The Event » Blog http://the-event.org Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:22:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Launch Night http://the-event.org/blog/launch-night/ http://the-event.org/blog/launch-night/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:22:35 +0000 Kerry http://the-event.org/?p=547 Visitors check out the extended gallery outside Eastside Projects

Visitors check out the extended gallery outside Eastside Projects

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Crowd6

Stan's Cafe at Eastside Projects

Stan's Cafe at Eastside Projects

Morris Dancers. Limousines, Book Fairs and hundreds of visitors made The Event launch a memorable one. We took a few snaps to show those of you that couldn’t make it just what you missed…

Grand Union Artists' Book Fair

Grand Union Artists' Book Fair

The audience watching Juneau Projects at Eastside Projects

The audience watching Juneau Projects at Eastside Projects

Mona Casey Projects

Mona Casey Projects

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Crowd6

Morris Dancers lead the crowd to Eastside Projects

Morris Dancers lead the crowd to Eastside Projects

Grand Union

Grand Union

]]> http://the-event.org/blog/launch-night/feed/ 0 The Event – Launch Day http://the-event.org/blog/the-event-launch-day/ http://the-event.org/blog/the-event-launch-day/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:59:54 +0000 Kerry http://the-event.org/?p=535 We’ve had a busy day at The Event welcoming guests from around the UK to see what we are up to.

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The Family taste testing.

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John Hammersley invites people to talk…

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Mona Casey Projects

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Checking out Eastside Project’s new one -night-only gallery space.

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Visitors buying books at Grand Union.

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Calum F. Kerr’s Book Coat.

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Transit Station making a new sculpture.

OK now we are off to the launch…

]]> http://the-event.org/blog/the-event-launch-day/feed/ 0 The Family explore Eastside http://the-event.org/blog/the-family-explore-eastside/ http://the-event.org/blog/the-family-explore-eastside/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:57:16 +0000 Vanessa http://the-event.org/?p=529 We took our rainbow umbrella through the showers and gave visitors to the Custard Factory some Kool-Aid while they sheltered from the rain, and did some circular cloud stepping to send them on their way with good energy. Then we sent droned acoustic energy bouncing around the space.

The Family at The Custard Factory

On day two street music and games were on the agenda for our afternoon activity, and we circled round people to try to break the chains of the cult they were enslaved by, played levitating songs, and gave Transit Station a steady rhythm to work to as we experimented with the acoustics under(neath) the arches.

The Family under(neath) the arches

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]]> http://the-event.org/blog/the-family-explore-eastside/feed/ 0 Day 01 – The Event http://the-event.org/blog/day-01-the-event/ http://the-event.org/blog/day-01-the-event/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:02:14 +0000 Kerry http://the-event.org/?p=504 We are very excited to launch the first day of The Event 09 today and have been busy taking pictures of all the venues to give you a sneaky preview of the spaces.

So here is a visual tour of the spaces and an idea of what our guided tours look like.

Starting at Eastside Cafe on Coventry Street (where you can find The Event staffed Information Point from 12pm-5pm) we walked to the end of the street and over Digbeth High Street on to Rea Street to take a look at The Anchor Inn where Mark Essen will be hosting his Record Exchange Celebration and The Event Brew on Thursday 5th November.

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From there we walked up Bradford Street to see Crowd6’s exhibition – What Takes Place. The artist collective have utilised new artist led-space The Lombard Method at 68a Lombard Street to host their latest project.

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Leaving Crowd6 we crossed over to Alcester Street and walked across Digbeth High Street using the crossing point by The Irish Centre opposite the Custard Factory. This small crossing point is where John Hammersley will be inviting members of the public to engage in dialogue on Friday 6th November from 9am-5pm.

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Once on the opposite side of the road we turned right on to Floodgate Street (next to South Birmingham College) to see the industrial space taken over by Mona Casey Projects (119 Floodgate Street). The Space Between, Surrounds Our Desire is housed in a former factory unit. Kept purposefully raw the work is mounted and displayed on raw MDF and cardboard structures.

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Directly across the road from Mona Casey Projects is the Rea Street Garden which is home to Alex Lockett and Ian England’s Project Pigeon presented by [insertspace]. The small piece of green land is a welcome haven in the concrete and built up environment of Eastside and is home to 12 reared homing Pigeons. You can visit the loft from 2-4pm on Friday 6, Saturday 7 and Sunday 8.

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Carrying on the walk we continued to the end of Floodgate Street, turned right on to Fazeley Street and right again on to Heath Mill Lane to visit Eastside Projects (86 Heath Mill Lane).

As well as hosting the Abstract Cabinet Show Eastside Projects will host one new piece and two new performances on Friday evening. The first will be an ongoing dialogue from international touring theatre group Stan’s Cafe; the second is a live performance by Juneau Projects and the third is an extension to the gallery space in the form of a Limousine to showcase a selection of new publications.

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Backtracking slightly we walked back towards Fazeley Street to visit Grand Union’s new artist space. Housed in an industrial unit Grand Union put the finishing touches to their space yesterday and are ready to host their Artists’ Publishing Fair and performance by Calum F. Kerr on Friday.

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Throughout the next 5 days Transit Station will move around Digbeth building sculptures out of wood in open spaces. Harminder Singh Judge, S Mark Gubb and Gian Paolo Cottino will be deconstructing one of Bob and Roberta Smith’s 3 metre wooden cube CCA (Centre for Contemporary Art) sculptures and rebuilding it in to, yet unknown, pieces of art.

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Our final call was to Birmingham Central Backpackers at 58 Coventry Street to engage with The Family. Brightly clothed with equally bright and sunny attitudes The Family soothed us with fun yet calming exercise.

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You can join The Family everyday until Sunday from 10am and 2pm for taster sessions – or if you would like to live the family life for 24-hours then call 07806 50 27 26 to book your space.

Free guided tours of THE EVENT leave from Eastside Cafe at 3pm daily. No need to book in advance just turn up at 2.45pm.

]]> http://the-event.org/blog/day-01-the-event/feed/ 0 The Family Song Day http://the-event.org/blog/the-family-song-day/ http://the-event.org/blog/the-family-song-day/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:00:10 +0000 admin http://the-event.org/?p=255 Come help shape The Family’s activities by joining them in some song writing and singing in the lovely Lickey Hills woods.

They will be meeting at the Lickey Hills terminus of the number 62 West Midlands Travel bus route at noon. The 62 comes straight down Bristol Road from the city centre. Bring packed lunch and/or snacks and maybe some kind of musical instrument/percussion.

Sunday, 4th October 2009
12:00 – 15:00
Lickey Hills
Lickey Road, B45 8UX
Birmingham, United Kingdom

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