Creative Midlands Events |
- Writing West Midlands Festival Design Brief 2013
- John Donne Day 2013 – Reason is our soul’s left hand, faith her right
- I know that fantasies are full of lies (Take II) David Raymond Conroy
- Made For TV Part I
- Made For TV Part II
- OOO
- Enchantment
- COCKTAIL
- Live Lecture by Mark Leckey
- The Influencing Machine with Mike Jay
| Writing West Midlands Festival Design Brief 2013 Posted: 08 Apr 2013 09:05 AM PDT Context: Writing West Midlands is the Literature Development Agency for the West Midlands. One of our flagship projects is the Birmingham Literature Festival (formerly the Birmingham Book Festival). For 2013, the Festival has adopted a new name and will move into the new Library of Birmingham. The Festival needs to update its brand identity in line with this. We are seeking a design team to produce a new brand identity, to include logo, colour scheme, web banners and selected graphics to be used by the in-house design team in future marketing materials. Notes: The Festival is in its 15th year. Every autumn we produce 30-40 events and workshops in Birmingham city centre. The programme is bespoke, curated to bring the very best writers, ideas and literature together for ten days. 2013 is a key year for the Festival – moving most of its activity into the new Library of Birmingham as part of an exciting new partnership. Fee: £1000 To Tender: Please email Sara Beadle, Programmes Director (sara@writingwestmidlands.org) with the following:
Shortlisted candidates may be invited to meet with Writing West Midlands to further discuss the work. Deadline for Tender Applications: 5pm, Monday 15th April 2013. Please note in the event of large numbers of applications we will only be able to contact shortlisted candidates. Writing West Midlands reserves the right to withdraw and reissue the tender if no suitable applicants are found within the time outlined. www.birminghamliteraturefestival.org / www.writingwestmidlands.org |
| John Donne Day 2013 – Reason is our soul’s left hand, faith her right Posted: 08 Apr 2013 09:02 AM PDT By Jonathan Davidson
For John Donne Day, colleagues from Birmingham City University, led by Dr Gregory Leadbetter who heads up their new Institute of Creative and Critical Writing, worked with Writing West Midlands and Fr Philip and Malcolm to offer an afternoon and evening of academic discussion, guided tours and performances of poetry – commissioned from Jane Commane, Jacqui Rowe, Greg Leadbetter and Malcolm Dewhirst, and by Donne himself – the poems, not the performance. Our attention focussed on the poem 'Good-Friday, 1613, Riding Westward' but other poems took their turn in the sun. While we all enjoyed hearing Donne's poems it was particularly good to hear the four commissioned poems, each heading off to their own quarter of the compass inspired by Donne. This was all organised at very short notice – two or three weeks I seem to recollect – and audience numbers were modest, perhaps fifteen people at maximum, although this included new and old friends from Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Coventry and Birmingham as well as some Polesworthians. And do you know, it was rather wonderful. Wonderful to be in the delightfully sunlit environs of Polesworth Abbey, to be lolling against the very fireplace in front of which Donne would have toasted his marshmallows, had they been available, to be taking a turn around the garden or down into town to scoff a plate of pancakes from the American Diner or a bag of chips with extra salt from the chippy. But most wonderful was to be talking about poetry, listening to poetry, writing poetry and thinking about poetry with others who were doing the same. We don't do this nearly enough, simply give ourselves up to literature and notice suddenly that the sun has set and time has moved on but through literature we are immortal. Stop me, someone. Perhaps I exaggerate the mood, but those who were there will remember it as a special day and it was moving to know that a poem by John Donne could still gather together a group of people four hundred years later. It gives one faith. John Donne Day 2014 will be on Tuesday 22 April 2014, hosted, of course by Polesworth Abbey. Fine weather is almost guaranteed, there will be plenty of things to do and plenty of people with whom to share poetry. Whatever calendar you use – Gregorian, Julian, it really doesn't matter – make a date in it and join us for the second John Donne Day. #johndonneday @johndonneday John Donne Day – Made in the Midlands / Unlikely England |
| I know that fantasies are full of lies (Take II) David Raymond Conroy Posted: 08 Apr 2013 12:25 AM PDT When: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (BST) Where: Nottingham Contemporary Weekday Cross NG1 2GB Nottingham United Kingdom Hosted By: Nottingham Contemporary Register for this event now at : http://ncdavidconroy-atom.eventbrite.com Event Details: Artist David Raymond Conroy examines how our experiences of images, from online advertising to Hollywood cinema, affect our interactions with objects and each other. How do these experiences become indistinguishable from what we used to imagine was the real world? Conroy is an artist whose work spans performance, sculpture and video, questioning modes of representation. Nottingham Contemporary's public programme is jointly funded by Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham.
