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Record Swap Workshop at Grand Union
We Are Eastside 22 Oct 13
Join artist and RB enthusiast Bob Parks at Grand Union on Saturday 26 October to swap musical knowledge and tastes.
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Shangaan Electro dance workshops
We Are Eastside 15 Oct 13
This vibrant South African dance style is soon set to visit Birmingham as part of the Capsule curated Discovery Season and you can learn their moves and dance alongside the collective by joining a free dance workshop.
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The House of Beorma Archive
We Are Eastside 7 Oct 13
Building on their project The Festival of The Rea that took place at Supersonic Festival 2012, The Outcrowd Collective will turn the Pavilion of the Library of Birmingham into a museum of fictional and real archival material around ‘Beorma’ the …
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Capsule present Dinos Chapman / 25th October
We Are Eastside 26 Sep 13
Culture 24 preview Dinos Chapman’s performance at Bring To Light 25th October, Rainbow Warehouse.
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Make your own mini-protest banner at Vivid Projects
We Are Eastside 11 Sep 13
SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER, 2-4PM | AT VIVID PROJECTS | £7.50 ADV WORKSHOP: MAKE YOUR OWN MINI-PROTEST BANNER Sarah Corbett founded the Craftivist Collective in 2009 after craft-lovers around the world asked to join in her craftivism (activism through …
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Vivid Projects & Flatpack Festival presents Scalarama: a celebration of cinema!
We Are Eastside 11 Sep 13
FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER | 7PM | £6 available here | at Vivid Projects SCALARAMA: A CELEBRATION OF CINEMA Vivid Projects and Flatpack Festival present a special 16mm screening of films by the Kuchar Brothers.
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Echoes
We Are Eastside 3 Sep 13
Greetings from the Other Side! (Of High St Deritend, that is…) We’re pleased to announce that bookings for Echoes at the Edge are now open.
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Bob Parks: And The Heavens Cried
We Are Eastside 2 Sep 13
Bob Parks: And The Heavens Cried Friday 6 September 6-10.30pm Join us at Grand Union this Friday for the opening of And The Heavens Cried , a solo exhibition by artist Bob Parks.
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Discovery season launches tomorrow!
We Are Eastside 2 Sep 13
Together We Breathe performers in rehearsal over the weekend Capsule have been hard at work this year, putting together a four month season celebrating the opening of the Library of Birmingham.
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Discovery season brochure – now online
We Are Eastside 27 Aug 13
Brochures detailing the exciting programme of events are currently being distributed across the West Midlands.
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Eastside Projects, Lunch Club, Friday 27 September, 1–2pm
We Are Eastside 26 Aug 13
Lunch Club Friday 27 September, 1–2pm Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR Escape your desk or studio for an hour and join us at Eastside Projects for lunch.
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Eastside Projects, Salon: Archive This Saturday 21 September, 2–6pm
We Are Eastside 26 Aug 13
Salon: Archive This Saturday 21 September, 2–6pm £4 / £2 concs / free to ESP Members Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR Taking its cue from ‘Dear Lynda…’ this afternoon event offers a range of perspectives on, and …
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Eastside Projects, Curator’s Introduction: Cao Fei, Thursday 19 September, 6.30–8pm
We Are Eastside 26 Aug 13
Curator’s Introduction: Cao Fei Thursday 19 September, 6.30–8pm £4 / £2 concs / free to ESP Members Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR Join Eastside Projects Director Gavin Wade and artist Cao Fei for an informal …
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Vivid Projects – September programme
We Are Eastside 15 Aug 13
Vivid Projects’ eight month opening season ’33 Revolutions’ concludes this autumn with a packed programme of events which ask the question: can art and popular culture act as a catalyst for social change? Full events programme below.
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Box Of Light: celebrating early cinema
We Are Eastside 12 Aug 13
Before the days of film, the magic lantern was an important source of entertainment, using glass slides to create moving images and visual tricks.
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Shangaan Electro dance workshops – get involved!
We Are Eastside 8 Aug 13
This vibrant South African dance style is soon set to visit Birmingham as part of the Capsule curated Discovery Season and you can learn their moves and dance alongside the collective by joining a free dance workshop.
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Eastside Projects, Cao Fei: Walking Dead, 21 September – 16 November 2013
We Are Eastside 18 Jul 13
Cao Fei: Walking Dead 21 September – 16 November 2013 Preview Friday 20 September, 6–8pm Cao Fei’s ‘Walking Dead’ is a new type of zombie movie set in modern China.
