Category: Visual Arts

Events, Visual Arts

Film Toolkit: fun with file types

Film Toolkit: fun with file types
Tuesday 26 March, 6.30-8pm
Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR
£4 / £2 conc. / Free to ESP members

Are you having problems with losing quality when you export your digital films? Do your works come out squashed or widescreen when you burn them to DVD and you have not idea why? If so this is the workshop for you…

Artist Reuben Henry (of Karin Kihlberg & Reuben Henry) who has experience of making large-scale artist video commissions will lead this practical workshop on the technical aspects of importing and exporting digital video. He will cover: file types, formats, bit-rates, compression and export settings and will explore what video codecs are and which to use for different scenarios. Henry will share tips and discuss good practice in making and showing digital films, and how to get the best out of your footage whether for a mobile device or the big screen.

This session will be guided by you and what you want to find out, so come armed with your questions and confusions.

Exhibitions, Visual Arts

Exhibition Launch : Puppet Show

Exhibition Launch
Friday 22 March, 6–8pm
Puppet Performance 7pm
Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR

Please join us to celebrate the launch of ‘Puppet Show’ a group exhibition which sees Eastside Projects finally revealed as a ‘puppet state’ and includes work by film-makers and artists including Edwina Ashton, Spartacus Chetwynd, Geoffrey Farmer, Pedro Reyes, Pierre Huyghe, Simon Popper and Simon Starling.
In the second gallery ‘While It Lasts’ brings together moving image works by David Raymond Conroy, Benedict Drew, Hannah Perry, Matthew Ferguson, Joanne Masding and Matthew Noel-Tod.
For the third iteration of Flatfile Meghan Allbright and Emily Musgrave have been invited to make a new collaborative work in response to this unique space.

A special performance of ‘Empire of Dirt’ by Heather & Ivan Morison will start at 7pm.

Events, Exhibitions, Visual Arts

Flatpack 7 goes live!

The moment has arrived…

The Flatpack Festival programme has gone live and tickets are now on sale!

It’s time to feast your eyes on the full 11 days of films, exhibitions, installations, shorts, animations, AV spectaculars, live music, restored classics, claymations, parties, walking tours, local history, world premieres, music videos, documentaries, 3D thrills…and…well, what are you waiting for? See for yourself!

The programme is available online HERE

See you there!

Events, Visual Arts

Artist Residency

Capsule are delighted to embark on a new partnership with the University of Birmingham, supporting an artist to make and display work in response to the university’s fascinating and varied collections.

Sound artist and Lombard Method member Sarah Farmer will be working with both the Lapworth Museum of Geology and the Winterbourne botanical collection through spring 2013. Farmer will explore the collections, spend time with the curators and staff, and will create sound based works in response to her time there.

This a new artistic venture for the university, and an exciting opportunity for Capsule to further our artist support programme.

Read more about the project here

Events, Visual Arts

Lunch Club with Jo Loki

Lunch Club discussion with Jo Loki
Friday 22 February, 1–2pm
86 Heath Mill Lane, Digbeth, Birmingham, B9 4AR

Over lunch artist, Jo Loki shares her experience of an international residency at The Banff Centre, Canada. Escape your desk or studio for an hour and join us, everyone is welcome. We have an array of tea, coffee, and herbal teas – all you need to bring is your packed lunch. For more information visit www.extraspecialpeople.org.

www.eastsideprojects.org
+44 (0)121 771 1778
[email protected]

Events, Visual Arts

Free Family Workshop

Free Family Workshop
Exploring Objects: Making Tracks
Wednesday 20 February, 10–11.30am
Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR

This half-term we will be running a free family workshop for children aged 5–11. Join us to take part in a hands-on, artist-led activity inspired by our current exhibition. In this fun printing workshop we will work as a group, using tyres to make a big impact. Children must be accompanied by an adult and need to be dressed to get dirty!

Places are free, but limited, so must be reserved in advance by contacting the gallery.

To book call 0121 771 1778 or email [email protected]