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Continue reading →: My first (and second) art exhibition
An open call was issued by The Holodeck printmakers in Birmingham: submit an artwork for consideration for their new Riso book and exhibition on the theme of ‘Weird Science’. The exhibition was scheduled to run from 14 September to 13 October at Artefact in Stirchley. I’ve never thought of myself as…
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Continue reading →: Digital rabbitsWhile I’m on the topic of analogue collage, I just discovered some digital collaged rabbits in my folder. My eyes!
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Continue reading →: Postcard collagesEvery month I attend Stirchley Collage Club and spend a pleasant afternoon with others, creating handmade collages from boxes of random mags and books Last month I found some fresh motivation to sit down and collage. The Edinburgh Collage Collective (@edinburghcollagecollective) in conjunction with Birmingham collage artist Mark Murphy (@moif_collage)…
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Continue reading →: Stirchley seven years onCh-ch-ch-ch-changes! Every few years I take a photographic snapshot of my local Stirchley High Street, Birmingham, to see how it has changed. So here is Stirchley in 2018… There is an empty space where the thriving gym and historic bowling alley used to be, demolished after Lidl supermarket pushed ahead…
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Continue reading →: Two years on…It’s been two years since I went on a semi-break/sabbatical. I know this from all the lovely Aberdovey (Ooberdoobey) sunset photos popping up in my timeline. I remember a most beautiful empty-brain feeling of heading to the Welsh seaside just to read and write and walk and relax. Occasionally I…
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Continue reading →: An Insta-fashionista for a monthPersonally, I’m most at home in jeans and a t-shirt but I’m also fascinated by people who have an interesting style and who post it online. I’m not talking about big social media influencers necessarily but Instagram friends and accounts who post and pose in their outfits under ‘what I…
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Continue reading →: The Tables
Here is the short documentary film that set me off on a tangent to write a long post about my local community today. It’s a wonderful 15 minutes about the people who play on two tennis tables in New York’s Bryant Park, recommended in last week’s Noticing by Kottke. This…
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Continue reading →: Viva Stirchley!Stirchley is cool right now. I would even say it’s at its peak. So what does that mean? I’ve been thinking about my home neighbourhood of Stirchley, B30, not necessarily coherently but I need to write about it because, well, I’m a writer and occasional local reporter and I was…
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Continue reading →: Data detox day at Stirchley LibraryThe Glass Room Experience and Data Detox Bar will be held at Stirchley Library on Saturday 4 August as part of Tactical Tech‘s campaign to start a global conversation on data and privacy. The day has been organised by Fiona Cullinan, who trained as a volunteer at The Glass Room…
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Continue reading →: Pop-up Glass Room comes to BrumBrummies, look into your online life! Do you feel your digital self is slipping out of control? Clicked “I agree” too many times? Have you ever wondered if your smart gadgets know more about you than you do? Visit the Glass Room Experience, a pop-up exhibition on Data and Privacy,…
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