Vivid Projects

Vivid Projects creates vibrant and challenging media arts programmes. Based in Birmingham, UK. Also on VIVID_ and www.vividprojects.org.uk

[vividprojects]

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Vivid Projects (@vividprojectsuk)

[vividprojects]

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Vivid Projects (@vividprojectsuk)

[vividprojects]

Live mix, shadows and slides with the Black Hole Club for #digbethfirstfriday

[vividprojects]

Into the glitchy void with Black Hole Club for Digbethfirstfriday 6-9pm Friday 2/5!

[vividprojects]

What’s changed?

Looking Out From The CCCS : FILM / FEMINISM / IDENTITY / ACTIVISM

6-28 June Vivid Projects #birmingham

[vividprojects]

LOOKING OUT FROM THE CCCS ends 5pm today. Get down to Minerva Works Digbeth if you want to catch the culture.

[vividprojects]

Presenting the Birmingham Film & Video Workshop at Channel 4 Conference, BFI Southbank  ‘What We’re Trying to Do Is Make Popular Culture’ October 2012. Yasmeen Baig-Clifford, Professor Paul Long, Professor Roger Shannon.

Presentation and round table on the origins and work of the Birmingham Film and Video Workshop. See the article by the above in Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 2013, Vol 33, No.3, 377-395. Routledge / Taylor & Francis.

[vividprojects]

Did you know that we hold a digitised set of key films from #Birmingham Film & Video Workshop? A legacy of the Participation exhibition curated by Yasmeen Baig-Clifford for VIVID 2008/9.

[vividprojects]

Read Aesthetica Magazine’s review of LOOKING OUT FROM THE #CCCS: ‘From 1964 until 2002, a unique blend of teaching, student engagement and documentation that took place at Birmingham’s Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS). Founded at the University of Birmingham by sociologist Richard Hoggart in 1964, it was one of the first academic bodies to examine the impact of popular culture, particularly in Britain, from music and television programmes to fashion trends. In 2002 the CCCS was dramatically closed due to a restructuring at the university with hundreds of students being placed into new departments. Now, in 2014, the 50th anniversary of its establishment, a series of events and exhibitions, of which one is Vivid Project’s Looking Out From The CCCS, celebrate its legacy. - See more at: http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/blog/review-looking-cccs-vivid-projects-birmingham/#sthash.SE0xMUAP.dpuf

[vividprojects]

Presenting the Birmingham Film & Video Workshop at Channel 4 Conference, BFI Southbank  ‘What We’re Trying to Do Is Make Popular Culture’ October 2012. Yasmeen Baig-Clifford, Professor Paul Long, Professor Roger Shannon.

Presentation and round table on the origins and work of the Birmingham Film and Video Workshop. See the article by the above in Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 2013, Vol 33, No.3, 377-395. Routledge / Taylor & Francis.

[vividprojects]

Congratulations to @jacob_lewis_adam 💫 We are pleased to share the news of Adam’s film ‘People Meeting in a Room’ screening in competition at the Ann Arbor Film Festival on 24/03/21.

Co-commissioned by Vivid Projects & Animate Projects, People Meeting In A Room is a richly layered work reflecting on collective film making and workers’ activism. Developed over a year of deep research, it connects the histories of activists and film makers associated with the Birmingham Trade Union Resource Centre in the 1980s with a group of contemporary collaborators. Importantly, the film considers political and personal bias, personal agency and the transformative power of the collective act. . Collaborators and contributors to the film include: Ranbir Bains, Marian Hall, Muhammad Idrish, Ian Sergeant, Cathy Wade, Barry Burns, Christian Noelle Charles, Alicia Matthews, Tony Morris, Laurie Pitt and Jason Kerley. . Animated characters by kind permission of Steve Bell. . Archive footage by kind permission of TURC Video and VIVID archive courtesy of Vivid Projects, Yasmeen Baig-Clifford and Marian Hall. .

Images: People Meeting in a Room © Adam Lewis-Jacob (2019).

Supported by @jerwoodarts and using public funding by @aceagrams https://www.instagram.com/p/CMkoI3VFn-5/?igshid=mdnxtggmh6kx

[vividprojects]

MAYDAY: RADIO RAUM Hannah Sawtell x TURC Archive

5 minutes of graining Super 8 film captures a historic moment: The Grunwick Dispute. In the summer of 1976 in north-west London, a group of

May Event for Digbeth First Friday and Artist Opportunities with (Algo | Afro) Futures - final call!

