Category : visual arts

Torsten Lauschmann: Before The Revolution opens Friday 20 January 6–9pm

Virtual Space/Digital Trace 7pm Thurs 8 Dec at Grand Union

Join us 7–9pm Thursday 8 December 2011 for the finale of the brilliant Open File series at Grand Union.

An evening screening of video works concerned with the rendering of virtual space, the digital and the immaterial by Ed Atkins, Tom Badley, Trisha Baga, David Raymond Conroy, Richard Healy, Wiliam Rounce and Mark Titchner, followed by celebration drinks and a chance to informally chat with the Open File curators.

If you can’t make it in person, the screening will also be broadcast live on If Not Now by live stream – http://www.if-not-now.tv/

Programme features:
Ed Atkins Delivery To The Following Recipient Failed Permanently
Tom Badley Trancendental Etude No. 5
Trisha Baga Peacock
David Raymond Conroy Hauling/It is not the past, but the future, that determines the present
Richard Healy OFF
William Rounce Accumulation of Marginal Gains
Mark Titchner It Is You I Love The Most

Also at Grand Union:
We hope to see you on Thursday 15 December for our Christmas Party!
9pm – late, featuring all your favourite artist DJs. We’ll be starting after the much anticipated Christmas Quiz at Eastside Projects – hope to see you there.

Eastside Projects: Curators’ Introduction Thursday 12 May 6:30-8pm

Curators’ Introduction: Narrative Show & Poster Club
Thursday 12 May
6.30-8pm
Eastside Projects

Free to Members or £4/£2 Concessions

Gavin Wade introduces the new exhibition at Eastside Projects: Narrative Show.

Featuring: Helen Brown, Dora Garcia, Nathanial Mellors, Jonathan Monk, Heather & Ivan Morison, Raimundas Malasauskas, Sally O’Reilly, John Russell, Henrik Schrat & Jemima Stehli,
Plus: FREEE & William Pope.L.

Second Gallery: Poster Club

Extra Special People

Eastside Projects

Eastside Projects: Self Assembly TONIGHT 6:30-8pm

Self Assembly
Thursday 5 May
6.30-8pm
Eastside Projects

ESP members are invited to pitch ideas for Self Assembly Salon events to the rest of the group over a bowl of soup at this informal, social event. Pitches might be for a one-off event or a series of Salons. If your idea is successful you will be supported by ESP and Eastside Projects as you organise and host your event/s, giving you the opportunity to start conversations, make connections, hear about particular aspects of practice or explore ideas that you are interested in.

To book a ‘pitch’ or find out more email info@extraspecialpeople.org

Justin Carter: Thinking Hand Scratching Head, 30 July

Straight No Chaser Headz + Swifty Remixes opens on 16th July

Headz!: The Photographic Art of Peter Williams – A Reflection on the Straight No Chaser Years
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The Swifty Remixes

Music photographer Peter Williams’ iconic images for the late-lamented Straight No Chaser magazine will be exhibited at The Sauce Gallery, Custard Factory from July. The images will feature as part of a double-bill exhibition commissioned by Punch Records, including Williams’ original images and remixes by the magazine’s former creative director, Swifty.

Scan through the back issues of the magazine and youll be blown away by the radical combinations of typografix and photography. Swifty has taken these classic spreads one step further and included in Headz are a selection of Peter Williams classics that have been specially remixed for the occasion.

The Exhibition opens on 16^th July at the Sauce Gallery, 5 The Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B9 4AA.

Opening times: 10am – 6pm.

For more information please vist

http://punch-records.co.uk/

Meeting Of Minds

14 Birmingham Artists Exhibit

14 Birmingham Based Artists present 20 peices of Work at Sauce Gallery at Custard Factory, Birmingham from 24th June