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Eastside Projects, Lunch Club, Friday 26 July, 1–2pm
We Are Eastside 18 Jul 13
Lunch Club Friday 26 July, 1–2pm Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR Escape your desk or studio for an hour and join us at Eastside Projects for lunch.
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Eastside Projects, Interior Reflections III, Tuesday 23 July, 6.30–8.30pm
We Are Eastside 18 Jul 13
Interior Reflections III Tuesday 23 July, 6.30–8.30pm Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR £4 / £2 concs / free to ESP Members Join us for a discussion of the 2013 ESP Members Show, ‘Sports Hall Sessions’ and the …
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Library of Birmingham Discovery season announced
We Are Eastside 9 Jul 13
Capsule are delighted to announce our four month opening season for the Library of Birmingham.
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Library of Birmingham – the Pavilion takes shape
We Are Eastside 3 Jul 13
Image courtesy of http://supergrouplondon.
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Meet Alan Lomax
We Are Eastside 24 Jun 13
Alan Lomax was a musicologist who spent over six decades working to promote knowledge and appreciation of ‘people’s songs’, and he gathered an enormous archive of folk, blues, gospel, country and traditional music.
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Artists Talks: A Small Hiccup
We Are Eastside 17 Jun 13
Tuesday 25 June, 6.30-8.30pm Join us for a talk and discussion event with Simon Senn and Holly Pester, artists in our current show A Small Hiccup.
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Together We Breathe: callout for brass players
We Are Eastside 13 Jun 13
Australian producers Super Critical Mass have been commissioned by Capsule to present Together We Breathe , a large-scale project to celebrate the opening of the Library of Birmingham , and we’re looking for players to help us make this a truly…
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Welcome Spencer Hickman to the Capsule Advisory Committee
We Are Eastside 11 Jun 13
We are very pleased to welcome Spencer Hickman to Capsule’s Advisory Committee.
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Nazoranai + Nicholas Bullen / CBSO Centre / 9th July
We Are Eastside 6 Jun 13
The powerhouse trio of Stephen O’Malley, Oren Ambarchi and Keiji Haino perform a very special show at CBSO Centre on Tuesday 9th July.
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Films from the English Underground
We Are Eastside 30 May 13
Thu 06 – Sat 22 June, open Thu-Sat, 12-5pm Revolutions 10-13 // A Certain Sensibility: Films from the English Underground This new exhibition draws together works from film makers key to the more radical trajectory of the English underground …
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Eastside Projects, Along Between and On The Lines, Saturday 29 June, 1–3.30pm
We Are Eastside 21 May 13
Along Between and On The Lines Saturday 29 June 1–3.30pm Poet Phillip Monks will lead this practical writing workshop, working with participants to create poems in response to Gunilla Klingberg’s immersive installation.
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Eastside Projects, Lunch Club with Gregory Dunn, Friday 28 June, 1–2pm
We Are Eastside 21 May 13
Lunch Club with Gregory Dunn Friday 28 June, 1–2pm Escape your desk or studio for an hour and join us for lunch and to hear ESP member Gregory Dunn share his experience of being artist-in-residence in Japan.
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Eastside Projects, Toolkit: Maximum Fidelity, Monday 17 June, 6.30–8.30pm
We Are Eastside 21 May 13
Toolkit: Maximum Fidelity Monday 17 June, 6.30–8.30pm £4 / £2 concs / free to ESP Members In this workshop artist and professional photographer Stuart Whipps will run through the practicalities of documenting artwork of all types from books…
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Sarah Farmer residency – update
We Are Eastside 21 May 13
Sarah has been busily exploring the collections at Winterbourne and Lapworth Museum of Geology over the last few months, through the Capsule artist residency at University of Birmingham, making new work inspired by the botanic and fossil collections.
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Eastside Projects, Jim Howieson: Sports Hall Sessions, Exhibition Launch Friday 7 June, 6–8pm
We Are Eastside 18 May 13
Jim Howieson: Sports Hall Sessions 8 June – 3 August 2013 Exhibition Launch Friday 7 June, 6–8pm Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR Jim Howieson’s ongoing Sports Hall Sessions series, which began in 2010, involves the …
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Eastside Projects, Gunilla Klingberg: Parallelareal Variable, Exhibition Launch Friday 7 June, 6–8pm
We Are Eastside 18 May 13
Gunilla Klingberg: Parallelareal Variable 8 June – 3 August 2013 Exhibition Launch Friday 7 June, 6–8pm Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR Gunilla Klingberg’s ‘Parallelareal Variable’ reveals a powerful set of electro…
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A Small Hiccup at Grand Union
We Are Eastside 9 May 13
Simon Senn, screen shot from Gulberg (2013) Is it always good to talk? A Small Hiccup is a travelling exhibition, events programme, publication and online commission of new work exploring diseased language curated by George Vasey.