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| Posted: 08 Apr 2013 01:14 AM PDT When: Friday, June 14, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM (BST) Where: Nottingham Contemporary Weekday Cross NG1 2GB Nottingham United Kingdom Hosted By: Nottingham Contemporary Register for this event now at : http://ncmadefortvpart1-atom.eventbrite.com Event Details: Works from the history of artists' broadcasting will be presented on TVs in The Space including works by John Hoppy Hopkins, Ilene Segalove, Ann Magnuson, Stuart Marshall, General Idea, and Michael Smith. Nottingham Contemporary's public programme is jointly funded by Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham.
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| Posted: 08 Apr 2013 01:16 AM PDT When: Saturday, June 15, 2013 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM (BST) Where: Nottingham Contemporary Weekday Cross NG1 2GB Nottingham United Kingdom Hosted By: Nottingham Contemporary Register for this event now at : http://ncmadefortvpart2-atom.eventbrite.com Event Details: Artist Dora Garcia hosts the 'Made for TV' talkshow. Invited experts on the subject of artist broadcast include Johan Grimonprez (Director of the iconic dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y), Kris Paulsen (Assistant Professor, Film and Media at Ohio University) and Colin Perry (Reviews Editor, Moving Image Review & Art Journal). Visit tethervision.co.uk to see newly commissioned videos and texts. Nottingham Contemporary's public programme is jointly funded by Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham.
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| Posted: 08 Apr 2013 12:34 AM PDT When: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (BST) Where: Nottingham Contemporary Weekday Cross NG1 2GB Nottingham United Kingdom Hosted By: Nottingham Contemporary Register for this event now at : http://ncooo-atom.eventbrite.com Event Details: 6pm Elizabeth Price User Group Disco (2009, 15mins) 6.30pm Discussion with Graham Harman, Michelle Kasprzak, Kevin Love and Francis Halsall Nottingham Contemporary's public programme is jointly funded by Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham.
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| Posted: 08 Apr 2013 12:47 AM PDT When: Thursday, June 27, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (BST) Where: Nottingham Contemporary Weekday Cross NG1 2GB Nottingham United Kingdom Hosted By: Nottingham Contemporary Register for this event now at : http://ncerikdavis-atom.eventbrite.com Event Details: In the catalogue that accompanies Leckey's exhibition, Erik Davis describes a world exploding with technologies, products, and material processes that challenge our conceptual categories with their apparent intelligence and animation. Davis will question whether we are witnessing the emergence of a new animism – a spiritual or mystical reading of nature, objects and machines. Erik Davis is a writer and lecturer based in San Francisco who has written extensively on technoculture, music, and spirituality. Every week he explores "cultures of consciousness" on his online podcast Expanding Mind. Nottingham Contemporary's public programme is jointly funded by Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham.
