Sep 01 2010

Make contact…

Category: Birmingham,exhibition,photographers,photography — Liz Garlinge @ 09:00

So, you all know about the exhibition, right? Starts on Friday (Matt and Ian spent the day hanging it today). Even if I do say so myself (and it’s fine that I do, I’m not one of the artists) it looks fab. Eclectic. Thought provoking. Fun. Beautiful. The image above is from one of a series by Matt Murtagh. See more of the amazing unofficial city twinning portraits he’s made in the show.

Have you decided yet when you’re coming down? A really good day to do that would be on Thursday 9th September, about 6.30pm.. That’s the night we’re having our Artists Talk – there’ll be wine, photography, friendly artists and good conversation. I’m looking forward to hearing some more of the stories behind people’s work -and I know they’re looking forward to telling them.

No need to RSVP, just come along. We look forward to seeing you there.

Contact
Rhubarb East Gallery,
25 Heath Mill Lane
Digbeth
B9 4AE

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Jun 14 2010

I’m a photographer, not a terrorist.

Category: Birmingham,exhibition,photographers,photography — Liz Garlinge @ 21:22

Another show in Birmingham next Friday – 25th June 2010 – the C&G 7512 Diploma in Professional Photo Imaging – Adult learners end of year show.

For one night only, it seems, the Masonic Halls (next to the Mailbox) will be turned into an exhibition celebrating the work of the graduates of this diploma – one of the only courses of this type for adult learners in the city.

The exhibition, entitled “I am a photographer, not a terrorist” is based on the students’ experiences and reactions from trying to take images in public places and the effects on their work of Section 44 of the Terrorism Act.

With a print auction offering the chance to own some great work by talented professional photographers, and a raffle with some prizes on offer it’s set to be more entertaining than your average private view!

For more information on the show see their website.

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May 26 2010

Invite to an Artist Talk at Rhubarb Rhubarb

Category: Birmingham,photographers,photography — Liz Garlinge @ 21:52

We at Birmingham Photospace very much admire everything Rhubarb Rhubarb do for international photography (and Birmingham!) so we were very excited to be invited to the Artist Talk of their first exhibition in their new premises. We’re going to go along to see the Jackson Twins talk about their work – and we’re very much looking forward to immersing themselves in their art for a couple of hours.

It takes place on Saturday 5th June between 2 and 4pm – do come along with us?

About the Artists:
The Jackson Twins won a Rhubarb Bursary last year and showed their portfolio at the promenade at the 2009 International Review. Alasdair Foster, Director of the Australian Centre for photography, one of the Rhubarb Reviewers, immediately offered them a show in Sydney…..
They were the stars of the week 4 Portfolio Review at Fotofest 2010 and are now being asked to show their work throughout the world.

About the Exhibition:
Rhubarb say: The Uses of Enchantment’, the first show at Rhubarb-East, brings together two series of work by The Jackson Twins, from the West Midlands, with Vee Speers from Paris. Both inspired by fables and fairy stories, nostalgia and psychology, they propose, at first, two seemingly playful series of portraits, featuring a birthday party for children and some double trouble using costume, disguise and female allure… Yet beyond the first enchantment, are troubled stories of war, power, intrigue and dark, magical and potent forces…

The Jackson Twins have just returned from the opening of their exhibition in Sydney, Australia, as a result of winning a Rhubarb/Arts Council Bursary last year. Vee Speers is a regular visitor to the Rhubarb International Review and is collected by museums and individuals throughout the world – including DZ Bank, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Michael Wilson and Elton John. She will shortly be showing with Annie Liebovitiz and Joel Peter Witkin in the premiere show at Fotografiska – the new phototography Museum in Stockholm.

Rhonda Wilson, Creative Director of Rhubarb-Rhubarb, says, “ For years we have watched while the sometimes extraordinary talent emerging from our programme of support and mentoring schemes, has been shown by other people, both in the UK and in international spaces. Now we have the pleasure of showing the results of our efforts, in collaboration with some of the world’s most interesting image makers. The first show is just fantastic and we have created a whole environment for the photographs. If you are into Alice in Wonderland, or even if you’re not – you will love to fall down this particular visual rabbit hole.

See you there?

Rhubarb East Gallery
Rhubarb Building
25 Heathmill Lane, Digbeth
Birmingham B9 4AE

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May 10 2010

Beautiful Northfield

Category: Birmingham,photographers,photography — Liz Garlinge @ 22:38

A friend of Birmingham Photospace, Jane Baker emailed us this week to let us know about an interesting community photography project that the Northfield Eco Centre are running.

There’s an open photography competition (with some pretty heavyweight judges on board) and some workshops and even an exhibition.

If you live, work or travel to Northfield you’re welcome to enter your images of the neighbourhood. But hurry! You’ve got ’till the end of May to take your photo.

For all the details do have a look at their website. Best of luck to you all!