[vividprojects]

FINAL CALL - USEFUL TOOLS The open call to apply for one of ten £500 bursaries to take part in @sawtell.accumulator’s Useful Tools project ends at 11:55pm on Thursday 09/03/23. For more information and how to apply see the link in our bio. #UsefulTools_moz Black Hole Club | Staying With The Trouble | melissandre varin | Together in the mud 23/03/23 | 14:00 (Rescheduled date) This free workshop is a mess with and for less-than human beings, soil, more than human, water, and human bodies. During our time together we will use simple exercises to connect with one another (including the soil and water) on an emotional, instinctive, and embodied level. We are going to feel the space, expand beyond our bodies, play with mud. This moment together will focus on our interconnected soul nerve (in our bodies), landscaping as a way of building worlds, and commoning, the workshop is a collective offering, to be - together in the mud. For more information and how to book see the link in our bio @blackholeclub @vmelissandre Creative Coding Circle | Presented By (ALGO | AFRO) Futures Hosted by @bomlab | 28/03-18/04/23 Interested in live coding but not sure whether it’s for you? This spring, (Algo|Afro) Futures presents Creative Coding Circle, a series of relaxed and casual meetups for Black artists and musicians interested in learning about live coding for visuals and sound. This free opportunity is a taster for the 2023 (Algo|Afro) Futures programme, produced by Antonio Roberts and supported by Vivid Projects. Across four sessions beginning 28 March you will be sampling a number of beginner-friendly programming languages for live coding music and visuals, including Strudel, TidalCycles, Improviz, LiveCodeLab, Hydra, and VCV Rack. The sessions will be led by (Algo|Afro) Futures founder Antonio Roberts (aka @hellocatfood) and Tyger Blue (@tygerblue_), who was part of the (Algo|Afro) Futures cohort in 2022. Together they have a wealth of experience in performing at local and international festivals, as well as delivering workshops to participants of all skill levels. These free sessions start 28 March - sign up details @algoafrofutures and our social media coming very soon. https://www.instagram.com/p/CpS7nyWOBhr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[vividprojects]

Wishing @emilymulenga all the luck tonight @the_arts_foundation awards Emily Mulenga is a super talented @algoafrofutures & @blackholeclub alumni and is shortlisted for the 2023 Digital Arts Award @the_arts_foundation ✨✨✨ 🤞🏽 @blackholeclub & @algoafrofutures #alumni https://www.instagram.com/p/CpATNtVokki/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[vividprojects]

Thrilled to@see that @emilymulenga has been shortlisted for the 2023 Digital Arts Award @the_arts_foundation ✨✨✨ @blackholeclub & @algoafrofutures #alumni https://www.instagram.com/p/CnC_kd7oXmd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[vividprojects]

Vivid Projects is delighted to announce working in creative partnership with artist Hannah Sawtell on her Arts Council Project funded project Useful Tools; an innovative collaborative project that celebrates women, technology & sonics in the West Midlands. Building on Sawtell’s interests in technology & access, Useful Tools provides an opportunity for women from a wide range of creative backgrounds to explore sound and performance. Paid bursaries will be provided to support time and access to the programme and participants will be recruited through an open call in Spring 2023. #usefultools_moz #LetsCreate @aceagrams @sawtell.accumulator @cathy__wade (at Vivid Projects) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl6eNqnIhsm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[vividprojects]

Thank you @marcin_sz_photographer for documenting The Factory, our current exhibition with @adam_lewis_jacob ✨We were honoured to have veteran campaigner Muhammad Idrish join us for the opening @digbethfirstfri✨ The exhibition includes a rolling screening of Idrish (ইদ্রিস) - simultaneously a portrait of veteran anti-deportation campaigner Muhammad Idrish and a celebration of anti-racist community action. The film is a call to action, its tone established with a reading of Bidrohi (The Rebel / “বিদ্রোহী”) a revolutionary Bengali poem written by Kazi Nazrul Islam in 1921. Muhammad Idrish’s fight to remain in the UK in the 1980s and the sustained campaign to stop Muhammad’s deportation received widespread support and his trade union NALGO (now UNISON ) took up the fight nationally. Muhammad’s fight was a powerful moment of a joint struggle between anti-racist and trade union movements, and was unique in being documented by the Birmingham Trade Union Research Council’s video filming and distribution initiative, TURC video.  This is the final week - don’t miss it! #antiracism #film #digbeth #LetsCreate (at Vivid Projects) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck78J4zo2yn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[vividprojects]

Now up at kitmonsters.com - @algoafrofutures 2022 by Terry Tyldesley • @kitmonsters Great interview with Antonio Roberts @hellocatfood and Yasmeen Baig-Clifford @vividprojectsuk about the @algoafrofutures #livecoding mentoring programme for black artists. Lots of tips there too! Link in bio. @vmelissandre 📷 by @Jodiphotography #coding #mentoring #creativecoding #algorave #vividprojects #birmingham #tidalcycles #hydra #innovation #musictech #algoafrofutures https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck1WSYuIAJm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=