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| Posted: 08 Apr 2013 01:18 AM PDT When: Friday, June 28, 2013 at 8:00 PM - Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 1:00 AM (BST) Where: Nottingham Contemporary Weekday Cross NG1 2GB Nottingham United Kingdom Hosted By: Nottingham Contemporary Register for this event now at : http://nccocktail-atom.eventbrite.com Event Details: The final Friday evening of the exhibition takes its cue from Leckey's 1999 work Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore – a compilation of found footage from UK underground music and party scenes of the 70s, 80s and 90s. The cavernous Space at Nottingham Contemporary will be transformed into a nightclub inspired by rave culture, the mass media, branding and digital aesthetics. COCKTAIL is an immersive environment that merges fashion and branding with performance and technology, smoke and mirrors, podiums, sculpture, scent, tailored tracksuits and cocktails. Featuring electronic music by Rokk (Body Talk), Dirty Talk and Lovers Rights, COCKTAIL will also feature artworks by Romany Dear, Joey Holder, Its Our Playground.com, Candice Jacobs, Samuel Levack & Jennifer Lewandowski, Zephyr Liddell, Calvin Sangster & Tim Hattrick, Joey Villemont, Zoe Williams and Lucy Woodhouse.
Curated by Candice Jacobs in collaboration with Zoe Williams & Lucie Akerman. Supported by ABSOLUT Vodka Nottingham Contemporary's public programme is jointly funded by Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham.
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| Posted: 07 Apr 2013 11:46 PM PDT When: Thursday, May 2, 2013 from 5:15 PM to 7:15 PM (BST) Where: Newton Lecture Theatre 2, Nottingham Trent University Burton Street NG1 Nottingham United Kingdom Hosted By: Nottingham Contemporary Register for this event now at : http://ncleckeylivelecture-atom.eventbrite.com Event Details: Turner Prize winner Mark Leckey will discuss the processes of collecting objects, artworks and artefacts that led to his exhibition The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things. Please note that this event is being held at Newton Lecture Theatre 2, Nottingham Trent University. Please visit the Nottingham Trent University website for maps of the university campus here - NTU Campus Map The talk is followed by Artnot Lates. A series of Nottingham based galleries and independent spaces, including Trade, Primary and Backlit, will be open. The evening concludes with an After Party at Syson Gallery. Visit www.artnot.co.uk for downloadable map and list of participating spaces. Nottingham Contemporary's public programme is jointly funded by Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham. www.nottinghamcontemporary.org
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| The Influencing Machine with Mike Jay Posted: 08 Apr 2013 12:03 AM PDT When: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (BST) Where: Nottingham Contemporary Weekday Cross NG1 2GB Nottingham United Kingdom Hosted By: Nottingham Contemporary Register for this event now at : http://ncinfluencingmachine-atom.eventbrite.com Event Details: Mike Jay will discuss the case of James Tilly Matthews, an "incurable lunatic" confined to Bedlam in 1797. Matthews insisted his mind was being controlled by a machine. He is regarded as the first person to present clear symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia, and the Air Loom was an example of paranoid delusion now known as "the influencing machine." What seems to be delusion, might alternatively be understood as a heightened ability to read technological change. Author, historian and curator Mike Jay has written widely on the cultural history of drugs, and psychiatry. Nottingham Contemporary's public programme is jointly funded by Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham.
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Tuesday 2 April 2013 was John Donne Day. Official. Or rather, a group of enthusiasts decided that the 400th anniversary of John Donne composing his poem 'Good-Friday, 1613, Riding Westward' while visiting Polesworth was worth commemorating. Polesworth, you will not need telling, is the rather small town in north Warwickshire that is building something of a reputation for innovative poetry events and activities. Fr Philip of the Abbey Church at Polesworth is a guiding light as is Malcolm Dewhirst, poet and event organiser who lives locally. Over the years Polesworth has been the happy recipient of a Poets' Trail – commissioned and previously-enjoyed poetry being set in wood and stone at various points round the town – and a writer in residence project linked to a major archaeological dig in the Summers of 2011 and 2012.| You are subscribed to email updates from Creative Midlands Events To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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