
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 ( Start discussion )
Tags: Capsule, links, morecanalsthanvenice, pixiesixer, toblog, Vivid
Capsule’s 10th Birthday « More Canals than Venice – It sounds like Pixie Sixer had a great time at the launch of Capsule’s tenth month-long birthday party in VIVID.
…Ami Shalev hanging from the ceiling, climbing anything and everything. Water and beer were everywhere. The sound technician had to cover all his kit to protect it from the onslaught. Amazing stuff. My ears are still buzzing this morning. A brilliant start to the celebrations!
Unfortunately it seems not everyone thought so – I hear on the grapevine that Capsule received a noise complaint from a local resident. I hope this is resolved sensibly, and doesn’t escalate into something that could spoil the party – I’ve yet to see Pram and Modified Toy Orchestra play, which I’m well excited about.
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Monday, November 30th, 2009 ( Start discussion )
Tags: links, morecanalsthanvenice, pixiesixer, reastudios, theendlessdescent, toblog
The Endless Descent « More Canals than Venice – A new Digbeth art show in a new Digbeth creative space – Rea Studios at 90 Floodgate Street, Digbeth, B5 5SR:
The Endless Descent brings together artists from Birmingham, Bristol and London to exhibit in the distinctive 1930’s Modernist stairwell, lobby, lift and entrance area of Rea Studios. It will playfully explore the potential of a site that exists to be passed through not lingered in, and the potential meanings of either the space or an endless descent itself.
The show launches on Thurs 3rd Dec at 6pm-8.30pm and is on display 12-5pm Fri 4th-Sun 6th Dec and Fri 11th-Sun 13th Dec.
Artists exhibiting are: Dylan Atkins, Arlene Burnett, Jamie Fowkes, Gene George Earle, Anne Guest, Adrian Lee, Andrew Mania, David Miller, Paul Newman, Cathy Wade, and Justin Wiggan.
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