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Mar 15 2010

Birmingham’s People Has A New Home

Category: Birmingham,birmingham's people,exhibition — Emma Jones @ 16:04

We’re very pleased to announce that our Birmingham’s People exhibition has moved to a new venue.

Birmingham's People at 3 Mary Street 3 Mary Street, in the Jewellery Quarter, is the home of architects Bryant Priest Newman, who kindly offered us the space after they heard that the exhibition was nearing the end of its time at the Drum.

And what a space it is! The Practice covers three floors, two of which now house parts of the exhibition. Various ‘Birmingham’s People’ now look over BPN’s meeting room, reception area and working offices.

Practice Manager Lorna Parsons explains on the BPN blog: “We’re a practice focussed on people and how communities influence the design of buildings and spaces. We feel it’s important to involve people in the whole design process so our approach is collaborative, focussed on creating communities and working with existing ones. Perhaps it is for that reason we are rather taken with Birmingham’s People.”

And we’ve found it really interesting to see the Birmingham’s People exhibition in a more intimate venue. Even if you have already seen the exhibition when it was up at the Drum, we’d urge you to go and have a look at how it fits into a working space. Just give Bryant Priest Newman a call on 0121 233 1818 to arrange a visit in office hours.

We’re also hoping to hold a Private View over the next couple of weeks – watch this space.

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Jan 07 2010

Space Lands by Paul Freeman at Three White Walls

Category: Birmingham,photography — Matt Murtagh @ 14:05

090506-Spacelands-4-2From today Space Lands by Paul Freeman will be at the Three White Walls Gallery in the Mailbox.

Documenting the construction of ‘Spaceport America’ in the New Mexico desert it examines the relationship between exploration, militarism and commercialism.

Private View: Thursday 7th January 2010, 6.30-8.30pm.
Exhibition runs until 15th February.

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Nov 01 2009

Birmingham Seen at BMAG

Category: Birmingham,photography — Matt Murtagh @ 17:09

Running from 31st October 2009 – 3rd January 2010 the Birmingham Seen exhibition at the Gas Hall in Birmingham’s Museum and Art Gallery explores how photographers and artists in other mediums have represented the changing city of Birmingham.

The timelapse video below (compiled by 7 Inch Cinema from photographs by Derek Fairbrother) shows the building of the iconic 60′s Central Library being built (and the beautiful 19th century library being pulled down)

We hope to be able to review the show very soon, I’m especially looking forward to seeing some of the images pulled out of the depths of Birmingham Central Library’s National Collection of Photography.

Birmingham timelapse from 7inch cinema on Vimeo.

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Sep 30 2009

Birmingham’s People 11 – Afribeanne

Category: Birmingham,Portraiture,birmingham's people — Matt Murtagh @ 12:19

Afribeanne (on the right in the portrait) is a resident of Brixton and was visiting Birmingham during the Artsfest weekend.

An art student, she had some great insights into the unique nature of photography and the importance of it being part of the community as you can see in the video interview below.

She also had some incredibly positive things to say about the second city, especially its shops!

She was great fun to work with too, picking this relaxed, fun shot rather than a more formal portrait.

Birmingham’s People: Afribeanne from Birmingham Photospace on Vimeo.

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Sep 23 2009

Birmingham’s People 5 – Mike and Gareth

Category: Birmingham,Photospace,photography — Liz Garlinge @ 22:08

One of the best things about writing these blog posts is occasionally being able to write about my friends.

The chap on the left is indeed a friend of mine, but more than that he’s a very talented bassist. Mike plays bass for a local band named Urge but also for spoken word events like the Blue City Project – a group of poets and spoken word artists who I’ve had the pleasure of seeing perform at the Yardbird.

Gareth, the chap on the right is one of those spoken word performers. By turns funny and angry and anarchic, his work is always thought-provoking and engaging. They had just performed as part of Artsfest and came down to visit us and support Photospace. They even very kindly bought a print of this photo.

This photo was fun to take – like a lot of people Mike didn’t seem too comfortable having his photo taken. I was assisting the photographer for this one, so I got them to stand back-to-back, square up to each other, and only finally when Gareth practically wrestled Mike to the floor did we get an interesting photo.

It was great to see them both. Nice to know you can always rely on your friends to come along to your events. Thanks, Mike!

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Sep 23 2009

Birmingham’s people – 4 Debra

Category: Birmingham,photographers — Liz Garlinge @ 00:04

Debra came to Artsfest with her kids and was a huge amount of fun to work with.

One of the features of our studio system was to link every sitter with a number, so we could match them with their name (and make these posts easier to write!)

The first photo for all of our sitters was them holding up their number to the camera. When it came to choosing a photo for our Artsfest weekend exhibition, Debra was the only one of our sitters who chose the image holding the board.

I think it sums her up – she was creative, funny and charming – and our photographer was able to capture all of that in a candid image. I look at this image and it brings back wonderful memories of the weekend. Her teenage daughters may not agree – like many ladies of their age I think they found mum a bit ‘embarrassing’ – though I bet they’d be terrifically proud of her in this image.

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