Written by Nicky Getgood on Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 ( Start discussion )
Tags: brumvsbelfast, bullring, jonathankindness, laurencebroderick, the big fish, The Guardian
Going with Russ L’s battle request here, which was:
Brasso The Bull vs That Big Ceramic Fish – who will be the civic-animal-monument champion?
Both pieces of modern public art are very nice and incredibly photogenic, there’s no denying that. Here’s the fish:
Created by John Kindness and sitting on Donegall Quay, it’s made up of ceramic tiles depicting text and images about Belfast past and present. It also contains a time capsule containing information about the city.
But there’s one big difference between Belfast’s Fish and Birmingham’s Bull. Some stand next to the fish. Some braver people reach out and touch it:
Photo by Jeremy Hughes
But no-one seems to feel too comfortable sitting on the fish. People don’t clamber over it as if he was a big friendly dog the way they do Laurence Broderick’s bronze bull The Guardian:
Photo by Abrinsky
You see it all the time when you walk through town. People on his back. People hanging frm his horns:
Photo by cactusinthesea
And people swinging from his tail:
Photo by mintchocicecream
So there you have it. Birmingham’s Bull wins this one easily. Because people like to sit on him.
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Monday, August 11th, 2008 ( Start discussion )
Tags: Ben Neal, Birmingham Flickrmeet, Capsule, Custard Factory, Danny's Last Dance, DJ ANDY WEATHERAL, Eastside Blog, Hot Monocles, Irish Club, LIGHTNING BOLT, OM, Pete Ashton, Pettifer, PISSED JEANS, Rainbow, Release the Bats, SHELLAC, Spaghetti Gazetti, St Patrick's Day Festival, The Crimes, The Cubans, The Guardian, The Hearing Aid, Vertical Theme Park, WOODEN SHJIPS
The Crimes, Hot Monocles, The Cubans and Danny’s Last Dance – The Hearing Aid’s take on the gig at The Rainbow on Saturday night.
St Patrick’s Day Festival Update – Notes from Spaghetti Gazetti about the St Patrick’s Day Festival meeting in The Irish Club last Thursday evening, which featured feedback from the 2008 parade and plans and hopes for the 2009 event.
Pete Ashton’s pics from Birmingham Flickrmeet in Digbeth – Pete Ashton went on Birmingham Flickrmeet’s tour of Digbeth yesterday, here’s his pics along with a link to the group thread. Looks wet but fun, sorry to have missed it.
Pee your pants for Capsule’s Release The Bats Halloween Party – It’s not anti-social, it’s fancy dress. Line up is: SHELLAC, OM, WOODEN SHJIPS, PISSED JEANS, LIGHTNING BOLT + DJ ANDY WEATHERAL in The Custard Factory Space 2 on Sat 1 November.
Eastside’s set for a phallic spaceship – Pettifer’s design for a Vertical Theme Park in Birmingham: ‘a stunning city centre leisure tower combining observation platforms, family and adrenaline rides, extreme activities, and a 21st century entertainment centre.’
Digbeth has the best dancefloors – Ben Neal picks up on The Guardian’s ruling that The Custard Factory and The Rainbow are amongst the greatest dancefloors, which is strange as one’s an emptied pool and the other’s an old boozing pub so they’re not exactly purpose-built for the job.
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