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ART AFTER HOURS at Grand Union: Don’t go into a butchers asking for a piece of cod
We Are Eastside 9 May 13
Friday 17 May 7.30–9.30pm Grand Union presents a programme of films by George Barber, Sebastian Buerkner, Lenka Clayton and Peter Rose as a prelude to exhibition ‘A Small Hiccup’.
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Graphic designer opportunity – Birmingham 2022
We Are Eastside 7 May 13
The Birmingham 2022 project aims to provide a space for unique perspectives on the current and future cultural offer for young people in Birmingham.
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Puppet Assembly, Saturday 18 May 12–5pm
We Are Eastside 27 Apr 13
Puppet Assembly Saturday 18 May 12–5pm Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR Little creatures show yourselves! Puppets and puppeteers, art-related or otherwise, are invited to Eastside Projects to inhabit the gallery, meet the …
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Nuclear Family (three Tragedies And A Satire), Friday 17 May, 7pm and Saturday 18 May 1pm & 3pm
We Are Eastside 27 Apr 13
Nuclear Family (three Tragedies And A Satire) Friday 17 May, 7pm Saturday 18 May 1pm and 3pm Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR Join us for the first performance of a new group of plays written by Heather and Ivan Morison for …
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Art After Hours, Friday 17 May, 5—9.30pm
We Are Eastside 27 Apr 13
Art After Hours Friday 17 May, 5—9.30pm Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR As part of Museums at Night we are delighted to be taking part in the first Art after Hours evening.
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Bill Drummond at the Library of Birmingham
We Are Eastside 24 Apr 13
Volume: Birmingham’s Art, Book and Print Fair , 5-7 December 2013 has been created as a unique event for the Library of Birmingham Discovery Season by Capsule .
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Toolkit: Going for Gold, Wednesday 15 May 6.30–8pm, Eastside Projects
We Are Eastside 20 Apr 13
Toolkit: Going for Gold Wednesday 15 May, 6.30–8pm Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR £4 / £2 conc.
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Eastside Projects, Exhibition Launch, ‘Karl Nawrot: Mind Walk #I’ Friday 19 April, 6–8pm
We Are Eastside 12 Apr 13
Exhibition Launch ‘Karl Nawrot: Mind Walk #I’ Friday 19 April, 6–8pm Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR Please join us for the launch of ‘Mind Walk #1’, an exhibition by Seoul based artist and designer Karl …
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Sculpture and Ventriloquism, Tuesday 7 May, 6.30–8pm
We Are Eastside 12 Apr 13
Sculpture and Ventriloquism A talk by Jon Wood Tuesday 7 May, 6.30-8pm Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR £4 / £2 conc.
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Group Occupation II… Introducing, Thursday 2 May, 6.30–8.30
We Are Eastside 12 Apr 13
Group Occupation II… Introducing Thursday 2 May, 6.30-8.30 Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR £4 / £2 conc.
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Tour preview: I DON’T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE
We Are Eastside 10 Apr 13
Check out this preview of the event I DON’T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE , the event will feature archival footage from the Alan Lomax archive and a talk from the founder of Mississippi Records and footage from their archive.
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Toolkit: Everything You Need to Know About Preparing Work For Print, Monday 22 April, 6.30-8pm, Eastside Projects
We Are Eastside 3 Apr 13
Toolkit: Everything You Need to Know About Preparing Work For Print Monday 22 April, 6.30-8pm Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR £4 / £2 conc.
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Our way or the Bezier with Colophon Foundry, Thursday 18 April, 6.30–8pm, Eastside Projects
We Are Eastside 1 Apr 13
Our way or the Bezier with Colophon Foundry Thursday 18 April, 6.30–8pm Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR £4 / £2 conc.
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I DON’T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE
We Are Eastside 27 Mar 13
Capsule and Vivid Projects present a night of amazing footage from the Alan Lomax archive and Mississippi Records, featuring rarely seen film shot during Alan Lomax’s North American travels between 1978 to 1985 and Mississippi Record’s own …
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First plans for the Library ‘Discovery’ season announced
We Are Eastside 25 Mar 13
Highlights of the new Library of Birmingham’s four-month Discovery Season, which will run from the opening on Tuesday 3rd September until 31st December, are announced.
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Artist opportunties – Library of Birmingham opening season
We Are Eastside 18 Mar 13
Sketched design by Studio Myerscough Capsule have announced two call outs for artists to produce exciting work for the Library of Birmingham opening season .